Leadership
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of WPP is responsible for leading the Company and executing its strategy. Its members lead WPP’s largest agency networks and central corporate functions.
Cindy Rose OBE
Group Chief Executive Officer, WPP
Cindy was appointed CEO of WPP in September 2025, having served on the company’s Board as a Non‑Executive Director since 2019. She has held senior leadership roles in the technology, telecommunications, media, entertainment, and creative sectors, including Chief Operating Officer for Microsoft Global Enterprise, President of Microsoft Western Europe and CEO of Microsoft UK. Earlier in her career, she was Managing Director of the UK consumer division at Vodafone, Executive Director of Digital Entertainment at Virgin Media, and spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company in senior leadership positions.
Joanne Wilson
Chief Financial Officer, WPP
Joanne has extensive experience both in the UK and internationally in a variety of financial and commercial roles. She joined WPP from Britvic where she was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, Joanne had a successful career at Tesco where, at the time of leaving, she held the position of Chief Financial Officer of dunnhumby, a global leader in customer data science.
Marie-Claire Barker
Chief People Officer, Performance & Culture, WPP
Marie-Claire was appointed Chief People Officer, Performance & Culture of WPP in 2026, having previously been Global Chief People Officer at GroupM (now WPP Media). Prior to this she held the roles of Global Chief Talent Officer at Edelman, MEC Global (now Wavemaker) and Ogilvy. Marie-Claire first joined WPP in 2002 as VP of HR at OgilvyOne Worldwide.
Devika Bulchandani
Chief Operating Officer, WPP
Devika is WPP’s Chief Operating Officer, having previously served as CEO of Ogilvy since 2022. She joined the agency in 2021 after spending 26 years at McCann. Under her leadership, Ogilvy was named the most creative and effective global agency network in both 2023 and 2024 by WARC.
Anne-Isabelle Choueiri
Chief Transformation Officer, WPP
Anne-Isabelle was appointed WPP’s Chief Transformation Officer in 2026. She joins from The Estée Lauder Companies and has previously held leadership roles at digital and marketing agencies, as well as top-tier consultancies including Accenture, Masaï – a Bain & Co spin-off – and Kearney.
Richard Glasson
Chief Executive Officer, WPP Production
Richard was appointed CEO of Hogarth Worldwide in 2016, which became WPP Production in 2026. Prior to this he was CEO of Gyro, the B2B marketing specialist.
Andrea Harris
Group Chief Counsel, WPP
Andrea was appointed as Group Chief Counsel in 2005 having joined WPP in 1996. Andrea is Chair of the WPP Risk Committee.
Diane Holland
Deputy CFO, WPP
Appointed as WPP's Deputy CFO in March 2025, Diane brings extensive strategic, financial and operational leadership. She was previously the Global COO of VML, instrumental in the VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson merger in 2023. Her 20-year career at WPP includes serving as Global CFO of Wunderman Thompson, POSSIBLE and Schematic.
Johnny Hornby
Founder and CEO, T&P & CEO, WPP Specialist Communications
Johnny is the Founder and CEO of T&P, originally established in 2001 as Clemmow Hornby Inge. He was appointed CEO of Specialist Communications for WPP in 2025.
Brian Lesser
Chief Executive Officer, WPP Media
Brian was appointed CEO of GroupM in 2024, which became WPP Media in 2025. He was previously Chairman and CEO of InfoSum, founding CEO of Xandr (then part of AT&T), CEO of GroupM North America, and founding CEO of GroupM’s Xaxis. Brian was also VP of Product Management at 24/7 Media, which was acquired by WPP in 2007.
Stephan Pretorius
Chief Technology Officer, WPP
Stephan was appointed as WPP’s first CTO in 2018 and leads our AI and product strategy. He was previously UK Group CEO and Global CTO of Wunderman, having joined the agency in 2016.
Rob Reilly
Chief Creative Officer, WPP
Rob joined WPP in 2021, after decades of leading the world's top creative agencies. In his time at WPP, the Company has emerged as a creativity and tech force and has been named Cannes Lions Creative Company of the Year four times.
Baiju Shah
Chief Executive Officer, AKQA
Baiju was appointed Global CEO of AKQA in 2025. He joined from Accenture Song, which he co-founded and where he most recently served as Global Chief Strategy Officer. Baiju is also Professor of Strategy and Growth Innovation at Northwestern University.
Dominic Shine
Chief Information Officer, WPP
Dominic joined WPP as Chief Information Officer in July 2024. He leads global enterprise technology strategy and transformation across the group, enabling growth, efficiency and innovation. With previous CIO and CTO roles at Dentsu, News Corp and Reed Elsevier, he brings deep experience in digital transformation, cloud modernisation and platform integration.
Mark Taylor
Chief People Officer, WPP
Mark was appointed WPP's Chief People Officer in 2026. He brings over three decades of international HR leadership experience, including as Chief People Officer at Burberry during its reinvention, at King Digital Entertainment during its phenomenal growth and at LEGO/KIRKBI where he laid the foundations for its current success. He previously held leadership roles at global businesses spanning pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, retail and digital.
Jon Cook
Chief Executive Officer, VML
Jon is CEO of VML, which was created following the announcement of the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson in 2023. He had led VMLY&R since its formation in 2018, as well as its predecessor agency (also known as VML), which he joined in 1996.
Corey duBrowa
Chief Executive Officer, Burson
Corey was appointed CEO of Burson in 2024, following the merger of BCW and Hill & Knowlton. He joined Burson as CEO in 2023 from Google where he was Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs. Corey has previously held senior roles at Salesforce, Starbucks, WE, Ketchum and Nike.
Laurent Ezekiel
Global CEO of Ogilvy Group, Executive Sponsor of WPP Open X
Laurent became Global CEO of Ogilvy Group in 2025, having previously served as WPP’s Chief Marketing and Growth Officer and CEO of WPP Open X, the bespoke global agency model for The Coca-Cola Company. He continues to be Executive Sponsor of WPP Open X alongside his current role. He joined from Publicis where he was President of Digitas North America and International, and Global Client Leader for GSK.
Michael Frohlich
Chief Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officer, WPP
Michael was appointed to his WPP role in 2025. He joined from The Weber Shandwick Collective, where he was Global Client Transformation Officer and EMEA CEO. He previously spent over ten years at Ogilvy, most recently as UK Group CEO, and was a WPP Global Client Lead for IAG and British Airways.
