By Simon Gwynn & Gideon Spanier
Ogilvy has appointed Andy Main, global head of Deloitte Digital and a principal at Deloitte Consulting, as its next chief executive.
He replaces John Seifert, who has worked at the WPP network since 1979 – a decade before it was bought by Sir Martin Sorrell’s then relatively young holding company – and has been CEO since 2016.
Main will join Ogilvy in July to begin a leadership transition. Seifert told staff in an email in April that he intended to retire – although did not give an exact timeframe, saying that he expected to hand over at some point in 2021.
A Scot who attended the University of Edinburgh, Main joins Ogilvy after 21 years at
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