JWT Worldwide Promotes Mark Webster From Chairman of JWT Thailand to CEO of JWT Japan

JWT Worldwide Promotes Mark Webster From Chairman of JWT Thailand to CEO of JWT Japan

December 01, 2006

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Michael
Maedel, president of JWT Worldwide, announced today that
Mark Webster has been promoted from chairman of JWT
Thailand to CEO JWT Japan effective in January, succeeding
Ambar Brahmachary who is joining Young & Rubicam as
head of its Asia Pacific region.

    Webster has been with JWT for 14 years, beginning in
Hong Kong, where he was raised. He held managing director
positions in Vietnam and the Philippines before arriving at
JWT Thailand five years ago. During his time there, Webster
successfully established a truly integrated office that has
consistently been among JWT's top creative performers. In
the last year JWT has become a true creative powerhouse;
JWT now ranks fourth in the prestigious Gunn Report.

    "I'm delighted Mark will be succeeding Ambar, who
I would like to thank for eight years of outstanding
leadership," said Maedel. "Mark is a JWT veteran
well equipped to assume this important role in Japan, an
office that plays a very significant role within our
network because of its leading-edge position in the areas
of technology and new media."

    Japan is one of JWT's top five offices. Its key clients
include Unilever, Nestle, Unicharm, Pfizer (J&J),
Suntory, DTC and Ford.

    About JWT

    JWT, which celebrated its 142nd anniversary this year,
ranks as the largest advertising agency brand in the United
States and as the fourth largest full-service network in the
world. Its parent company is WPP (Nasdaq: WPPGY).

    For more information, please contact:  

     Eric Robertson
     Tel:   [phone]

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