Mark Read, the former chief executive of WPP, has been appointed chairman of the board at media measurement and analytics business Kantar Media. Commenting on his new role, Read said: “Kantar Media ...

Media-analytics company Kantar Media said it named former WPP Chief Executive Mark Read as chairman of a newly formed board of directors after its recent acquisition by private-equity group H.I.G.

Mark Read, former CEO of WPP, has been announced as the chairman of Kantar’s newly formed Board of Directors. {{image}} Kantar Media was recently sold by Kantar Group and Bain Capital to H.I.G.

WPP has “confidence” in its prospects for 2023 despite global economic challenges because demand from large clients “remains strong” and its new-business pipeline looks to be “slightly bigger than a ...

Mark Read, who as CEO of WPP Group oversaw the sale of a majority stake of the holding company's Kantar Group to Bain Capital in 2019, has been named chairman of Kantar Media, which was spun off and ...