Ogilvy & Mather Elevates Michael Dobak To CEO Ogilvy & Mather West

NEW YORK, July 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ogilvy & Mather (O&M), a division of WPP, announced today that Michael Dobak, 44, a five-year veteran of Ogilvy & Mather New York, has been appointed to the newly-created role of CEO, Ogilvy & Mather West, effective immediately. He will be leading all West Coast operations, which includes O&M Advertising, OgilvyOne and Ogilvy Public Relations across four cities - Denver, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco. Dobak will be based in Los Angeles.

"There is no one better qualified to position Ogilvy & Mather distinctively in this market, where new technologies and media are powerfully changing business and consumer experiences," stated John Seifert, CEO O&M North America. "Michael will be charged with building a gateway to technology, entertainment and gaming companies, located in the West, that are directly involved with this revolutionary transformation in marketing."

Dobak, a California native, started his advertising career in Los Angeles at Dailey & Associates before moving to Northern California to lead the Sprint PCS account at the original Hal Riney & Partners in San Francisco. Dobak worked for Arnold in Boston where he led the Progressive business before joining O&M in 2008 to work on IBM. He has spent the last two years as the Global Managing Director on the IBM business most notably helping to build the "Smarter Planet" agenda.

Michael Dobak, CEO O&M West added, "The West is an influential region globally – it is the center of technology, gaming and of course entertainment – I'm excited to be returning to the region and working with our leadership team and creative talent to build new experiences and bring new capability to our clients."

About Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. It was named both the Cannes Lions Network of the Year and the World's Most Effective Agency Network by the Effie Effectiveness Index for two consecutive years, 2012 and 2013. The company is comprised of industry leading units in all of the following disciplines: advertising; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; shopper and retail marketing; healthcare communications; direct, digital, promotion and relationship marketing; consulting, research and analytics capabilities; 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 450 offices in 120 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.

SOURCE Ogilvy & Mather

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