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WPP

JE00B8KF9B49

Advertising & Marketing

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01-22	WPP launches WPP Production	RE

Executive Committee: WPP plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Cindy Rose

61 year

Chief Executive Officer

2025-08-31

Devika Bulchandani

Chief Operating Officer

2025-08-04

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Corporate Secretary

2020-03-31

Rosemary Wilson

51 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2023-04-26

Conrad Persons

Human Resources Officer

2025-11-12

Lindsay Pattison

52 year

Human Resources Officer

2023-12-31

Andrea Harris

General Counsel

2004-12-31

Stephan Pretorius

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2018-10-04

Thomas A. Singlehurst

Investor Relations Contact

Laurent Ezekiel

52 year

Sales & Marketing

2018-12-31

Composition of the Board of Directors: WPP plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Philip Jansen

59 year

Compensation Committee	2024-12-31
Governance Committee Chair	2024-12-31
Nominating Committee Chair	2024-12-31

Ya-Qin Zhang

60 year

Audit Committee	2019-12-31
Compensation Committee	2018-08-01
Nominating Committee	2018-08-01
Compensation Committee Chair	2019-12-31
Governance Committee	2020-01-22
Governance Committee Chair	2019-12-31

Angela Ahrendts

66 year

Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Finance Committee Chair
Compensation Committee Chair	2019-05-15
HR Committee Chair	2019-05-15

Thomas Ilube

63 year

Audit Committee	2020-10-04
Compensation Committee	2020-10-04
Governance Committee	2020-10-04
Nominating Committee	2020-10-04

Simon Dingemans

63 year

Audit Committee	2022-01-30
Compensation Committee	2025-07-28
Audit Committee Chair	2025-07-28

Cindy Rose

61 year

Audit Committee	2019-03-31
Governance Committee	2023-05-16
Nominating Committee	2023-05-16

Keith Weed

65 year

Audit Committee	2020-06-30
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee	2020-06-30

Rosemary Wilson

51 year

Audit Committee	2021-09-30
Nominating Committee	2021-09-30

Jasmine Mary Whitbread

63 year

Compensation Committee Chair	2020-06-09
Governance Committee Chair	2022-01-31

Sandrine Dufour

59 year

Compensation Committee	2020-02-02
Audit Committee Chair

Latest Appointments: WPP plc

01-13	Darktrace Announces Appointment of Terry Doyle as Chief Information Officer	CI
12-22	UK Cabinet Office says WPP appointed to be government's lead media agency	RE
12-18	WPP PLC announces director declaration	RE
12-18	Avantor, Inc. Appoints Simon Dingemans to Its Board of Directors, Effective January 2, 2026	CI
12-11	London's Heathrow Airport names former BT boss Jansen as chairman	RE
12-11	Heathrow taps former BT chief Jansen as chair as traffic rises	AN
12-09	WPP boosted by GBP2 billion government contract win - Times	AN

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Former Officers and Directors: WPP plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Mark Read

Director/Board Member	2018-09-02	2025-12-30
Chief Executive Officer	2018-09-02	2025-12-30
Chief Operating Officer	2018-04-13	2018-09-02

Andrew Scott

Director/Board Member	2023-09-06	2025-09-04
Chief Operating Officer	2018-04-13	2025-09-04
Corporate Officer/Principal	1998-12-31	2025-09-04

Roberto Quarta

Director/Board Member	2014-12-31	2015-06-08
Chairman	2015-06-08	2024-12-30

Jennifer Remling

Human Resources Officer

2021-09-30

2023-12-31

Andrew Robertson Payne

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2007-12-31

2023-07-31

Tarek Farahat

Director/Board Member	2016-10-10	2023-05-16
Independent Dir/Board Member	2016-10-10	2023-05-16

Nicole Seligman

Director/Board Member	2013-12-31	2023-05-16
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-12-31	2023-05-16

John Rogers

Director/Board Member	2020-02-02	2023-04-26
Director of Finance/CFO	2020-02-02	2023-04-26

Peregrine Riviere

Investor Relations Contact

2022-08-01

Jacques Aigrain

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	2022-04-30
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	2022-04-30

David Sable

Corporate Officer/Principal

2018-12-31

2021-02-28

Paul W. G. Richardson

Director/Board Member	1997-12-31	2020-12-31
Director of Finance/CFO	1997-12-31	2020-12-31
Treasurer	1992-10-31	1997-12-31

Jacqueline Canney

Human Resources Officer

2019-05-31

2020-12-31

Solomon Trujillo

Director/Board Member	2010-10-11	2020-06-09
Independent Dir/Board Member	2010-10-11	2020-06-09

John Hood

Director/Board Member

2013-12-31

2020-06-09

Daniela Riccardi

Director/Board Member

2013-09-11

2020-06-09

Lisa Hau

Investor Relations Contact

2016-05-31

2020-02-29

Demet Ikiler

Corporate Officer/Principal

2012-12-31

2020-01-31

Jeff Devlin

Corporate Officer/Principal

2015-12-31

2019-12-31

Marie W. Capes

Corporate Secretary

2019-12-31

Mark Linaugh

Corporate Officer/Principal

2012-10-31

2019-06-02

Jon Steel

Corporate Officer/Principal

2018-11-30

George S. Rogers

Corporate Officer/Principal

2004-12-31

2018-11-30

Hugo Shong

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	2018-07-30
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	2018-07-30

Scott Spirit

Corporate Officer/Principal

2018-05-31

Martin Sorrell

Director/Board Member	1984-12-31	2018-04-13
Chief Executive Officer	1984-12-31	2018-04-13
Founder	1984-12-31	2018-04-13

Michael Fleischer

President

2017-06-29

Charlene Begley

Director/Board Member	2013-11-30	2017-06-06
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-11-30	2017-06-06

Timothy Shriver

Director/Board Member	2007-07-31	2017-06-06
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-07-31	2017-06-06

Daniel Sanchez

Corporate Officer/Principal

2013-11-30

2017-03-31

McFall Christie

Private Equity Investor

2013-06-30

2017-01-31

Chien Ling Lee

Chief Executive Officer

2012-12-31

2016-12-31

Roger Agnelli

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	2016-03-18
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	2016-03-18

Tamara Ingram

Corporate Officer/Principal

2015-04-30

2016-02-29

Geoffrey Charles E. Wild

Chairman

1997-12-31

2015-12-31

Christopher Sweetland

Corporate Officer/Principal

1999-12-31

2015-12-31

Dominic Charles Grainger

Corporate Officer/Principal

2019-09-30

Philip Lader

Chairman	2012-10-31	2015-05-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	2015-05-31

Colin Day

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	2015-05-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	2015-05-31

Esther Dyson

Director/Board Member

1999-05-31

2013-12-31

Stanley W. Morten

Director/Board Member

2012-10-31

2013-06-11

Koichiro Naganuma

Director/Board Member

2012-10-31

2013-06-11

John Quelch

Director/Board Member

1987-12-31

2013-06-11

Paul Spencer

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	2013-06-11
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	2013-06-11

Sally Susman

Director/Board Member	2013-05-12	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-05-12	-

Orit Gadiesh

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	-

Lubna Suliman Al-Olayan

Director/Board Member

2005-02-28

2012-05-31

Greg Sharp

Corporate Officer/Principal

2006-06-30

2012-02-29

Richard C. Powell

Chief Operating Officer

2007-07-31

2010-12-31

Rui Gang Li

Director/Board Member

2010-10-11

Christian Dorffer

Private Equity Investor

2006-02-28

2008-12-30

Margo Hays

Consultant / Advisor

2006-12-31

2007-12-31

John O’Keeffe

Corporate Officer/Principal

2007-12-31

Daniel Floyed

Corporate Officer/Principal

1996-12-31

2005-12-30

Beth Axelrod

Director/Board Member	2001-12-31	2004-12-31
Human Resources Officer	2001-12-31	2004-12-31

Jeffrey Allen Rosen

Director/Board Member	2012-10-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-10-31	-

Laurence Mellman

Corporate Officer/Principal

1995-12-31

Steve Winters

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Yasser Al Ayyoubi

Corporate Officer/Principal

Karen Blackett

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sukanya Anand Kripalu

Chief Executive Officer

Ranjana Singh

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joanna Rachael Parnell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Stuart Diamond

Corporate Officer/Principal

David Roth

Corporate Officer/Principal

Fran Butera

Investor Relations Contact

Don Baer

Chairman

Joseph Colliver

Director of Finance/CFO	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Feona McEwan

Public Communications Contact

Adam Smith

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ailsa Lochrie

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard Zwern

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sean Larkins

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	14
Female	12

Of which Executive Committee

Male	4
Female	6

Of which Directors

Male	5
Female	5

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

Controverses sur les droits de l'Homme

Yes

Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

WPP plc is one of the world's largest communication groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - advertising and marketing services (85.2%): operating through GroupM, AKQA, Ogilvy, Wunderman Thompson, VMLY&R and Hogarth. The group also develops an advertising space purchase activity and offers services in institutional and financial communications, healthcare communications, relationship marketing, etc.; - public relations (7.8%): Burson Cohn & Wolfe, Hill+Knowlton Strategies and FGS Global; - specialized communication services (7%): Landor & Fitch and Design Bridge and Partners. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (14.8%), Continental and Western Europe (20.4%), North America (37.8%) and Asia/Pacific/Latin America/Africa/Middle East/Central and Eastern Europe (27%).

Employees

104,000

Sector

Advertising & Marketing

Calendar

02-25 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release

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