Essence promotes APAC CEO Kyoko Matsushita to lead agency globally
WPP’s Group M has made its first global leadership appointments since Christian Juhl was announced as the next global CEO last month, naming Kyoko Matsushita as Essence’s global CEO and Jennifer Remling as Group M’s global chief people officer.
Matsushita steps up from her current role as Essence’s APAC CEO and global chief client officer to replace Juhl, who was global CEO for the agency before being promoted to the global Group M role.

Essence’s new global CEO, Kyoko Matsushita, will be based out of San Francisco