WPP faces ‘challenging year’, says CEO Mark Read

April 28, 2019 3:22

The CEO of the world’s largest advertising group, WPP, has admitted it still faces a tough year ahead after significant client losses and “legacy issues”.

Mark Read – who took over following the departure of Sir Martin Sorrell – assured investors the company was making good progress on its plan to return to sustainable growth.

Read says WPP has ‘legacy’ issues to overcome

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Vivienne Kelly

Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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The Cynic 29 Apr 19

If Mark Read, or local WPP AUNZ management, really believe that WPP shareholders put gender balance ahead of fiscal success, they’re the wrong people for the job. Get the money right and you can afford a little social engineering; get it wrong and everybody suffers.

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