DENTSU ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

Diverse international management workforce blends Japanese innovation with a world perspective to drive prime line development for shoppers

TOKYO, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324) (ISIN: JP3551520004) (President & CEO: Hiroshi Igarashi; Head Office: Tokyo) at this time introduced a globally various and built-in management workforce to drive its international business ahead from FY2023. The international management workforce will guarantee additional integration of the Group’s various capabilities to ship prime line development for shoppers, whereas permitting dentsu to comprehend sustainable enhancement of company worth. The creation of a brand new international administration construction follows dentsu’s introduced intention to combine Dentsu International and Dentsu Japan Network right into a single dentsu group world wide from January 1, 2023 and can strengthen the voice of the consumer in all technique discussions. The simplified construction will enable the business to foster agile decision-making, strategic focus and readability throughout the group while driving operational excellence throughout all features.

Key Points of Management Structure Renewal

• Formation of the Group Management Team, one administration workforce to advertise international administration, speed up business transformation and additional improve administration range to attain business development and the sustainable enhancement of company worth.
• The Group Management Team is headed by President & CEO Hiroshi Igarashi and consists of 36 globally various Group Management members, together with the 21-person Group Executive Management with government duty. The workforce instantly governs the 4 business areas worldwide.
• The Group Executive Management constitutes the Group Executive Management Meeting, the chief decision-making physique, whose members are appointed by the President & CEO, in addition to the heads of business and company duty in key areas.
• Group Management Team roles and obligations:
• CEOs from throughout the 4 business areas come collectively to optimize the worldwide business and align round a really international administration framework, together with the choice of the primary non-Japanese international CFO and the hiring of a brand new and internationally skilled CHRO from Google Japan.
• Appointment of Chief Global Client Officer and Chief Integrated Solutions Officer to align dentsu intently to its shoppers and drive development.
• Appointment of Chief Governance Officer, Chief Culture Officer, and Chief Sustainability Officers to strengthen dentsu’s environmental, social and governance efforts throughout shoppers and society.
• Appointment of Chief of Staff to instantly work with the President & CEO on coverage setting, implementation, and choice making.

Hiroshi Igarashi, President & CEO, mentioned, “We have formed a global Group Management Team to further contribute to our clients’ business growth and the realization of a better society by strengthening our Integrated Growth Solutions, and to enhance our corporate value. Under this team, we will realize the potential our 65,000-strong, worldwide employee-base, bringing together their unique strengths within the countries and regions in which dentsu operates. This will allow us to achieve global business growth and improve profitability through synergies and increased efficiency. Through this renewal of our management structure, we will not only achieve the goals of our medium-term management plan, which concludes in FY2024, but also increase the certainty of long-term, sustainable growth beyond that date. At the same time, we will contribute to the betterment of our customers, partners, employees, consumers, and society as a whole.”

Group Management Team

The members of the Group Management Team (36 Group Management in whole, together with 21 Group Executive Management) as of January 1, 2023 are as follows. The Group Management Team will probably be accountable for the execution of the entire of dentsu, which consists of roughly 900 firms doing business in 145 nations, not simply the Dentsu Group Inc.

(1) Appointment of 21 Group Executive Management (efficient January 1, 2023)

As of January 1, 2023, Hiroshi Igarashi and Arinobu Soga will stay as Representative Directors, and Nick Priday and Norihiro Kuretani will stay as Directors.

(2) Appointment of 15 Group Management (efficient January 1, 2023)

Notes to editors:

Hiroshi Igarashi, President & CEO, Dentsu Group Inc.

Hiroshi Igarashi joined Dentsu Inc. in 1984, marking the beginning of greater than three a long time in varied account administration divisions. He has dealt with sectors as various as meals & beverage, monetary providers, mobility, electronics, leisure, and retail, focusing particularly on business improvement and on the creation of options with roots in social points and sports activities. Igarashi turned an Executive Officer of Dentsu in 2017, and he moreover assumed the function of Head of Japanese Business the next yr.

After being named a Director and Executive Officer of what was then Dentsu Inc. and now Dentsu Group Inc. in March 2018, Igarashi labored to advertise group governance, develop business methods, and drive group-wide initiatives. With the transition to a holding firm construction in January 2020, he assumed the roles of Dentsu Group Inc. Co-COO; Dentsu Japan Network President & CEO; and Dentsu Inc. Representative Director, President & CEO. Since January 2021, Igarashi has additionally served as Vice Chairman of the Business Group at Dentsu Group Inc., in addition to a dentsu worldwide board member. As President and CEO, Dentsu Group Inc., he’s accountable for shaping the Group’s long-term imaginative and prescient and company technique, main its efficient and sustainable execution while reaching goal metrics.

Igarashi is, moreover, the President of the Japan Advertising Agencies Association.

Arinobu Soga turns into Executive Vice President & Chief Governance Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Arinobu Soga joined Dentsu Inc. in 1988, later turning into Chief Financial Officer after which Chief Executive Officer of Geneon Entertainment USA, a dentsu business. He continued to construct his profession in Japan and overseas, and he was finally appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Dentsu Group Inc. in 2020. In his new function as Chief Governance Officer, he will probably be working intently with Group Management to make sure the very best ranges of company governance throughout the insurance policies, constructions, and processes of the group.

Haruhiko Hirate turns into Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Haruhiko Hirate has over forty years of expertise in worldwide business, having performed key administration roles throughout organizations reminiscent of Hitachi, Draeger, Roche, Merck & Co., GlaxoSmithKline, and Takeda Pharmaceutical. His expertise consists of government roles at Global HQs, Region Presidents, Country GM, particularly for constructing new methods and to execute business transformation. He joined Dentsu Group Inc. in January 2022 as Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Hirate can be a Director on the Japan Center for International Exchange and holds professor roles on the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University and Keio Business School, Keio University Graduate School. As Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., Hirate helps the CEO in planning and executing the Group’s business technique and transformation throughout the enterprise, particularly inside Human Resource Management, Corporate Culture and Communications, to assist ship on Dentsu’s formidable objectives.

Nick Priday turns into Chief Financial Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Nick Priday was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Dentsu Aegis Network following Dentsu’s acquisition of Aegis Group plc, listed on the London Stock Exchange, in 2013, the place he had been Chief Financial Officer since 2009. Prior to that, he held a spread of senior finance roles at Aegis since becoming a member of in 2003 and had beforehand labored for EY for seven years in its expertise, media and leisure follow. Priday was appointed as a Director and Executive Officer of Dentsu Group Inc. in March 2018 and turns into the primary non-Japanese Chief Financial Officer of Dentsu Group Inc. within the historical past of the group. As Chief Financial Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., Priday is accountable for international finance technique and offering monetary experience to respective divisions.

Soichi Takahashi turns into Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Integration Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Soichi Takahashi joined Dentsu Inc. in 1989 and has labored in each Japan and the United States whereas at Dentsu, together with holding senior management positions within the TV Division, Sports Division and inside Corporate Strategy. Takahashi was most lately appointed as Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Officer of Dentsu Group Inc. in January 2022. In his new function, Takahashi will oversee the event of the Group Integration technique, driving perform and business integration in addition to being accountable for the Group long-term administration technique and administration plan.

Miho Tanimoto turns into Chief HR Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Miho Tanimoto joins Dentsu Group Inc. as Chief HR Officer following her tenure as Head of HR for Google in Japan. Prior to Google, Miho held senior HR positions in General Electric in Japan and the US Global Headquarters, since 2000. She brings deep experience in Business HR partnership and constructing management and tradition. Her expertise at GE consists of the worldwide head of GE’s Human Resource Leadership Program on the US HQ, creating future international HR leaders.

In her new function, Miho will probably be primarily based in Tokyo partnering with the CEO and Leadership workforce to construct a one international Dentsu group. She will lead the worldwide HR perform to design and execute dentsu group individuals methods. Dentsu has its focus to put money into human capital to form the longer term, and the HR perform will play a key function.

Miho is an lively contributor in upskilling the Japan HR group and was awarded the 2021 Best HR Leadership Award by Nihon no Jinji-bu (the most important Japan HR affiliation).

Jean Lin turns into Chief Culture Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Jean Lin’s profession spans thirty years, having began as an account government at Ogilvy Taiwan in 1987. She joined Isobar in 2004 following the acquisition of wwwins Consulting Greater China, a digital consulting agency she based, finally turning into Global CEO of Isobar in 2014. Since 2019, Lin held a number of senior government positions at dentsu worldwide together with Global CEO CX and commerce, and Global CEO Creative. She turned an Executive Officer of Dentsu Group Inc. in 2021 to develop the group’s business resolution and accelerator for sustainability, Dentsu Good. In her new function as Chief Culture Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., Lin will probably be challenged to foster a tradition that empowers teaming, innovation and sustainable development, on the vital core of individuals, range, and society.

Jeremy Miller turns into Chief Communications Officer, Dentsu Group Inc.

Jeremy Miller was appointed Global Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for dentsu International in September 2022. Prior to becoming a member of dentsu, for over 10 years, Miller served as Global Chief Marketing and Communications Officer McCann Worldgroup the place he was accountable for repute administration for the legacy company model McCann and likewise for McCann Worldgroup, a multi-disciplinary group that spans over 100 nations. Having began his profession in communications in 1992, Miller labored for 15 years at TBWA Worldwide, rising from PR supervisor in 1996 to turning into Chief Communications Director for the worldwide business. As Chief Communications Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., Jeremy will probably be accountable for formulating international communication technique, driving worker engagement and the Group’s exterior repute.

Dominic Shine turns into Chief Information Officer, Dentsu Group Inc. 

Dominic Shine joined Dentsu worldwide as Global Chief Technology Officer in 2017 with total duty for expertise and has overseen vital improvement of the group’s enterprise expertise, safety and digital platforms and merchandise enabling business integration and development. Over the previous 30 years, he has led a number of, main technology-enabled transformation programmes for international organisations together with News Corp, Reed Elsevier and JP Morgan. Shine additionally serves as Board Trustee of Media Trust which helps charities and underrepresented communities to construct media abilities by offering skills-based coaching, volunteer assets from throughout the media sector, and helps the media sector establish and rent various expertise. In his new function, he’ll lead the expertise perform for the entire of the Dentsu Group.

Alison Zoellner turns into General Counsel, Dentsu Group Inc.

Alison Zoellner is the General Counsel for Dentsu Group Inc. and joined the business in 2020 because the General Counsel for the Americas area, most lately serving as Global General Counsel, dentsu worldwide. She beforehand served as Vice President and General Counsel of Honeywell’s Advanced Materials business, a world business which manufactures all kinds of high-performance merchandise. Prior to this, Zoellner was Assistant General Counsel, Securities and Corporate Finance of Honeywell International Inc. She started her profession at Sullivan & Cromwell earlier than working for seventeen years within the authorized division of The New York Times Company. In her function as General Counsel, Dentsu Group Inc., Zoellner will develop and implement the Group Legal and Compliance technique in addition to lead the Function to help business transformation.

Masaya Nakamura turns into Chief Integrated Solutions Officer, dentsu

Masaya Nakamura joined Dentsu Inc. in 1990 and has been concerned within the international business operations ever since. He has held varied senior roles working with main international shoppers in Account Management and Planning. Nakamura’s expertise in localizing international manufacturers and making worldwide concepts related in native settings permits him to work seamlessly between individuals and cultures to create related model communications. In January 2018, he was appointed Executive Officer of Dentsu Inc., accountable for rising the abroad business, and moved to Singapore to develop into Global & APAC Executive Client President, Dentsu Aegis Network. In September 2019, he was appointed CEO, Global Solutions, Dentsu International, a transformative function accountable for unlocking experience and creating main practices to drive international consumer excellence by built-in options, overseeing hubs in London, New York, Singapore, and Tokyo. He took on an extra function because the Group Solutions Officer at Dentsu Group Inc. in January 2022 to additional speed up this agenda on the group stage. In this new function, Nakamura will probably be accountable for the event of built-in options and their efficient and sustainable execution throughout markets.

Takeshi Sano turns into CEO, Business Transformation, dentsu

Takeshi Sano joined Dentsu Inc., in 1992, constructing his profession inside the Business Produce divisions during which he turned Managing Director in 2017. In 2021, Sano was appointed Executive Officer of Dentsu Inc. In 2022, he was appointed Executive Officer answerable for Business Transformation (BX) providers and Digital Transformation (DX) Consulting providers and Growth Officer at Dentsu Japan Network, and Senior Executive Officer answerable for Business Produce divisions at Dentsu Inc. From 2023, he will probably be accountable for dentsu’s Business Transformation providers globally.

Jacki Kelley turns into CEO, dentsu Americas & Chief Global Client Officer, dentsu

Jacki Kelley has been a acknowledged and lauded chief within the promoting and media industries for over 25 years. Kelley joined dentsu in 2019 as President, Chief Client Officer, dentsu US. Prior to dentsu, Kelley, spent 5 years at Bloomberg, first becoming a member of as COO of Bloomberg Media in 2014 after which shifting to Bloomberg LP in 2017 after being appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer. She was appointed CEO, Americas, dentsu worldwide in 2020. To proactively tackle the most important business challenges and transformations that shoppers face, Kelley has been appointed to steer the worldwide Client Solutions group. Client Solutions supplies shoppers with the whole lot they should really perceive and give attention to prospects, capitalize on rising traits and improvements, and rework their companies. As CEO dentsu Americas, Kelley will oversee the built-in development technique and business execution inside the Americas area. As Chief Global Client Officer, dentsu, she will probably be accountable for designing and orchestrating a renewed consumer expertise, in addition to rising built-in business globally.

Norihiro Kuretani turns into CEO, dentsu Japan

Norihiro Kuretani joined Dentsu Inc. in 1988. With a profession overseeing companies together with terrestrial broadcasting, satellite tv for pc broadcasting, cable TV, web media and media planning, Kuretani has been concerned in launches of latest media which contributed not solely to gross sales however to content material improvement and development of analysis index techniques. Following this he was CEO of Dentsu Digital and Director of ISID in addition to different group firms in Japan, managing areas in digital media, digital options, information & expertise, and media planning for Dentsu Inc. and its subsidiaries in Japan. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Director of Dentsu in 2020. From 2022, he’s Director and Executive Officer of Dentsu Group Inc., President & CEO of Dentsu Japan Network and Representative Director, President & CEO of Dentsu Inc. As CEO dentsu Japan, Kuretani will oversee the built-in development technique and business execution inside the Japan area.

Giulio Malegori turns into CEO, dentsu EMEA

Giulio Malegori joined Dentsu Aegis Network in 2010 as President and CEO of Italy and in 2013 he took the duty of Southern Europe. In February 2017 he turned CEO of the EMEA area. He began his profession in consumer administration at McCann Erickson earlier than shifting to ACNielsen. In 1989 Malegori joined as founding companion at an impartial media company which later turned CIA Medianetwork, the place he held a spread of government roles in Italy and was member of the European Board. In 1999 he was the founder CEO of Mindshare in Italy, in 2003 he turned CEO of the EMEA area and entered the Global Board. As CEO dentsu EMEA, Malegori will oversee the built-in development technique and business execution inside the EMEA area.

Rob Gilby turns into CEO, dentsu APAC

Rob Gilby was appointed CEO, dentsu APAC in September 2022. Gilby has virtually three a long time of expertise within the Media and Entertainment business and has labored within the Asia Pacific area for over 25 years. He has a confirmed monitor document of rising worthwhile companies for international multinationals together with The Walt Disney Company, Warnermedia and PwC with in depth expertise in markets that embody China, India, Australia and Southeast Asia. Gilby joined dentsu from Nielsen the place he was President, APAC accountable for constructing relationships with key media house owners, manufacturers and companies to ship viewers insights throughout the media ecosystem. Prior to that he was CEO & Founder, Blue Hat Ventures, an funding and advisory agency centered on figuring out and commercialising high-growth companies within the Digital Media sector in Asia Pacific. He has held non-executive advisory and board roles with Singapore’s Ministry of Communications & Information, the InfoComm Media Development Authority and as Chair, Singapore Media Festival. As CEO dentsu APAC, Gilby will oversee the built-in development technique and business execution inside the APAC area.

Michael Komasinski turns into CEO, CXM, International markets, dentsu

Michael Komasinski joined Merkle in 2015 because the Chief Operating Officer of Agency Services and moved to London in late 2016 to start his transition right into a regional management function. Most lately he served as Global CEO of Merkle, dentsu worldwide, during which he led the Customer Experience Management (CXM) Service Line and the Merkle go-to-market. The function encompassed the group’s many capabilities and options within the areas of CX transformation, expertise consulting, buyer technique, digital expertise, commerce, CRM/loyalty, cloud options, information administration, identification options, and information science (AI/ML). He is accountable for greater than $1.5 billion in annual (2020) income oversees a workers of greater than 14,000 workers in 50+ areas all through the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Prior to Merkle, Komasinski held management roles at Razorfish, Schawk Retail Marketing, The Nielsen Company, and A.T. Kearney. As CEO, CXM, International markets, dentsu, he’s accountable for main and rising a world class CXM providing.

Peter Huijboom turns into CEO, Media, International markets, dentsu

Peter Huijboom has labored passionately in worldwide advertising and marketing providers for over 30 years, driving sustainable development for international manufacturers. Having begun his profession as an entrepreneur within the information, insights and analysis sector, he brings strategic precision and readability of thought to the craft and creativity of media utility and consultancy. Huijboom has been a part of the dentsu community since 2002 when he built-in his personal worldwide information and analysis business into the worldwide promoting group’s analysis division. Subsequently, he held international management positions, initially inside the analysis division, later at group stage and most lately at dentsu worldwide 2020 as Global CEO Media & Global Clients. As CEO Media, International markets, dentsu, Huijboom leads the Media arm of the worldwide group, overseeing its three main company manufacturers: Carat, iProspect and dentsu X and media funding group, Amplifi.

Fred Levron turns into Global Chief Creative Officer, dentsu. (excluding Japan)

Fred Levron was appointed to Global Chief Creative Officer, dentsu worldwide, in November 2021. His function leads the community’s holistic inventive agenda and its portfolio of inventive companies worldwide. He is accountable for the worldwide community’s inventive product and accelerating creativity throughout the whole thing of dentsu worldwide’s Creative, Media and CXM company manufacturers, because it transforms to develop into probably the most built-in community on the earth.  In his first yr at dentsu, Levron reshaped Dentsu International’s creating supply creating a brand new international inventive community, Dentsu Creative, which turned “Agency of the Year” at Cannes Lions 2022. 

For over 20 years, Levron has been one of many business’s most progressive inventive leaders and thinkers. His work has been recognised with 13 Grand Prix and 54 Gold Lions at Cannes Lions and he was acknowledged as #1 Chief Creative Officer Worldwide in 2020 by The Drum’s international CCO rankings and The One Club international rating for the final 3 consecutive years in 2020 and 2021 and 2022. As Global Chief Creative Officer, dentsu. (excluding Japan) Levron will lead a world-class inventive providing which interprets past promoting throughout your complete buyer journey of shoppers.

Yoshimasa Watahiki turns into Chief Operating Officer, dentsu Japan

Yoshimasa Watahiki joined Dentsu Inc. in 1990 constructing his profession and expertise within the Newspaper Division. In 2009, he was promoted to General Manager, Media Services / Newspaper Division, and in 2013, he was transferred to the Business Strategy Planning Division, the place he performed a key function in overseeing and rising the group. In 2020, Watahiki turned an Executive Officer of Dentsu Japan Network, and in 2022 he was appointed Assistant to the President of Dentsu Japan Network. As Chief Operating Officer, dentsu Japan, he will probably be accountable for the efficient execution of business technique within the Japan area in addition to supporting the CEO, dentsu Japan to develop technique operational objectives and development plans.

Nnenna Ilomechina turns into Chief Operating Officer, International markets, dentsu

Nnenna Ilomechina joined as Global Chief Operating Officer for dentsu International in May 2022, bringing over 25 years’ management expertise, driving digital and organizational transformation throughout digital, expertise, media, and business providers. Ilomechina was accountable for total business operations and transformation enabling the execution of the Dentsu technique and worthwhile development. Prior to Dentsu, she led transformations for shoppers at Accenture Strategy, the place she was Managing Director & Partner, Head of Communications, and Media & High Tech (CMT) Strategy Practice for UK & Ireland. Prior to Accenture, Ilomechina spent 12 years reworking multinational companies globally as a Senior Director at AlixPartners the place she constructed a management repute of dedication, belief and consistency with shoppers and groups alike. As Chief Operating Officer, International markets, dentsu, she will probably be accountable for the working mannequin that drives steady agility and excellence throughout all areas, providers strains and types outdoors Japan.

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