As part of an international leadership reshuffle, Dentsu EMEA’s CEO, Giulio Malegori has been promoted to group chief operating officer of Dentsu Group Inc, whilst Jean Lin, Dentsu Group Inc’s chief culture officer, is to become its group president, global practices.
The pair will now report in to the group’s president and CEO, Hiroshi Igarashi, with Malegori set to head up Dentsu’s community of regional chief executives whilst overseeing global client growth, business operations and IT.
Lin will be entrusted with bringing together key practice areas across the agency’s current brand portfolio and will also be responsible for nurturing Dentsu’s talent.
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“To be a true partner for growth to our clients, we must simplify and focus our efforts, creating teams which can consult, ideate and move quickly to deliver valuable transformation at scale,” Igarashi said.
“With these appointments, we are building a structure which will nurture and connect our deep areas of expertise, integrate our service offerings while proudly celebrating our individual network brands, and infuse diverse creativity on a global scale like we have never seen before at Dentsu.”
The Japanese outfit has said that further details concerning the structure and leadership of the new brands and practices group placed under Lin’s care will be made public in the coming months.
