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WPP

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Advertising & Marketing

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Executive Committee: WPP plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Cindy Rose

61 year

Chief Executive Officer

31/08/2025

Devika Bulchandani

Chief Operating Officer

04/08/2025

Thomas A. Singlehurst

Investor Relations Contact

Rosemary Wilson

51 year

Director of Finance/CFO

26/04/2023

Andrea Harris

General Counsel

31/12/2004

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Corporate Secretary

31/03/2020

Laurent Ezekiel

52 year

Sales & Marketing

31/12/2018

Lindsay Pattison

52 year

Human Resources Officer

31/12/2023

Stephan Pretorius

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

04/10/2018

Conrad Persons

Human Resources Officer

12/11/2025

Composition of the Board of Directors: WPP plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Philip Jansen

59 year

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

Ya-Qin Zhang

60 year

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

Angela Ahrendts

66 year

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

Thomas Ilube

63 year

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

Cindy Rose

61 year

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

Keith Weed

65 year

Audit Committee	30/06/2020
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee	30/06/2020

Simon Dingemans

63 year

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

Rosemary Wilson

51 year

Audit Committee	30/09/2021
Nominating Committee	30/09/2021

Sandrine Dufour

59 year

Compensation Committee	02/02/2020
Audit Committee Chair

Jasmine Mary Whitbread

63 year

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

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Former Officers and Directors: WPP plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Mark Read

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

Andrew Scott

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

Roberto Quarta

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

Jennifer Remling

Human Resources Officer

30/09/2021

31/12/2023

Andrew Robertson Payne

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

31/12/2007

31/07/2023

Tarek Farahat

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

Nicole Seligman

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

John Rogers

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

Peregrine Riviere

Investor Relations Contact

01/08/2022

Jacques Aigrain

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

David Sable

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2018

28/02/2021

Paul W. G. Richardson

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

Jacqueline Canney

Human Resources Officer

31/05/2019

31/12/2020

Solomon Trujillo

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

John Hood

Director/Board Member

31/12/2013

09/06/2020

Daniela Riccardi

Director/Board Member

11/09/2013

09/06/2020

Lisa Hau

Investor Relations Contact

31/05/2016

29/02/2020

Demet Ikiler

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2012

31/01/2020

Jeff Devlin

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2015

31/12/2019

Marie W. Capes

Corporate Secretary

31/12/2019

Mark Linaugh

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/10/2012

02/06/2019

Jon Steel

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/11/2018

George S. Rogers

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2004

30/11/2018

Hugo Shong

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

Scott Spirit

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/05/2018

Martin Sorrell

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

Michael Fleischer

President

29/06/2017

Charlene Begley

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

Timothy Shriver

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

Daniel Sanchez

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/11/2013

31/03/2017

McFall Christie

Private Equity Investor

30/06/2013

31/01/2017

Chien Ling Lee

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2012

31/12/2016

Roger Agnelli

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

Tamara Ingram

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/04/2015

29/02/2016

Geoffrey Charles E. Wild

Chairman

31/12/1997

31/12/2015

Christopher Sweetland

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1999

31/12/2015

Dominic Charles Grainger

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/09/2019

Philip Lader

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

Colin Day

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

Esther Dyson

Director/Board Member

31/05/1999

31/12/2013

Stanley W. Morten

Director/Board Member

31/10/2012

11/06/2013

Koichiro Naganuma

Director/Board Member

31/10/2012

11/06/2013

John Quelch

Director/Board Member

31/12/1987

11/06/2013

Paul Spencer

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

Sally Susman

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

Orit Gadiesh

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

Lubna Suliman Al-Olayan

Director/Board Member

28/02/2005

31/05/2012

Greg Sharp

Corporate Officer/Principal

30/06/2006

29/02/2012

Richard C. Powell

Chief Operating Officer

31/07/2007

31/12/2010

Rui Gang Li

Director/Board Member

11/10/2010

Christian Dorffer

Private Equity Investor

28/02/2006

30/12/2008

Margo Hays

Consultant / Advisor

31/12/2006

31/12/2007

John O’Keeffe

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2007

Daniel Floyed

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1996

30/12/2005

Beth Axelrod

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

Jeffrey Allen Rosen

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

Laurence Mellman

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1995

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 a United Kingdom-based creative transformation company. The Company provides marketing communications services that help brands grow their businesses. Its segments include Global Integrated Agencies, Public Relations and Specialist Agencies. The Global Integrated Agencies segment includes creative agencies and media agencies. Its creative agencies provide advertising campaigns, experiences, e-commerce strategies and platforms, technology services such as CRM implementation, and more. The Company's media agencies connect brands with consumers - planning, buying and activating the distribution of creative content across the full range of media channels including digital display, search, social, television, print and billboards. The Public Relations segment helps clients communicate with their stakeholders, build reputation and manage risk. The Company operates in various countries, including United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Greater China, India, Brazil and Australia.

Employees

104,000

Sector

Advertising & Marketing

Calendar

02-25 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release

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