Wpp Plc
Officers & Directors
John Rogers: Chief Financial Officer. John Rogers was appointed as a Director on 3 February 2020 and became Chief Financial Officer from 1 May 2020. John has extensive finance, strategy, digital, property and retail experience. He joined WPP from J Sainsbury plc where he was Chief Executive Officer of Sainsbury's Argos. John was previously the Chief Financial Officer of J Sainsbury plc, responsible for business strategy, new business development, Sainsbury's Online and Sainsbury's Bank, in addition to its core finance functions. John is a member of The Prince's Advisory Council for Accounting for Sustainability. He also sits on the Retail Sector Council, which acts as a point of liaison between the UK Government and retail sector. John is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Grab Holdings Limited, a technology company listed on the NASDAQ.
External appointments: Member, The Prince's Advisory Council for Accounting for Sustainability; Member, Retail Sector Council; Independent Non-Executive Director, Grab Holdings Limited.
Nicole Seligman: Senior Independent Director, Non-Executive Director. Nicole Seligman was appointed as a Director on 1 January 2014. Nicole is a global business leader and an internationally recognised lawyer. She brings to the Board analytical skills, in-depth knowledge of public company corporate governance and a comprehensive understanding of media and business issues. Nicole was previously President of Sony Entertainment, Inc. and global General Counsel for Sony Corporation. Prior to that, as a partner at law firm Williams & Connolly, Nicole represented key public figures and major media and other companies in complex litigation.
She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
External appointments: Non-Executive Director, ViacomCBS Inc.; Non-Executive Director, MeiraGTx Holdings plc; Non-Executive Director, Far Peak Acquisition Corporation.
Angela Ahrendts DBE: Non-Executive Director. Angela Ahrendts DBE was appointed as a Director on 1 July 2020. Angela brings expertise as a leader of creative and technology-driven global businesses. From 2014 until 2019, she was Senior Vice President, Retail at Apple, Inc., where she integrated and redesigned the physical and digital global consumer experience. Angela was CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014, where she repositioned the brand as a luxury high-growth company and created the Burberry Foundation. Prior to Burberry, Angela was Executive Vice President at Liz Claiborne, Inc. and President of Donna Karan International, Inc. Angela was a member of the UK Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council from 2010 to 2015.
External appointments: Non-Executive Director, Ralph Lauren Corporation and Airbnb, Inc.; Chair of Save the Children International; Non-Executive Director, Charity: Water and The HOW Institute for Society; member of the Global Leadership Council of the Oxford University Sa'd Business School and BritishAmerican Business International Advisory Board.
Jacques Aigrain: Non-Executive Director. Jacques Aigrain was appointed as a Director on 13 May 2013. Jacques has extensive business, corporate finance and governance expertise. He was a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus LLP from 2001 to 2009. Jacques was a member of the Executive Committee of Swiss Re AG and CEO from 2006. Prior to Swiss Re, he spent 20 years with JPMorgan Chase. Jacques was previously Chairman of LCH Clearnet Group Ltd from 2010, a Director of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority and a Supervisory Board Member of Lufthansa AG and Swiss International Airlines AG.
He holds a PhD in Economics from Sorbonne University and an MA in Economics from Paris Dauphine University.
External appointments: Chairman, LyondellBasell NV; Non-Executive Director, London Stock Exchange Group plc; Non-Executive Director, Clearwater Analytics; Chairman, Singular SAU; Chairman, ACUTRONIC Holding AG.
Sandrine Dufour: Non-Executive Director. Sandrine Dufour was appointed as a Director on 3 February 2020. Sandrine brings substantial financial expertise gained in global companies and strong strategic capability to the Board. She has executive leadership experience in the telecommunications, entertainment and media industries and an enthusiasm for cultural, technological and business transformation. Sandrine is currently Chief Financial Officer of UCB, a global pharmaceutical company. Previously she was CFO of Proximus. She held a number of leadership roles at Vivendi, in France and in the United States, across its entertainment and telecommunications business. Sandrine began her career as a financial analyst at BNP and then Credit Agricole in the telecoms sector. She has held other non-executive director roles, most recently at Solocal Group.
Wpp Plc currently has 98655 employees.
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