Accenture Tune has snapped up Annette King, Publicis UK CEO, as its international lead of communications. She is going to report back to former R/GA international CEO, Sean Lyons, who 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 inside the consultancy, nevertheless it has struggled to search out an identification and will 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 turn out to be a lot stronger underneath her watch. Nevertheless, regardless of being Publicis Groupe’s second greatest market, the UK has not been on the centre of a run of huge worldwide wins during the last couple of years.
Within the final six months, King’s function 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 stated: “Over the past six months we’ve progressed our transformation and our ambition to make the UK a platform for Europe. Due to the energy and momentum of our companies, mixed with the current management appointments, in addition to the present excellent dynamic of Publicis Sapient led by Nigel Vaz, I’m very assured in our means to additional speed up within the UK.”
David Droga, who’s CEO of Accenture Tune, stated: “I’ve recognized Annette for greater than 20 years and have admired her journey each large step of the best way. Her dedication to tradition, DEI and shopper impression is clear in all the pieces she does. I’m thrilled to have her be part of our management workforce and have her distinctive voice assist architect our future.”
