Annette King leaves Publicis UK CEO position for Accenture Tune

Accenture Tune has snapped up Annette King, Publicis UK CEO, as its international lead of communications. She’s going to report back to former R/GA international CEO, Sean Lyons, who just lately joined Accenture Tune as international capabilities lead.

The previous Publicis UK CEO will oversee the Accenture Tune companies – plus Droga5 and The Monkeys, that are a part of the community however retain their very own model. Accenture Tune was launched final April to construct a inventive community throughout the consultancy, but it surely has struggled to search out an id and may profit from the enter of King and Lyons.

Over at Publicis Groupe, Annette King has had success main the UK, the place the Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi manufacturers have change into a lot stronger below her watch. Nevertheless, regardless of being Publicis Groupe’s second greatest market, the UK has not been on the centre of a run of massive worldwide wins over the past couple of years.

Within the final six months, King’s position has been diluted. Loris Nold, CEO of Asia Pacific, Center East & Africa, was made Publicis Groupe’s CEO for EMEA (together with UK), whereas high WPP exec Demet Ikiler was employed as COO for a similar area. King, who joined Publicis from Ogilvy in Might 2018, won’t get replaced.

Nold mentioned: “During the last six months we’ve progressed our transformation and our ambition to make the UK a platform for Europe. Because of the power and momentum of our companies, mixed with the latest management appointments, in addition to the present excellent dynamic of Publicis Sapient led by Nigel Vaz, I’m very assured in our skill to additional speed up within the UK.”

David Droga, who’s CEO of Accenture Tune, mentioned: “I’ve identified Annette for greater than 20 years and have admired her journey each large step of the way in which. Her dedication to tradition, DEI and consumer influence is clear in every little thing she does. I’m thrilled to have her be part of our management workforce and have her distinctive voice assist architect our future.”