As Chairman and CEO of IPG Mediabrands, Philippe manages the 10,500-person unit that oversees marketing investment for many of the world’s most iconic brands. In this role, Philippe partners with agency management to strengthen the group’s leadership position in digital and data-driven marketing, to further scale and advance IPG Mediabrands’ media offering, and to drive collaboration across the broader IPG network.
As CFO of IPG Mediabrands, Ellen is responsible for all areas of global finance, accounting, technology, legal and compliance within this unit of IPG. In this role, Ellen collaborates with agency leadership to drive financial performance across the portfolio of agencies. Ellen works to provide strategic counsel and further growth opportunities on all facets of the business. Ellen also serves as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Interpublic Group, where she is responsible for Treasury, Corporate Development, and Financial Planning and Analysis.
Jim understands what needs to be done to get results for our network and clients. He’s held a variety of roles within UM, Initiative, and most recently served as CEO IPG Mediabrands G-14 and President, Global Clients, where he held responsibility for brands headquartered outside of the US including, AB InBev, Unilever and BMW. Jim is a graduate of Wharton Business School and a member of the Commercial Committee at BAFTA.
Arun continues to lead the industry in transforming the digital landscape, leveraging data and analytics to give both IPG Mediabrands and the Interpublic Group an edge over our competitors. To sustain our success in the space, and push the boundaries across our capabilities, Arun was appointed IPG Mediabrands’ first-ever Global Chief Data & Marketing Technology Officer in March 2017, overseeing all data and technology initiatives across the Mediabrands network with a remit to extend their capabilities to all IPG agencies. Additionally, Arun oversees Reprise, IPG Mediabrands’ digital-performance unit, and Cadreon, the network’s advertising technology unit. In these roles, Arun pushes a data-driven marketing culture through the network’s suite of proprietary tools and platforms.
Alastair believes that the perfect working environment is one that offers satisfying employee challenges and also fosters effective leadership development, talent management, employee relations and diversity initiatives. Alastair has been profiled in many talent publications including Human Resources and Profile Magazine.
Caroline has over 25 years of global client leadership and business experience across multiple verticals, spanning all marketing communications. Focusing primarily on client relations, Caroline provides strategic leadership to create communications solutions that will ultimately foster business growth. Her business acumen will help build upon the entrepreneurial, empowered and dynamic culture of IPG Mediabrands EMEA.
Leigh is a highly-regarded media innovator whose career has spanned Europe and the Pacific. A digital innovator at the forefront of the media industry, Leigh understands the significant impact technological advancement has on both then consumer and industry at large, and harness that information in order to build best-in-class solutions for clients across the region.
A truly multicultural executive who pioneers innovation and growth through strategy, business development and integrated marketing to drive competitive advantage; with the marketing expertise, creative flair and business acumen to consistently deliver strategic objectives and international markets expansion. With a determined, dynamic and decisive approach, Andrea builds successful collaborative relationships, and inspires others to excel as a trusted adviser and subject matter expert.
Thea exercises her 25 years’ experience in law serving as General Counsel of our network. Before joining IPG Mediabrands, she was Associate General Counsel at Coach Inc. and prior to that was General Counsel of The Columbia House Company. Thea received her J.D. at New York University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review. She graduated cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Chad is responsible for prospecting and integrating both new and emerging technologies to deliver best-in-class solutions and products across the network and to clients. Chad also identifies new layers of revenue generation for IPG Mediabrands’ clients and partners.
Daryl creates moments that matter and drive results for UM’s clients including: Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, The Hershey Company, Johnson & Johnson and Sony. Through best-in-class talent, tools and partnerships UM consistently delivers Better Science, Better Art and Better Outcomes. In 2015, UM was named “Global Agency of the Year” by AdWeek and “Agency of the Year” by Advertising Age. Daryl was also named a “Media Maven” by Advertising Age in 2015.
Mat focuses on creating compelling and dynamic campaigns on behalf of Initiative’s clients. In September 2015, Mat was named Global Chief Strategy Officer, IPG Mediabrands. In this role, he led the global launch of the network’s “Dynamic By Design” positioning, brand redesign and helped launch the D100, a ranking of the world’s top 100 dynamic brands. Mat has been part of the leadership team at IPG Mediabrands since 2010.
Kasha is responsible for driving best practices and growth across all U.S. offices. She was the key architect of UM’s Business Analytics Engine (BAE), now scaled globally across a number of UM clients. Under Kasha’s management, UM’s client list has grown to include Coca-Cola, CVS Health, H&M, Hulu, McCormick, Fitbit, GoPro and MINI. A member of the Ad Council Board of Directors, Kasha has been named to the Adweek 50, inducted into the Legends & Leaders Class of 2016 and honored by the Advertising Women of New York with both Impact and Working Mother of the Year Awards.
Amy has been part of the IPG network for an impressive 20 years. Her experience allows her to leverage a keen understanding of media’s synergies across different channels to create holistic solutions for clients. Prior to joining Initiative as the first-ever U.S. CEO, she was President at BPN, an IPG Mediabrands agency. Before that she was President of ID Media based in New York, and previously Amy spent 13 years in Los Angeles leading ID Media’s West Coast operations.
Brian brings a unique investment management focus to Orion, the global media agency that provides effective financial savings and asset optimization solutions to its clients. This has enabled the companies he oversees to find alternative ways for today’s advertiser to effectively market their products while conserving and effectively investing their marketing capital. In 2010, Brian was named a “Media Maven” by Advertising Age.
Erica Schmidt’s 15 years of digital experience, search savviness and programmatic expertise enables her to lead teams who deliver top-of-industry programmatic strategy and campaigns.
As Global CEO, Erica sets the agenda for Cadreon to be focused on bottom line results for clients. Armed with extensive data sets, the best technology and a superstar team of specialists, Erica has brought Cadreon’s programmatic vision to life by ensuring that real, measurable business outcomes are delivered for all clients. Erica is passionate about her team of specialists and has put people at the center of a technology-heavy industry.
Tim brings a masterful knowledge of the digital industry, having spent nearly 20 years perfecting his craft. A true entrepreneur, Tim established metapeople Group in 1999, predicting the profound impact digital would have on our industry years before his peers. After selling metapeople Group in 2011, Tim assume the role of CEO Netbooster Group, overseeing more than 500 employees around the world.
Deidre has been at the forefront of understanding audiences for several years. Deidre is responsible for delivering cross-cultural insights, forging long-term strategic partnerships and driving growth. Deidre’s diverse media and advertising experiences span across the automotive entertainment and CPG industries.
Innately driven to push boundaries and challenge the status quo, David heads MAGNA’s North America business driving investment, intelligence and innovation in his role as president. David has helped to set the vision and remit for MAGNA, which is to use best-in-class marketplace and audience intelligence to decide more quickly and execute with greater precision, efficiency and effectiveness.
Mike understands that out-of-home (OOH) is more than a billboard or bus shelter, but an opportunity to connect and communicate with consumers on a more personal level in areas where they live, work and play. To do this, Rapport employs management tools that allows its global network to plan and buy audiences – not panels and optimize delivery through platforms to streamline the agency workflow.
Jeff combines his pharmaceutical and marketing expertise to bring innovative media strategies and tools to the healthcare industry. He is moving healthcare media buying towards the incorporation of psychological and behavioral data to improve targeting and engagement – something that has been elusive in thus highly regulated industry – in order to go beyond the “what, when, where and how” people engage …. and understand “why” people engage the way they do.
