People: WPP PLC (WPPGY.O)


WPPGY.O on Nasdaq

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18 Jun 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Philip Lader

 66 2001 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Martin Sorrell

 68 1986 Group Chief Executive, Executive Director

Paul Richardson

 54 Group Finance Director, Executive Director

Bessie Lee

 2013 Chief Executive - Operations, Mainland

Mark Read

 44 2005 Strategy Director, Chief Executive Officer of WPP Digital; Executive Director

Marie Capes

 Company Secretary

Roger Agnelli

 54 2013 Non-Executive Director

Jacques Aigrain

 59 2013 Non-Executive Director

Koichiro Naganuma

 68 2004 Non-Executive Director

John Quelch

 60 1988 Non-Executive Director

Hugo Shong

 56 2013 Non-Executive Director

Sally Susman

 51 2013 Non-Executive Director

Colin Day

 58 2005 Independent Non-Executive Director

Esther Dyson

 60 1999 Independent Non-Executive Director

Orit Gadiesh

 60 2004 Independent Non-Executive Director

Rui Gang Li

 2010 Non-Executive Independent Director

Stanley Morten

 63 2010 Non-Executive Independent Director

Lubna Olayan

 57 2005 Independent Non-Executive Director

Jeffrey Rosen

 63 2004 Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Timothy Shriver

 51 2007 Independent Non-Executive Director

Paul Spencer

 2004 Independent Non-Executive Director

Solomon Trujillo

 61 2010 Non-Executive Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Philip Lader

 Ambassador Philip Lader is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of WPP PLC since 2001. The US Ambassador to the Court of St James’s from 1997 to 2001, he previously served in several senior executive roles in the US Government, including as a Member of the President’s Cabinet and as White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Before entering government service, he was executive vice president of the company managing the late Sir James Goldsmith’s US holdings and president of both a prominent American real estate company and universities in the US and Australia. A lawyer, he is also a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley, a director of Marathon Oil, AES and Rusal Corporations, a trustee of the Smithsonian Museum of American History and the Atlantic Council and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Martin Sorrell

 Sir Martin Sorrell is Group Chief Executive, Executive Director of WPP PLC. He joined WPP in 1986 as a director, becoming Group chief executive in the same year. He is a non-executive director of Formula One.

Paul Richardson

 Mr. Paul W.G. Richardson serves as Group Finance Director, Executive Director of WPP PLC. He became Group finance director of WPP in 1996 after four years with the Company as director of treasury. He is responsible for the Group’s worldwide functions in finance, information technology, procurement, property, treasury, taxation, internal audit and corporate responsibility. He is a chartered accountant and fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He is a non-executive director of CEVA Group plc, Chime Communications PLC and STW Communications Group Limited in Australia, the last two being companies associated with the Group.

Bessie Lee

Mark Read

 Mr. Mark Read is Executive Director of WPP PLC. and Strategy Director, Chief Executive Officer of WPP Digital. He was appointed a director in March 2005. He has been WPP’s director of strategy since 2002 and is also chief executive of WPP Digital. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of HighCo and a director of CHI & Partners. He worked at WPP between 1989 and 1995 in both parent company and operating company roles. Prior to rejoining WPP in 2002, he was a principal at the consultancy firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton and founded and developed the company WebRewards in the UK.

Marie Capes

Roger Agnelli

 Mr. Roger Agnelli has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC., effective May 13, 2013. He is the founding partner and CEO of AGN Holding, a Brazilian company focused on mining, logistics and bioenergy in Brazil, Latin America and Africa. He is also the chairman of B&A, a joint venture between BTG Pactual and AGN focused on the exploration and development of fertilizer, iron ore and copper assets. Roger was CEO and president of VALE from July 2001 to May 2011. Prior to his executive role at VALE, he was the chairman of the company's board of directors from May 2000 until July 2001. He developed his professional career at the Bradesco Group, one of the financial institutions in Brazil, from 1981 to 2001. He worked as executive director of Bradesco Bank from 1998 until 2000, when he was appointed CEO and president of Bradespar S.A. Due to his experience in the fields of investment, mergers and acquisitions and asset management, he was vice president of ANBID (Brazil's National Association of Investment Banks) and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). He has served on the board of directors of various companies with operations in Brazil and elsewhere, such as, in the field of power generation and distribution, CPFL, Rio Grande Energia, Serra da Mesa Energia and VCB Energia in Brazil and Duke Energy in the US; in oil and gas, Petrobras and Suzano Petroquímica in Brazil and Spectra Energy in the US; in steel, CSN and LATASA; in automotive and auto parts, Mahle Metal Leve; in home appliances, Brasmotor and in cable TV, UGB Participações. Between 2003 and 2007, he was a member of the Economic and Social Development Council (CDES), an entity that provides advice to the President of Brazil. Roger has a degree in Economics from the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Jacques Aigrain

 Dr. Jacques Aigrain has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC., effective May 13, 2013. He is currently chairman of LCH.Clearnet Group Limited. He was CEO of Swiss Re from 2006 to 2009, and prior to that, he spent 20 years with JP Morgan Chase in New York, London and Paris. In addition, Jacques is a non-executive director of London Stock Exchange Group Plc and a Supervisory Board Member of Lyondell Bassell NV, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and its subsidiary, Swiss International Airlines AG. He is also an advisory director of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority. Jacques is a dual French and Swiss citizen. He holds a PhD in Economics from Sorbonne University, and a MA degree in Economics from Paris Dauphine University.

Koichiro Naganuma

 Mr. Koichiro Naganuma is Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since February 2004. He is chairman of the Board of Asatsu-DK Inc., also known as ADK. He is also vice chairman of Japan Advertising Association. Joining the agency in 1981, he was president and Group CEO from 1991-2010. ADK is Japan’s advertising and communicationscompany.

John Quelch

 Prof. John A. Quelch, Ph.D., is Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since 1988. He is the Dean, Vice President and Distinguished Professor of International Management at the China Europe International Business School. Between 2001 and 2011 he was the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School. Between 1998 and 2001 he was Dean of the London Business School. Between 2002 and 2011 he served as chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority, honorary counsel general of the Kingdom of Morocco in New England and as honorary chairman of the British American Business Council of New England. Professor Quelch’s writings focus on global business practice in emerging as well as developed markets, international marketing and the role of the multinational corporation and the nation state. He is a non-executive director of Alere, Inc and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served previously on the boards of Blue Circle Industries plc, easyJet plc, Pentland Group plc, Pepsi Bottling Group and Reebok International Limited.

Hugo Shong

 Mr. Hugo Shong has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC., effective May 13, 2013. He is the executive vice president of International Data Group (IDG), a private technology media, research and events company, and president of IDG Asia/China. He joined IDG in 1991 as an associate to IDG's founder and chairman, Patrick J. McGovern, for Asian business development after working for three years as a reporter and editor at Electronic Business and Electronic Business Asia magazine, where Hugo launched over 40 magazines and newspapers in Asian countries, such as PC World Vietnam, the Chinese editions of NetworkWorld, Electronic Products, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, National Geographic, FHM and Men's Health. In 1993, Hugo helped IDG to set up the first technology venture fund in China, IDG Capital Partners, which now has $3.8 billion under management and an investment portfolio including Baidu, Tencent (QQ), Sohu, Ctrip and Soufun. Hugo currently serves on the boards of China Jiuhao Health Industry Corp, which focuses on health maintenance and retirement community projects in China, and Mei Ah Entertainment Group, an entertainment company with interests in television, film and theatre listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Hugo has been a member of the board of trustees of Boston University since 2005. After completing his undergraduate studies at Hunan University, he attended the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and earned a Master of Science from Boston University in 1987. He conducted graduate studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Sally Susman

 Ms. Sally Susman has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC., effective May 13, 2013. She is currently executive vice president, Policy External Affairs & Communications for Pfizer, the world's biopharmaceutical company. Sally also heads the firm's corporate responsibility group and plays a key role in shaping policy initiatives. Before joining Pfizer in 2007, Sally was EVP of Global Communications at Estée Lauder, where she directed global corporate affairs strategy and served as a member of the Executive Committee. She also held several senior corporate affairs posts at American Express, working in both London and the US. Sally started her career in government service focused on international trade issues and her positions included Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs in the US Department of Commerce. She serves on the board of the International Rescue Committee, the US Department of State's International Council on Women's Business Leadership and the US India Business Council. She was also appointed as the New York City Commissioner on Women's Issues by Mayor Michael R Bloomberg. Sally holds a BA in Government from Connecticut College in the US and has studied at the London School of Economics.

Colin Day

 Mr. Colin R. Day is Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since July 2005. He is the chief executive of Filtrona plc and a non-executive director of Amec. He was the group finance director of Reckitt Benckiser plc, until April 2011, having been appointed to its board in September 2000. Prior to joining Reckitt Benckiser he was group finance director of Aegis Group plc and previously held a number of senior finance positions with ABB Group plc and De La Rue Group plc. He was a non-executive director of Vero Group plc until 1998, Bell Group plc until 2004, Imperial Tobacco plc until February 2007, easyJet plc until 30 September 2005 and Cadbury plc until 2010.

Esther Dyson

 Ms. Esther Dyson is Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since 1999. In 2004 she sold her company, EDventure Holdings, to CNET Networks, the US-based interactive media company now owned by CBS. She left CNET at the end of 2006 and now operates as an independent investor and writer, again under the name of EDventure. She has been highly influential for the past 20 years on the basis of her insights into online/information technology markets and their social impact worldwide, including the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe and Asia. An active investor as well as an analyst/observer, she participated in the sale of Flickr to Yahoo! and of Medstory and Powerset to Microsoft. She sits on the boards of non-listed start-ups including Evernote (US), 23andMe (US), Airship Ventures (US), Eventful.com (US), Meetup Inc. (US), NewspaperDirect (Canada), Voxiva (US) and Yandex (Russia). She is also active in public affairs and was founding chairman of ICANN, the domain name policy agency, from 1998 to 2000. She currently sits on the board of the Sunlight Foundation, which advocates transparency in government.

Orit Gadiesh

 Ms. Orit Gadiesh is Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since April 2004. She is chairman of Bain & Company, Inc. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and was a Baker Scholar. She is a member of the International Advisory Board at Haute Ecole Commerciale in France, as well as a member of the Foundation Board for the World Economic Forum and the Board of Directors of The Peres Institute for Peace. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee for Eisenhower Fellowships.

Rui Gang Li

 Mr. Li Ruigang has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of WPP PLC with effect from 12 October 2010. He is President of Shanghai Media Group (SMG) a multimedia conglomerate based in Shanghai. Since 2002, under Ruigang’s leadership, SMG has maintained the most complete portfolio of media and related businesses, including television, radio, print media, digital media, home shopping, content distribution, performing arts, training, and has become the content and service provider and distributor of Chinese language programs in the Chinese Mainland. Ruigang is also the Chairman of China Media Capital (CMC), China’s first and only sovereign private equity fund dedicated to the media sector both within China and abroad. CMC recently announced a partnership with News Corporation’s Star China to develop their joint interests in developing growth opportunities in the operational and investment platforms in China and overseas markets. Prior to his current role, Ruigang was a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York. He holds a Bachelor and Master's degree in journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai.

Stanley Morten

 Mr. Stanley W. Morten is Non-Executive Independent Director of WPP PLC. He was appointed a director in 1991. He is a consultant, private investor and one of the five public members of the Investment Advisory Council of the State of Connecticut. From 2003 to 2009 he was the Independent Consultant to Citigroup/Smith Barney with responsibility for its independent research requirements. Previously he was the chief operating officer of Punk, Ziegel & Co, a New York investment banking firm with a focus on the healthcare and technology industries. Before that he was the managing director of the equity division of Wertheim Schroder & Co, Inc. in New York. He is a former non-executive director of Register.com, which was sold to a private equity firm in November 2005. He is also a non-executive director of The Motley Fool, Inc., and of Darien Rowayton Bank, both of which are private companies.

Lubna Olayan

 Ms. Lubna Olayan is Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since March 2005. Ms. Olayan is the deputy chairperson and chief executive officer of the Olayan Financing Company, a subsidiary and the holding entity for the Olayan Group’s operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Ms. Olayan is a Board Member of two publicly listed companies, the Saudi Hollandi Bank and Schlumberger, and on the International Advisory Board of Akbank, Rolls-Royce and the National Bank of Kuwait. She is on the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, INSEAD and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) and on the Board of DSCA (Down Syndrome Charitable Association) and Al Fanar, the first Arab venture philanthropy organisation in the Arab region.

Jeffrey Rosen

 Mr. Jeffrey A. Rosen is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since December 2004. He is a deputy chairman and managing director of Lazard. He has over 30 years’ experience in international investment banking and corporate finance. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is President of the Board of Trustees of the International Center of Photography in New York.

Timothy Shriver

 Mr. Timothy P. Shriver,Ph.D., is Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since August 2007. He is Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics, serving over three million Special Olympic athletes and their families in 180 countries. In recent years, he has produced films for Disney, Dream Works and Fox Searchlight and Hallmark Hall of Fame. He co-founded the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and currently chairs the CASEL Board. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is also a non-executive director of the Malaria No More, Neogenix Oncology, and he is the founder and President of the Center for Interface Action on Global Poverty.

Paul Spencer

 Mr. Paul Spencer, CBE, is Independent Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC since April 2004. He is a financier with 20 years’ experience in the financial management of a number of blue-chip companies, including British Leyland PLC, Rolls-Royce PLC, Hanson PLC and Royal & Sun Alliance PLC. He has held a number of non-executive directorships including until 2009 chairman of NS and I (National Savings). He is currently chairman of State Street Managed Pension Funds and chairs audit at TR Property Investment Trust PLC. He is the independent Trustee of the BAT, BT, BA and Rolls-Royce Pension Funds. In the 2010 Honours he was awarded a CBE for services to the financial services industry. He is a governor of the charity Motability.

Solomon Trujillo

 Mr. Solomon D. Trujillo is Non-Executive Independent Director of WPP PLC since 12 October 2010. He is a experienced international business executive, who brings 30 years of international business experience to the Board, having served as CEO on three continents in media communications organisations: US West (now Qwest), Orange (now France Telecom) and Telstra, the Australian communications company. Recognised as a broadband and wireless pioneer, he has a reputation as an innovator in the digital space, described by President Reagan’s science advisor as “the nation’s first digital telecom CEO”. He has managed operations and remains active in business affairs in both developed and fast-growing markets from China and South Asia to Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East… more than 20 countries around the world. He is a member of corporate boards in the US, EU and China – including in the US, Target and Promerica Bank; in Europe, Weather Investments S.p.A in Italy; and in Asia, Silk Road Technologies in China, where he is board chairman. In the public sector, Mr Trujillo served as a trade policy advisor to the Clinton and Bush administrations and remains active on public policy issues related to immigration, trade, productivity and fiscal affairs.

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