In a move aimed at strengthening its global management structure, GroupM has promoted Dominic Proctor to the newly-created position of president of GroupM. Proctor was the longtime CEO of Mindshare Worldwide.
Succeeding Proctor is Nick Emery, who was most recently chief strategy officer for Mindshare. Also as part of the restructuring, GroupM Global CEO Irwin Gotlieb becomes GroupM chairman.
Under the new structure, Gotlieb will focus on the overall strategic direction of GroupM, while Proctor will oversee the management of GroupM's media agencies worldwide, which, in addition to Mindshare, include Maxus, MEC and MediaCom. The CEOs of the four agencies will report to Proctor.
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