WPP Hires Away Longtime Publicis Vet to Serve as First Chief Marketing and Growth Officer

Laurent Ezekiel was co-president of Digitas North America and international

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WPP has hired Laurent Ezekiel, a longtime Publicis Groupe and Digitas veteran, to be its first chief marketing and growth officer, WPP CEO Mark Read wrote in an internal email acquired by Adweek. The email states that he will report directly to Read.

A WPP spokesperson confirmed the appointment but declined to comment further.

Ezekiel joined Digitas in 2003, three years before Publicis acquired it for $1.3 billion and 10 years prior to its merger with LBi when it became DigitasLBi.

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