Ogilvy & Mather elects Sophie Hoffstetter and Mike Welsford to Worldwide Board

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ogilvy & Mather announced today the election of two new members to its Worldwide Board. 

They are Sophie Hoffstetter, Worldwide Managing Director for the agency's Unilever account and Mike Welsford, Worldwide Managing Director for the agency's Nestlé business. Both leaders are based in London.

Commenting on the two new members, Miles Young, Worldwide Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, said:  "Sophie and Mike have done outstanding work on Unilever and Nestlé, two of our biggest accounts. Both Nestlé and Unilever currently rate Ogilvy their top-performing agency, a fact that can be directly attributed to Sophie and Mike and the wonderful teams they've built."

Hoffstetter and Welsford both recently led the agency to win additional assignments for Unilever and Nestlé, respectively.

About Ogilvy & Mather 
Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. It was named the Cannes Lions Network of the Year for four consecutive years, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; and the EFFIEs World's Most Effective Agency Network for two consecutive years 2012 and 2013. The company is comprised of industry leading units in the following disciplines: advertising; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; shopper and retail marketing; health care communications; direct, digital, promotion and relationship marketing; consulting, research and analytics; branded content and entertainment; and specialist communications. O&M services Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses through its network of more than 500 offices in 126 countries. It is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY). For more information, visit http://www.ogilvy.com/, or follow Ogilvy on Twitter at @Ogilvy and on Facebook.com/Ogilvy.

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