This week on Mi3:
Smoke and fire: WPP AUNZ boss Jens Monsees rubbishes rebellion rumours as board instigates CEO review; counters Sorrell on S4 Capital’s ‘new model’
Jens Monsees is one year into running WPP’s AUNZ operation and the market is now heaving with talk of broad internal leadership unrest over how he’s transforming the business and ‘doing culture’. In this conversation, Monsees addresses talk of a fallout with COO John Steedman after the veteran’s recent, abrupt exit, a board-instigated review of Monsees’ performance across staff and clients and he fires back at S4 Capital’s jibes around the troubled future of holding companies.
Read Paul McIntyre’s Deep Dive article (6 min. read):