Search form Search About Agencies and Businesses Talent News Philanthropy Markets Contact ABOUT GROUPM WHAT WE DO OUR TECHNOLOGY GLOBAL LEADERSHIP About GroupM GroupM is the number one global media investment management group. We offer the intelligence to find or create valuable audiences, the power to engage them most effectively and efficiently, and the ability to create desired marketing outcomes. GroupM is the number one global media investment management group. We offer the intelligence to find or create valuable audiences, the power to engage them most effectively and efficiently, and the ability to create desired marketing outcomes. What we do “Our investments in data, technology and most importantly, our talented people, help our clients win in an intensely competitive marketplace.” Kelly Clark CEO, GroupM Global GroupM invests in people, content, technology and data to make its agencies optimally effective and efficient for clients, providing intelligence to find or create valuable audiences and outcomes. Our leadership, inventiveness and scale drive success for our clients, partners and people. Strategy & Business Development “We help brands reach their consumers with the right messages on their path to purchase, at the right time and in the right context.” Elizabeth McCune GroupM’s approach is based on one powerful principle: a winning strategy begins with precise consumer insight and impeccable business science. In this, we are unrivaled. Proprietary technology drives our business science capabilities and insights, fueling our ongoing growth and position as the largest media investment management organization in the world. Our scale powers our agencies’ efficiency, paired with the inventiveness of our people, we are able to create unique and lucrative marketing opportunities for clients. GroupM agencies understand that people and conversations are just as important as TRPs, GRPs, and CPMs. They appreciate how ideas and context influence perception and behavior. Each agency provides clients a custom strategic plan reflecting their unique view of the world. Agency diversity in GroupM’s portfolio means there’s a perfect fit for every client -- no matter their size, their industry or business goals. Elizabeth McCune Head of Marketing, Communications & Business Development, GroupM Global Elizabeth.McCune@GroupM.com Trading “Our unique talent, media partnerships and scale enable us to deliver investment efficiencies giving clients competitive advantage.” Johan Boserup GroupM is the central trading organization for WPP's media agencies and also the world's largest buyer of media with 2014 billings of more than $106 billion (RECMA, 2014). One of every three ads placed worldwide utilize ad inventory purchased by GroupM. Our peerless global understanding of media marketplaces and trading provide real incremental value and marketing advantages that benefit clients every day. We offer complete transparency and always respect clients’ confidential trading interests. Johan Boserup CEO Trading, GroupM Global Johan.Boserup@GroupM.com [m]PLATFORM “Companies and brands are under pressure to meet unprecedented consumer expectations for personalization and to deliver stakeholder demands for results. As the pressure on marketing intensifies, our agencies deliver a new level of communications addressability and relevance to help brands create consumer engagement that is measurable and accountable. [m]PLATFORM is how we do that.” Brian Gleason [m]PLATFORM is GroupM’s audience intelligence and activation solution that builds personalized consumer relationships at scale. In addition to the technology suite, it is a worldwide service organization comprised of analysts, data strategists, search and social specialists, and product and media experts focused on ensuring consistent delivery in all markets where our clients do business. It is the foundation of your marketing advantage. Brian Gleason Global CEO, [m]PLATFORM Brian.Gleason@groupm.com Brand Safety "We take Brand Safety very seriously. We are implementing global standards for all of the digital risk areas like, Viewability, Fraud, Privacy infringement, Anti-Piracy, Appropriate placement. As clients move more of their investment from linear channels to digital, they need to be assured that their brand messaging is seen by real humans, in the right target audience and in an appropriate environment." John Montgomery As new opportunities with data and measurability emerge in the digital supply chain, so do complexities. These complexities open the door for inevitable risks—including, but not limited to, fraud, piracy, viewability, privacy infringement and appropriate targeting and placement. As clients are moving more funds from linear to digital media, they are increasingly concerned that their brands are safe, and being shown to the right people, in the right place, at the right time. GroupM takes a leadership role in the navigation of these complex digital environments, creating and collaborating on stringent standards and best practices so clients can be assured that their campaigns are being viewed in brand safe environments, and that the consumer experience can be both protected and enjoyable. John Montgomery EVP of Brand Safety, GroupM Global John.Montgomery@groupm.com Content “We invest and partner with the world’s leading talent, producers and distributors to fund, develop, produce and distribute premium content for the benefit of our content partners and networks, platforms and advertisers.” Richard Foster Motion Content Group is a global content investment and rights management company which creates, finances, produces, distributes and commercializes content through innovative commercial structures in partnership with talent, producers, distributors, networks, platforms and advertisers. Headquartered in London and Los Angeles, the business currently operates in 26 countries worldwide, with Motion’s broad range of award-winning programming distributed globally. Richard Foster CEO, Motion Content Group richard.foster@motioncontentgroup.com Our Technology “To create advantage you must know more about your consumers than your competitors or your media partners. And, you have to be able to put this knowledge to work with your media investment. Our tech stack and data investment enables this knowledge asymmetry for our clients.” Irwin Gotlieb Chairman, GroupM Global At the core of [m]PLATFORM is the uniquely powerful consumer identifier, [mp]ID. This ID unifies data to provide the most comprehensive and detailed picture of an individual consumer. This offers brands a rich and holistic view into their consumers’ mindsets and a deep understanding of the impact of their marketing touchpoints. Marketers can now anticipate where consumers are likely to engage and tailor their strategy to ensure they reach the right consumers with a message that is relevant and useful. Global Leadership “Our people have vision for today's marketplace and how it's going to evolve tomorrow. Our team is helping shape the media industry for the future.” Tim Cecere Chief Talent Officer, GroupM Global GroupM’s teams across the globe are among the most admired in media and advertising, providing the opportunity to clients, partners and our people to learn and grow with innovators and thought leaders. read bio Irwin Gotlieb Chairman, GroupM Global Linkedin X Irwin Gotlieb Chairman, GroupM Global Linkedin In 2012, Irwin Gotlieb was named Chairman of GroupM. Irwin joined WPP in September 1999 as Chairman and CEO of Mindshare Worldwide and moved into his previous role as CEO of GroupM in April 2003. Prior to WPP he was President and CEO of MediaVest Worldwide, a company that he founded in December 1993. The founding of MediaVest represented the fulfillment of a 22 year journey with the company which started with his joining Benton & Bowles in 1977 as Associate Director of Broadcast Programming.Irwin is a three time Adweek/Mediaweek All Star, including a President's Award in 1997. He is also a double Advertising Age Media Maven honoree and in February 2000 was named as the Media Player of the Year by Advertising Age - the only occasion that this award has been given. In October 2006, he became the first advertising / media agency executive to be inducted into the Broadcast & Cable Hall of Fame. In January 2010, he received the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, and most recently has been named to the Inaugural Adweek’s Power List. read bio Kelly Clark CEO, GroupM Global Linkedin X Kelly Clark CEO, GroupM Global Linkedin Kelly Clark is the Chief Executive Officer of GroupM, a role he assumed in September 2016. Kelly is a truly global executive with strong operational and client management experience across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. He has worked closely with some of the world’s leading marketers including NBCUniversal, Target, Unilever, Nike, IBM, Nestle, Kellogg, GSK, Ford Motor Company and L'Oréal. He has held multiple leadership roles within GroupM and its agencies during his career. Most recently he was CEO of GroupM North America, responsible for all of GroupM’s business activities in the US and Canada, overseeing $30 billion in client billings and 5,500 employees. From 2008 – 2011, Kelly was the worldwide CEO of Maxus, one of five global media agency networks in GroupM. During his tenure, Maxus was the fastest growing global media agency for four consecutive years according to RECMA.Before leading Maxus, Kelly was CEO of GroupM’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) , responsible for $26 billion in client billings and a team of 6,000. Earlier in his career, he was CEO of Mindshare UK and before that Mindshare Asia Pacific.Kelly has lived and worked in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong during his time with GroupM. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children. read bio Nick Emery Global CEO, Mindshare X Nick Emery Global CEO, Mindshare Nick co-founded Mindshare in 1997. He has been working in the global media arena for 25 years. Nick's history is as a planner, but he has worked across markets and in all aspects of the media business. Mindshare replaced playing in bands with strange names and has remained his obsession. Mindshare, marriage, two children and a dog is all he has time for. read bio Tim Castree Global CEO, MEC Linkedin X Tim Castree Global CEO, MEC Linkedin In his role as Chief Executive Officer, Tim leads one of the world's largest media agency networks, overseeing more than 6,000 people in 90 countries. In 2016, MEC won significant new business, including BMW and Nationwide in the UK, Hertz in North and Latin America and Vodafone in Australia; and retained Beiersdorf and SAB Miller in EMEA. The agency also picked up 4 Campaign Asia Media Agency of the year metals in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Vietnam and won numerous awards for its Talent Management leadership initiatives.With over 20 years of industry experience, Tim’s diverse management experience spans creative, media and integrated agencies.Prior to joining MEC, Tim was Managing Director for Videology’s USA business where he developed the company’s strategy for providing cross-screen media technology solutions for advertisers, agencies and media companies. Previously, Tim was Chief Operating Officer for MediaVest US, running the business and leading major client accounts including American Honda Motor Company, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Sprint. He was also President, Global Managing Director for SMG, leading the global P&G business, spanning 160 assignments in 70 countries. Earlier in his career at SMG, Tim oversaw other clients such as Mars Wrigley, Wendy’s and Heineken. Tim began his career at Leo Burnett in Melbourne. He was the head of client management at BBH New York, before spending three years back in Australia as the CEO for Leo Burnett in Sydney, where under his leadership Leo Burnett was named Australia’s Agency of the Year. read bio Stephen Allan Global CEO, MediaCom Linkedin X Stephen Allan Global CEO, MediaCom Linkedin Stephen Allan was appointed MediaCom's Worldwide Chairman and CEO in August 2008. Stephen's global objectives for MediaCom are clear – to become the world's largest media agency by 2012, and also the best agency to work for in every country. The first, he believes, will be achieved via the latter, and accordingly his first six months as global chairman and CEO saw the launch of numerous new unique global initiatives to support his plans and MediaCom's philosophy People First>>Better Results.Stephen re-joins MediaCom from the role of CEO for GroupM UK, which he moved to in 2005 following six successful years as CEO of MediaCom UK. During his five years of leadership, MediaCom quadrupled its billings, rising from a sixth placed ranking to become the UK's number one media agency, voted Media Agency of Year and one of the UK's Best 100 Companies To Work For.Other career achievements include being the youngest leader of a publicly listed company (the Media Business Group in 1995), and overseeing the undoubtedly most successful merger in the recent UK advertising history (TMBG and MediaCom in 1999).Stephen is married, with one son. He also founded and co-chairs a children's charity, Rays of Sunshine. read bio Lindsay Pattison Global Chief Transformation Officer, GroupM and Worldwide CEO, Maxus Global Twitter Linkedin X Lindsay Pattison Global Chief Transformation Officer, GroupM and Worldwide CEO, Maxus Global Twitter Linkedin In May 2017, Lindsay was named Global Chief Transformation Officer for GroupM. The newly created position sees Lindsay lead change initiatives across GroupM, its media agencies and specialists, and working closely with leaders across WPP to deliver the best possible communications for clients. Lindsay will also continue to serve as Global CEO of Maxus, a position held since October 2014. She joined Maxus in October 2009 as UK CEO and in August 2012, Lindsay took on an additional role as Global Chief Strategy Officer for Maxus. Prior to Maxus, Lindsay worked at PHD and client-side at Sony Ericsson, after starting out at Young & Rubicam in a full service agency environment. Lindsay now sits on the Chime LTD board as a non-executive director, representing WPP. She served two terms on the WEF Global Agenda Council on the Future of Media and was named one of Cranfield’s FTSE Board Report’s 100 Women to Watch in 2015 and 2016. Lindsay was also named to Ad Age’s 2015 class of Women to Watch. As a passionate and vocal campaigner for gender equality, she launched ‘Walk the Talk’, an initiative to help senior women at Maxus to thrive and progress in their career – a program now adopted globally by WPP. read bio Christian Juhl Global CEO, Essence Twitter Linkedin X Christian Juhl Global CEO, Essence Twitter Linkedin Christian Juhl is Global CEO at Essence, a digitally-born media agency that blends data science, objective media, and captivating experiences to build valuable connections between brands and consumers. Clients include Google, Hewlett-Packard, Viber, Intuit, method, Tesco Mobile, Visa, GrubHub, and the Financial Times. The agency is more than 600 people strong, has offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore, and Tokyo, manages over $800MM in media spend, and deploys campaigns in 71 markets.In his role as Global CEO, Christian is responsible for driving the agency's growth in creation, innovation, and digital transformation with Essence's clients and people. He originally joined the agency in October of 2013 to lead North American operations, and was made Global CEO in spring of 2014. Christian came to the agency from Razorfish, where he held a number of ascending titles, including SVP Managing Director, VP Client Director, and Director of Business Development, culminating in the position of President of Razorfish's West region, a role he held for over four years. read bio Jess Burley Global CEO, m/SIX Linkedin X Jess Burley Global CEO, m/SIX Linkedin Jess has been Global Chief Executive of m/SIX since 2010 – heading up the agency’s media planning and buying operations across 30 offices spanning the UK, Europe, US, South America and Asia. In her time at m/SIX, she has helped establish the business as one of the UK’s fastest-growing media planning and buying agencies, with deep expert knowledge in digital planning, programmatic and data analytics – using data-driven audience insights to inform campaign planning from creative through to media strategy. She has helped m/SIX become a leader in brand safety and transparency, delivering record viewability standards for clients internationally, including TalkTalk, JUST EAT, Virgin Money and Bank of New York Mellon.As a senior partner in WPP-backed agency group The&Partnership, Jess also heads up data and technology projects for all clients across The&Partnership globally, as well as holding the role of Chairman for the group’s content and digital engagement agency AllTogetherNow.Jess has specialist knowledge in retail, telecoms, FMCG, financial services and publishing, having begun her career with the Financial Times, Future Publishing, Gruner and Jahr and Natmags. At Natmags (now Hearst), Jess was responsible for delivering exceptional growth and savings, progressing swiftly to become Chief Operating Officer and then Group MD. As MD, she helped restructure the business, merging Hearst Digital with the core Natmags business and launching all the business’s magazine sites into one digital network.As well as her executive roles in media, Jess also sits on the boards of UK Mail Plc and Quarto Publishing, and is a Trustee for young people’s charity The Mix, which is part of The Royal Foundation’s Heads Together partnership. Jess studied English Literature and Theatre Arts at University, and trained as a ballet dancer – thinking she would pursue ballet professionally until the age of 19. She lives in London with her husband Mark, and is passionate about golf, literature and music as well as media. read bio Rob Norman Global Chief Digital Officer & Chairman North America Twitter Linkedin X Rob Norman Global Chief Digital Officer & Chairman North America Twitter Linkedin As Chief Digital Officer of GroupM Global, Rob oversees the activities of the world’s largest buyer of online. In this role, he develops the digital capabilities within GroupM while establishing thought leadership positioning in the digital space and contributing to each agency’s business development.Prior to taking this role in 2012, Rob served as CEO of GroupM North America where he was responsible for the general management as well as strategic and administrative activities at each of GroupM’s four media agencies. From 2007 – 2010 Rob served as head of Group M Interaction, which included the digital offerings of each GroupM agency as well as the integrated global search organization.Rob was named a Media Maven by Advertising Age in 2007. He sits on the advisory board of WPP Digital, the venture arm of GroupM parent company WPP, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication. He also is on the board of the 4A’s, and the Ad Council and leads GroupM’s diversity efforts, including a scholarship program at City College New York.Rob has worked for more than two decades in the media agency business in a wide range of increasingly senior roles, mostly at MEC, where he was named U.K. Chairman in 2003. He joined the company in 1986 prior to the merger, when the agency was known as CIA. Rob rose quickly through the ranks at CIA, first becoming a Group Head and then founding the company’s first joint venture media operation, which became the model for three subsequent ventures. In 2002, following the merger of CIA with Mediaedge, Rob was appointed Worldwide Director of New Business Development.Rob lives in New York and is widely believed to be the only Englishman with a working knowledge of baseball’s infield fly rule. He is a fan of the New York Mets, the New York Jets, Tottenham Hotspur and Warren Buffett. read bio Colin Barlow Chief Operating Officer, GroupM Global Linkedin X Colin Barlow Chief Operating Officer, GroupM Global Linkedin In August 2014, Colin Barlow was promoted to the role of Global Chief Operating Officer for GroupM. In this new role he leads financial oversight, acquisitions, corporate partnerships, operational efficiencies of tools, systems and processes and also contributes the oversight of the trading operations.Prior to assuming his current position, Colin served as GroupM’s Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2007, overseeing all financial and information technology management activities for GroupM Global operating agencies which extend across more than 25,000 employees and operations in 70 countries.Colin previously served as CFO of GroupM EMEA. Before moving to GroupM, he worked for Razorfish, Ogilvy, Arthur Andersen, following graduating in Electronic Engineering in the UK. read bio Stuart Diamond Chief Financial Officer, GroupM Global Linkedin X Stuart Diamond Chief Financial Officer, GroupM Global Linkedin Stuart Diamond is GroupM’s Global Chief Financial Officer. In this role he is responsible for all financial management activities for GroupM worldwide and its operating companies; which include Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, Mindshare, Xaxis and Essence.Stuart Diamond served as the CFO for GroupM North America from 2008 until 2014. Stuart was responsible for establishing financial strategies for the region as well as overseeing all corporate accounting and financial activities for GroupM and its agencies. In his position he handled budgets, forecasts and takes an active leadership role in GroupM acquisitions.Before joining GroupM, Stuart was CFO for NMHC for two years (2006-2008), a comprehensive pharmacy benefit management company that serves approximately five million members, he oversaw systems and controls of internal accounting to ensure the quality and reliability of NMHC’s financial systems and reporting.Prior to NMHC he was a member of the WPP family as the CFO for Healthworld Corporation taking them (now called Ogilvy Healthworld) public and negotiating their sale to Cordiant Communications in 2000. During his tenure at Healthworld, he completed IPO and the acquisitions of companies in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Finland and Spain.Stuart has a BS in Accounting from State University of New York at Buffalo, MBA in Finance from Fordham University and a Masters of Science in Taxation from Pace University, and is also a Certified Public Accountant. read bio Elizabeth McCune Head of Marketing, Communications & Business Development, GroupM Global Linkedin X Elizabeth McCune Head of Marketing, Communications & Business Development, GroupM Global Linkedin Elizabeth is Head of the Global Marketing, Communications and Business Development team. In this role, she is responsible for global oversight of the GroupM brand, as an entity and the sum of its operating companies. She also oversees major business development and revenue growth across GroupM.Elizabeth has worked across many global brands in both strategy and client leadership positions, including Toyota, Exxon Mobil and GE. More recently her leadership was instrumental in some of the largest new business wins, including NBC Universal, Nestle and IKEA and in the global repositioning of the GroupM brand.Prior to working for GroupM, Elizabeth held senior-level positions at Omnicom Media Group and Ogilvy. Elizabeth holds an MBA from the University of Georgia’s Terry School of Business and a bachelor's degree from The College of Charleston. And, she is a member of the New York Junior League, spending time with grammar school children weekly through the League’s Cultural Enrichment of the Youth program. read bio Brian Lesser CEO, GroupM North America Twitter Linkedin X Brian Lesser CEO, GroupM North America Twitter Linkedin Brian Lesser is CEO of GroupM in North America where he is responsible for overseeing strategy and operations for the world’s largest media investment management organization. With an emphasis on the smart application of data and technology, Brian is charged with maximizing the value of media investments for many of the world’s largest advertisers. He does this through the development and support of GroupM’s leading agencies and specialist companies including Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, Maxus, Essence and Xaxis.Prior to this role, Brian was global CEO of Xaxis, a company he founded in 2011 and led to over a billion dollars in revenue. Under his leadership, Xaxis became the global pacesetter for the programmatic advertising industry, pioneering numerous technology firsts and expanding via several acquisitions and investments in the burgeoning ad tech space. At Xaxis, Brian oversaw the development of over 40 new offices, bringing programmatic advertising to major markets including China and Latin America.Earlier, Brian was SVP and General Manager of WPP’s Media Innovation Group, where he launched the first data management platform for agencies and was instrumental in creating the first and largest agency trading desk. Prior, Brian was VP of product management at 24/7 Media, a global media and technology firm acquired by WPP in 2007.Brian has been recognized for his foundational role in the ad industry’s shift to a more data and technology-driven model. In 2016 he was named to the Crain 100, a list of the top disrupters and change-makers in business. In 2015 he was cited as one of “Five Advertising Executives to Watch” by the Wall Street Journal and in 2014 he was named to Ad Age’s 40 Under 40 list. Brian has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a director and advisor to emerging advertising technology companies. Brian lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children. read bio Mark Patterson CEO, GroupM APAC & Chairman, GroupM China Linkedin X Mark Patterson CEO, GroupM APAC & Chairman, GroupM China Linkedin Mark Patterson is the CEO, GroupM APAC and Chairman, GroupM China. A graduate in commerce from Birmingham University, Mark began his media career in London as a marketing and then sales executive with a leading billboard contractor (now Clear Channel).In late 1988 he joined Ogilvy & Mather London as a media planner and progressed over the next several years to the position of Media Group Director.In October 2000 Mark moved to Tokyo to take on the role of CEO of Mindshare Japan and worked with the team there in establishing Mindshare as the first major media agency in Japan focusing on media planningIn 2002 Mark's role extended to CEO North Asia and in mid 2003 he relocated to Hong Kong managing China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.In October 2005 Mark was appointed as CEO GroupM North Asia with responsibility for all WPP's media assets in the sub-region including Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, Mindshare and Kinetic with combined billings of US$3bn (RECMA).In May 2007, Mark was appointed as COO, GroupM Asia Pacific and in June 2008, Mark was appointed as CEO, GroupM Asia Pacific. read bio Dominic Grainger CEO, GroupM EMEA Linkedin X Dominic Grainger CEO, GroupM EMEA Linkedin Dominic started his career at Price Waterhouse in 1987 where he advised a number of FTSE 100 companies and multinationals specializing in mergers and acquisitions across Europe. His advertising-related clients included CIA Group (later Tempus Group PLC) as it started to expand by acquisition across Europe from 1993 onwards.His media career started in 1997 when he joined CIA as Chief Financial Officer of CIA Europe and was heavily involved in building and then consolidating the European network. Dominic became Chief Operating Officer when the CIA regions were aligned to create CIA Worldwide in 2001.In late 2001, Tempus was acquired by WPP. Following the merger of CIA with The Media Edge in 2002.Dominic was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MEC Europe, Middle East and Africa. In the following three years Mediaedge:cia EMEA saw significant growth and developed its offer into one of the region's leading communications planning and implementation agencies with 120 offices in 46 countries.Dominic became Managing Director of GroupM Europe, Middle East and Africa in January 2006 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in October 2008. read bio José María Sanabria CEO, GroupM LATAM Linkedin X José María Sanabria CEO, GroupM LATAM Linkedin José María Sanabria is CEO for GroupM Latin America, a role he was appointed to in 2015. For five years prior, he was CEO of GroupM Spain where he led the development of the business to new heights of success. Previously, José María worked in Havas Media for more than ten years where he held various increasingly responsible positions: first as Director of Information Technology, then as General Manager at Media Planning Madrid and later as General Manager of MPG Iberia. Before entering the advertising business, José María developed a career in information technology, a discipline that is now an essential core-competency for modern media investment management. José María worked both in a hardware manufacturer (NCR) and later in software house, developing business applications for the Public Administration in Spain. José María’s experience includes several management, strategic marketing and executive development programs including programs at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Insead. He has served on the Board of “Autocontrol de la Publicidad” (Advertising Self-Regulation Association in Spain), the Executive Committees of the Media Agencies’ Association in Spain, the Control Board of Kantar Media (TV audiometry), and also as a member of the Spanish Juries Club of the Effectiveness Awards. José María is an Aeronautical Engineer. read bio Manjiry Tamhane Global CEO, Gain Theory Linkedin X Manjiry Tamhane Global CEO, Gain Theory Linkedin With over 20 years’ experience in the marketing effectiveness industry, Manjiry has been integral to Gain Theory’s success since its inception and is now Global CEO. In her global role she enshrines the consultancy’s vision and strategy alongside leading global client relationships. Throughout her career - client side (Penhaligons and Debenhams) and agency (Ohal and Gain Theory) - Manjiry’ s guiding principle has been to deliver actionable recommendations that maximize the benefit of marketing investment. To this effect, connecting data, insights and outcomes against KPIs via a high touch consultative approach is of paramount importance to her and has contributed to Gain Theory’s high client retention rate. Manjiry holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and an MSc from the University of Warwick. As an accomplished author and speaker, Manjiry has been an advocate in the industry for the importance of balancing magic and logic as well as the challenge and opportunities resulting from the Internet of Things. Manjiry is a member of the Marketing Society and a juror on the Creative Data panel at Cannes Lions, 2016. read bio Brian Gleason Global CEO, [m]PLATFORM Linkedin X Brian Gleason Global CEO, [m]PLATFORM Linkedin Brian Gleason is Global Chief Executive Officer of GroupM’s [m]PLATFORM. [m]PLATFORM is GroupM’s audience intelligence and activation solution, building personalized consumer relationships at scale. Brian leads a multi-disciplinary team of nearly 5,000 analysts, data strategists, search and social specialists, and product and media experts focused on ensuring consistent delivery in all markets where GroupM clients do business. At the core of [m]PLATFORM is [mp]ID, a uniquely powerful consumer identifier that unifies data to provide the most comprehensive and detailed picture of an individual consumer. Prior to this role, Brian was the global CEO of Xaxis the world’s largest programmatic audience company. In this role, he guided overall company strategy, client development and business growth including leading the company’s blockbuster acquisition of Triad Retail Media, the global leader in digital retail media advertising. Earlier, Brian served as CEO, Americas for Xaxis where he tripled revenue in Xaxis’ largest market, while implementing several ad industry firsts. Included in his accomplishments are the launch of Xaxis Prime, the first fully programmatic product to guarantee human viewership, and the debut of Xaxis Politics, the first ever solution to use offline voter data for online advertising. Brian also oversaw the rollout of the company’s direct business in Canada and Mexico as well as the integration of the Xaxis and 24/7 North America operations following the companies’ merger Brian joined Xaxis from the digital publishing industry, where he was the Group Chief Revenue Officer for IDG TechNetwork and IDG Consumer & SMB. In that role he led sales, marketing, publisher development and programmatic efforts across the more than 550 sites encompassed within the two networks. He was also instrumental in launching IDG’s Tech Media Exchange, the first private advertising exchange in the technology market, with additional responsibility for overseeing ad product development efforts across display, video and mobile advertising channels. Brian spent the past three years as chairman of the 4A’s data media management task force creating industry standards across addressable media. Named one of Folio Magazine’s 30 under 30 emerging leaders in the publishing industry, Brian’s experience spans advertising, digital media, publishing, finance and technology. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children along with his two dogs. read bio Johan Boserup CEO Trading, GroupM Global Twitter Linkedin X Johan Boserup CEO Trading, GroupM Global Twitter Linkedin Johan Boserup is the Global CEO for GroupM Trading. In this role, Johan oversees the media buying operation across WPP’s media agencies. Johan sits on the Global Executive Committee of GroupM.Johan is responsible for leveraging GroupM's market leading scale to enable the four agencies within the group to deliver incremental value to their clients. Johan is also tasked with driving new media trading models, challenging and moving the marketplace, to generate value for our clients.Prior to joining GroupM in June 2013 Johan was Chief Trading & Accountability Officer Worldwide at Omnicom Media Group, responsible for media buying and delivery for OMD and PHD's clients across the globe.Johan was with Omnicom for 17 years – a career that started in Denmark, but quickly expanded to the Nordic region with responsibility for both Trading and Digital Media.In 2005 Johan was appointed European Director of Trading and Accountability at OMG, and in early 2008 the role was expanded to Global.Johan is Danish but has lived in London for many years, with his wife and two boys. read bio Harvey Goldhersz Chief Data Officer & CEO, GroupM Analytics Linkedin X Harvey Goldhersz Chief Data Officer & CEO, GroupM Analytics Linkedin In August 2014, Harvey Goldhersz was appointed GroupM Chief Data Officer and CEO of Analytics. In this role he is responsible for ensuring GroupM agencies and their clients have superior access to the data-led insights that can truly transform their media initiatives and performance.Goldhersz joins GroupM from MediaCom, where he has served as Vice Chairman and Worldwide COO for a decade. Prior to 2004, Goldhersz was founder and CEO of MediaCom Digital and CEO of Beyond Interactive, ultimately merging four separate entities – Beyond Interactive, MediaCom Digital, media.com, and Grey E-Media. Under his leadership, MediaCom became the largest integrated interactive media agency network in the industry as ranked independently by RECMA.Prior to his current position, Goldhersz had been CEO of MediaCom North America since 2011.He is based at GroupM’s Headquarters in New York City. read bio Tim Cecere Chief Talent Officer, GroupM Global Twitter Linkedin X Tim Cecere Chief Talent Officer, GroupM Global Twitter Linkedin Tim is responsible for GroupM’s human resources strategies, practices, and policies for its over 27,500 employees globally. Tim focuses his attention on the continued enhancement of GroupM’s unrivaled talent community, engaging with the best minds in trading, analytics, data and technology around the world. Tim began his career with the New York Times in 1984 and then moved to Newsweek Magazine in 1987. In 1989, Tim joined Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, part of the WPP family. In 2000, Tim was part of the founding team that formed GroupM Worldwide, and his views have been published by media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age and many more. He has received numerous awards for his professional and charitable work and has been a guest speaker at the AAF Conference, the NYC Center for Communication and multiple colleges and universities. He is also a musician and a competitive USTA tennis player. Tim has an undergraduate degree from St. John’s University and a Master’s degree Columbia University. twitter linkedin youtube WPP & GroupM Terms & Conditions GroupM Privacy Policy [m]PLATFORM Privacy Policy Brand Kit Press Inquiries © All rights reserved. WPP - Leaders in Advertising, Marketing & Media