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A “falling out” with worldwide CEO Kevin Roberts led to the recent exit of one longtime Saatchi & Saatchi executive and was followed by the departure of two more senior executives in New York and London.
First, worldwide chief operating officer Peter Cullinane resigned after confronting the CEO in December about his plan to seek an outsider to run the New York operation. Cullinane wanted the job in part because it would put him in line to succeed Roberts, sources said.
When Roberts told Cullinane he wasn’t being considered for the job, Cullinane left the shop abruptly, but not before e-mailing agency colleagues around the world.
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