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...Roberto Quarta has dealt with his share of boardroom dramas during a long career as an industrialist and latterly in private equity....
...With Sir Martin out of the picture, Roberto Quarta, the group’s non-executive chairman, became executive chairman on a temporary basis....
...WPP owns a range of creative, digital and media buying groups, ranging from J Walter Thompson to Ogilvy & Mather and GroupM....
...He reshaped the industry through audacious dealmaking and the acquisition of illustrious agencies such as J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather....
...“The board carried out a rigorous selection process, assessing internal and external candidates,” said Roberto Quarta, chairman of WPP....
...He taught Emma Thompson. He taught Roberto Benigni. And he taught me. He tried his best, truly....
...J Walter Thompson, for example, had a business in China when WPP bought the US advertising group in 1987....
...WPP, the company Sir Martin led for 33 years and the owner of Young & Rubicam, Group M and J Walter Thompson, is also bidding for MediaMonks, pitting Sir Martin against his former employer....
...Roberto Quarta, WPP chairman, is determined to prevent him from getting a £20m exit package because WPP believes Sir Martin has breached confidentiality clauses in his contract....
...The WPP board, led by chairman Roberto Quarta, is considering external as well as internal candidates to succeed Sir Martin. Mr Read made clear his own interest in the role....
...Glass Lewis also recommended shareholders do not support the re-election of chairman Roberto Quarta because of succession planning concerns....
...Following Sir Martin’s abrupt departure earlier this month following a conduct investigation, the owner of companies such as J Walter Thompson, Ogilvy & Mather and Group M is being run by co-chief operating...
...However, the owner of advertising companies including J Walter Thompson, GroupM and Kantar Media is looking for a permanent successor to Sir Martin and is considering external candidates....
...Law firm WilmerHale has been investigating the case, with Nicole Seligman, WPP’s senior non-executive director, and Roberto Quarta, chairman, taking a lead role in the process....
...Roberto Quarta, WPP’s chairman, said Sir Martin had been the “driving force” behind the group’s expansion....
...Although he sits on the board of WPP, the chairmanship is held by Roberto Quarta, the former chief executive of the industrial group BBA....
...The three men set up 3G Capital as a vehicle to invest in US companies in 2004 along with Mr Behring and Roberto Thompson Motta....
...Roberto Cavalli’s furniture collection became available in the UK in November last year through retailer Kings of Chelsea and has also launched in Dubai and the US....
...Credits: Alessandro Fucarini/AP; Ismail Zitouny/Reuters; Hani Amara/Reuters; Roberto Salomone/AFP/Getty Images; Giovanni Isolino/AFP/Getty Images...
...Gay Talese, George Plimpton, Hunter Thompson: all thrived at the intersection of professionalised violence and literary journalism....
...“Increased US dollar issuance is about banks diversifying their wholesale funding across currencies and investor base,” says Roberto Henriques, a financials analyst at JPMorgan....
...“We have greater density and diversity,” believes Paul Thompson, rector at the Royal College of Art....
...What is more, later this year a new chairman, Roberto Quarta, will take over....
...Roberto Rivero of Standard & Poor’s says the US has been helped by having a very market-savvy regulator in the NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners), which has helped to establish the US...
...Roberto Henriques, European financials credit strategist at JPMorgan, said a drop in issuance was to be expected ahead of a health check by European authorities this year....
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