IPG's Nelson to Depart Amid BofA Review

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NEW YORK Bruce Nelson, chief marketing officer at Interpublic Group since 2000 and top executive on the holding company’s Bank of America business now in review, said today that he is leaving IPG after a disagreement about how the account should be run.

Nelson has overseen the business from the corporate level, directing the efforts of more than a dozen IPG agencies, while IPG CEO Michael Roth is said to want to give more power to the operating units [Adweek, Aug.

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