David Sable Tapped as New Y&R Global CEO

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For the third time in eight years, WPP Group is installing a new global CEO atop Young & Rubicam.

Replacing Hamish McLennan, 44, is David Sable, 57, global vice chairman and chief operating officer of sister direct marketing/digital shop Wunderman. McLennan, who has been worldwide chairman and CEO since 2006, will remain chairman until the end of the year, when Sable will add that title, too.

The move comes after a year defined largely by client erosion, at least in the U.S.,

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