EN GROUPM ELEVATES KRYSTAL OLIVIERI TO GLOBAL CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER ROLE PRESS RELEASE MAY 24, 2021 New York (May 24, 2021) — GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, today announced that Krystal Olivieri has been elevated to the role of global Chief Innovation Officer. This newly created role advances GroupM’s directive to better leverage scale to innovate, differentiate and create sustained value for clients through homegrown products and offerings. Through the lens of the Responsible Investment Framework, Olivieri will be responsible for elevating, enhancing, and streamlining GroupM products and solutions in collaboration with the group’s agencies and partners, including start-ups. Such a focus will help foster an agile, incubator mindset delivered via a sprint approach to innovation that will help unlock agency growth opportunities while advancing GroupM’s purpose of being responsible for shaping the next era of media where advertising works better for people. “Clients realize growth when their agency partners have the tools and offerings that transcend a rapidly evolving industry and community viewpoint,” said Olivieri. “The Responsible Investment Framework, for example, moves us all toward a more sustainable supply chain, and I’m excited to work alongside our agencies, community and clients to develop solutions that tangibly further this mission. Beyond this, I am excited to continue to help brands navigate the unknown and accelerate the great work across GroupM in areas that aren’t yet mainstream.” Olivieri has helped create, develop and scale some of GroupM’s industry-leading privacy and data products and solutions, including the Data Ethics Compass that was launched in February. In her previous role, she led data strategy and partnerships globally for GroupM, where she helped distill industry changes and define future strategies for clients and the business. The Innovation team, composed of 80% women, will work in partnership with the agencies to design, incubate, scale and, in some cases, develop homegrown or co-developed products and solutions. This team will also work closely with Investment/Partnerships, Services, and Choreograph to identify and co-develop partner-oriented innovation opportunities. “We’ve made a lot of progress toward our goal to create operational efficiencies and better leverage our scale to innovate, differentiate and create sustained value for clients,” said Christian Juhl, GroupM Global CEO. “Krystal is no stranger to this, as evident in the innovation-led products and solutions she helped conceive and co-design throughout the years, including the Data Ethics Compass launched with Mindshare and Unilever. I’m really looking forward to seeing Krystal and the Innovation team scale, for and with clients, in close partnership with the agencies.” ABOUT GROUPM GroupM is the world's leading media investment company responsible for more than $60B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. GroupM's portfolio includes Data & Technology, Investment and Services, all united in vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business. DISCOVER MORE #leadership #innovation #krystal olivieri MEDIA CONTACT JARED BAIMAN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS Jared.Baiman@GroupM.com HOME ABOUT BUSINESSES WHAT WE DO CAREERS INSIGHTS NEWSROOM BRAND KIT GET IN TOUCH WPP & GROUPM GroupM Global Privacy Notice Terms & Conditions [m]PLATFORM Privacy Notice GroupM Privacy Policy for Recruitment: APAC GroupM Privacy Policy for Talent: Europe UK Modern Slavery Act Press Inquiries FAQ INSIGHTS IN YOUR INBOX 2021 All rights reserved. WPP - Leaders in Advertising, Marketing & Media BACK TO TOP