Wunderman Thompson CEO John Gutteridge departs with Lee Leggett taking the helm
CEO of Wunderman Thompson, John Gutteridge, is stepping down from the role with former Initiative CEO Lee Leggett taking over, effective immediately.
Gutteridge has been the CEO of the agency since the merger of WPP AUNZ creative agencies JWT and Wunderman early last year. Prior to that he was the Australasia CEO of JWT for ten years.
Gutteridge was CEO of JWT for ten years before taking on the Wunderman Thompson merger
Gutteridge said leading the merger of the two agencies in Australia was a ‘fulfilling experience’ but now it was time to move onto a new opportunity.
First time I’ve heard WT referred to as a “data and technology powerhouse”. I guess just like Google has its Moonshots though, WT has its Monsees.
Both have proven to be expensive. But only one is proven to deliver results.
Lee is a great leader and a wonderful person, I look forward to seeing where she takes the WT team and no doubt great work will follow 🙂