Jaime Prieto Returns to Ogilvy & Mather as Director of Global Brand Management

NEW YORK, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ogilvy & Mather announced today that it has hired Jaime Prieto as Director of Global Brand Management (GBM).  Ogilvy & Mather's GBM is a group of senior leaders who manage and grow the agency's portfolio of global clients around the world.

Mr. Prieto will be relocating from Paris where he is currently President & CEO of Y&R EMEA to start his new post with Ogilvy in the agency's global headquarters in New York.  He starts today, July 18, 2011.

Mr. Prieto is no stranger to Ogilvy, having previously spent 17 years with the agency.  His last position at Ogilvy, before he left in 2006 was Senior Partner, Worldwide Executive Group Director.  During his Ogilvy tenure, he held senior management posts in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico and Los Angeles and worked with the agency's largest brands including American Express, Coca-Cola Kimberly-Clark and Unilever.  While in Asia, he led Global Brand Management for the region.

"We are thrilled to have Jaime back in the family," said Ogilvy & Mather Global CEO Miles Young.   "As an alumnus with a significant and success-filled history with Ogilvy already, there will be no learning curve or adjustment period to overcome.  I am very much looking forward to getting straight to work with Jaime in his new role.  He is a true internationalist who gets brands, which makes him the perfect fit to drive the expansion of our business with our global clients."

"I am thrilled to be returning to my home for 17 years, and to a group of colleagues and clients that I know and respect," said Mr. Prieto.  "I look forward to helping our teams drive growth and innovation for our global clients."

Mr. Prieto was born in Colombia and raised in the United States.

Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. Through its specialty units, the company provides a comprehensive range of marketing services including: advertising; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; shopper and retail marketing; healthcare communications; direct, digital, promotion and relationship marketing. Ogilvy & Mather services Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses through its network of more than 450 offices in 120 countries. It is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY). For more information, visit www.ogilvy.com.

SOURCE Ogilvy & Mather

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