“WPP pronounces CFO transition” the press launch says and whereas it appears to be a easy transition from John Rogers to Joanne Wilson, who’s becoming a member of from Britvic, it’s nonetheless a shock.
Rogers (above), a former CFO of Sainsbury’s, was seen by some as a CEO in ready at WPP every time Mark Learn determined to step down. Now Rogers will go away after WPP’s report and accounts are revealed subsequent yr. WPP says Rogers will pursue “broader govt corporations exterior the corporate,” presumably as a CEO.
Rogers says: “It has been a privilege to work alongside Mark, the Board and the chief workforce to ship our transformation plan and progress technique, and I’m very pleased with what we have now achieved collectively over the past three years.
“With WPP nicely positioned for ongoing success, and because the firm enters the subsequent part of its transformation, I really feel now could be the precise time to maneuver on to new challenges and to start a easy transition to a brand new CFO. I sit up for working with Joanne on the handover subsequent yr.”
Wilson started her profession at KPMG and is a former CFO of dunnhmby, now a part of Tesco and the muse of its Clubcard. She says: “I’m delighted to be becoming a member of Mark (Learn) and the workforce as they proceed on their journey to make WPP essentially the most artistic firm globally. It’s a unbelievable alternative and I sit up for working with the broader WPP workforce to proceed to efficiently execute the expansion technique and ship the corporate’s transformation programme.”
