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    J Walter Thompson appoints Tamara Ingram as CEO

    J Walter Thompson, part of the WPP Group, has appointed Tamara Ingram as its new CEO. Formerly the company's chief client team officer, she replaces Gustavo Martinez, with immediate effect. By mutual agreement, Martinez has resigned in the best interest of the company.
    J Walter Thompson appoints Tamara Ingram as CEO

    In 2015, Ingram was named WPP’s chief client team officer, overseeing the group’s 45 global account teams, representing one-third of the group’s $20bn of revenues with over 38,000 employees working on these clients. Prior to that, Ingram was president and CEO of Team P&G, a position she held since 2007. She joined WPP’s wholly owned data investment division, Kantar, in 2003.

    Ingram brings extensive advertising agency experience to the company. Following WPP’s acquisition of Grey Global Group in 2005, she joined that agency as Grey UK’s Group CEO. There, she was also global leader on the P&G account. Before that, Ingram served as CEO of McCann Worldgroup in London. She began her career at Saatchi & Saatchi in 1985 as a temp, rising to chief executive of the London office, before leaving for McCann Worldgroup.

    George Rogers succeeds Ingram as WPP’s chief client team officer with immediate effect, in addition to his current duties as WPP’s global business development director. Rogers has been instrumental in WPP’s success in parent company pitches, since assuming his business development role in 2011. He joined WPP in 2005 when he was named CEO of Team Detroit, one of the group’s earliest team accounts. He joined WPP from Mullen, where he was executive VP.

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