WPP Plc - Company Profile

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The following section provides information on WPP Plc’s senior management, executives, CEO and key decision makers and their roles in the organization. For more insight into WPP Plc's management and employees, unlock the full data with our company analytics monitoring tool.

Executives

Philip Jansen

Chairman Executive Board Since: 2025 Age: 59

Mr. Philip Jansen has been the Chairman of the company since January 2025. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of BT Group from 2019 to February 2024. Before this, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Worldpay. Mr. Jansen served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Brakes Group and held various senior positions in Sodexo Group. Prior to this, he held various Marketing Director roles at Dunlop Slazenger and Telewest. He also worked at MyTravel. Mr. Jansen started his career at Procter & Gamble. Earlier, he served on the board of directors at Travis Perkins.

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Cindy Rose OBE

Chief Executive Officer; Director Executive Board Since: 2025

Ms. Cindy Rose has been the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the company since September 2025. Previously, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Global Enterprise at Microsoft. Ms. Rose also served as President of Microsoft Western Europe and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft UK. Prior to this, she served as the Managing Director of the UK Consumer Division at Vodafone and Executive Director of Digital Entertainment at Virgin Media. Earlier, Ms. Cindy spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company.

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Joanne Wilson

Director; Chief Financial Officer Executive Board Since: 2023 Age: 49

Ms. Joanne Wilson has been the Chief Financial Officer and Director of the company since April 2023. Currently, she also serves as a Director of Informa plc. Before joining WPP, she served as the Chief Financial Officer at Britvic Plc. Prior to this, she worked at Tesco Plc and held various positions including Chief Financial Officer of dunnhumby. Ms. Wilson began her career at KPMG.

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Devika Bulchandani

Chief Operating Officer Senior Management Since: 2025

Ms. Devika Bulchandani has been the Chief Operating Officer of the company since September 2025. Previously, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy Group.

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Stephan Pretorius

Chief Technology Officer Senior Management Since: 2018

Mr. Stephan Pretorius has been the Chief Technology Officer of the company since 2018. Currently, he also serves as the interim Chairman of AKQA. Prior to this, he served as the Group Chief Executive Officer of UK and Global Chief Technology Officer of Wunderman.

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