Ogilvy & Mather UK Promotes Annette King to CEO

Annette King has been promoted to CEO, Ogilvy & Mather UK, WPP reports. She will succeed Paul O’Donnell, who has been promoted to CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME), with both filling their new roles immediately. King will continue to report to O’Donnell, who retains his role as chairman of Ogilvy & Mather UK; she will also continue leading OgilvyOne in the EAME region.

King has risen rapidly through the ranks of OgilvyOne since joining the agency in August of 2000. She was promoted to managing director of OgilvyOne UK in 2008, and was made chief executive officer just nine months later. Under her tenure as CEO, OgilvyOne UK grew by 30 percent, and King was promoted to CEO, OgilvyOne EAME and awarded a position on the Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Board. continued…

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