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WPP recruits Microsoft exec Cindy Rose to replace Mark Read as CEO

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Microsoft executive Cindy Rose to take over CEO role for WPP from Mark Read on 1 September.

WPP CEOWPP: Cindy Rose takes over on 1 September

WPP has appointed Cindy Rose, a senior executive at Microsoft, to replace Mark Read as CEO.
Rose takes over on 1 September and already knows the British agency group well because she has been a non-executive director on WPP’s board since 2019.
She is currently Chief Operating Officer – Global Enterprise, at Microsoft where she has worked for nine years. “In this role she helps the world’s largest companies use digital technology and AI to drive business transformation,” WPP noted.
She has held the COO role for three years and was previously a president of Microsoft Western Europe and CEO of Microsoft UK. Prior to that, she worked at Vodafone, Virgin Media and Disney.
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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.
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