Publicis Groupe EMEA’s new COO spent 23 years at WPP

After 23 years at WPP, most not too long ago as CEO of GroupM EMEA and nation chair of Turkey, Demet Ikiler has moved to Publicis Groupe as COO for EMEA.

Earlier than becoming a member of WPP in 2000, Ikiler, who is anticipated to spend loads of time in London, labored at Zenith and Saatchi & Saatchi, each now a part of Publicis Groupe.

In her new position, Ikiler will give attention to driving collaboration throughout EMEA. She mentioned: “As we associate more and more nearer with our purchasers to drive enterprise impression, the flexibility to function throughout and leverage all kinds of belongings and abilities, at scale, has been a compelling proposition for me. I’m definitely wanting ahead to delivering extra and higher, and I’m excited concerning the new chapter forward of me.”

Ikiler can also be a board member on the United Nation World Compact, main its variety and inclusion chapter. Final yr she was named by Fortune and The Economist as one of many ten strongest feminine CEOs and as an Empower 100 Executives Function Mannequin.

Turkey was one of many first international locations to be assigned a rustic supervisor when Ikiler was given the job again in 2013. No successor has but been introduced, however Josh Krichefski was final week given the brand new position of chief govt for EMEA and UK at WPP.