After 23 years at WPP, most lately as CEO of GroupM EMEA and nation chair of Turkey, Demet Ikiler has moved to Publicis Groupe as COO for EMEA.
Earlier than becoming a member of WPP in 2000, Ikiler, who is predicted to spend loads of time in London, labored at Zenith and Saatchi & Saatchi, each now a part of Publicis Groupe.
In her new function, Ikiler will deal with driving collaboration throughout EMEA. She mentioned: “As we companion more and more nearer with our purchasers to drive enterprise influence, the power to function throughout and leverage all kinds of property and abilities, at scale, has been a compelling proposition for me. I’m actually trying ahead to delivering extra and higher, and I’m excited concerning the new chapter forward of me.”
Ikiler can also be a board member on the United Nation International Compact, main its range and inclusion chapter. Final 12 months she was named by Fortune and The Economist as one of many ten strongest feminine CEOs and as an Empower 100 Executives Function Mannequin.
Turkey was one of many first international locations to be assigned a rustic supervisor when Ikiler was given the job again in 2013. No successor has but been introduced, however Josh Krichefski was final week given the brand new function of chief government for EMEA and UK at WPP.
