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Premier’s Dinner With CEO Launches Inquiry
NEW YORK–Saatchi & Saatchi worldwide chief executive Kevin Roberts is at the center of a political scandal in New Zealand that has led to calls for the resignation of that country’s prime minister.
The tempest, dubbed “Saatchigate” or “Dinnergate” by the local media, stems from last Aug. 31 when Jenny Shipley–New Zealand’s first female prime minister–had dinner at Roberts’ home in Wellington.
Saatchi had won the New Zealand Tourism Board’s $16 million ad account the previous month.
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