By Omar Oakes and Gideon Spanier
Last week’s incident triggered complaint that led to the long-serving CEO’s departure.
WPP dismissed Nick Emery as global chief executive of Mindshare after he carried out what sources described as a “prank” that backfired on an internal video call, Campaign understands.
The sudden timing of Emery’s exit with immediate effect on Wednesday (14 October) stunned colleagues at WPP and the wider ad industry.
Sources used words such as a “juvenile”, “idiotic”, “schoolboy” and “lavatorial” to describe the “prank”.
The incident happened last week. One industry observer, who was not involved but knows what happene
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