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Jessica Goodfellow
Feb 22, 2021

Mark Read's WPP growth plan includes greater focus on Asia and agency integration

In a wide-ranging interview at Spikes Asia X Campaign, the WPP boss discusses the future structure of the network, the challenge of losing talent to tech platforms, and of course, is quizzed about Sir Martin Sorrell.

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