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Gideon Spanier
Sep 4, 2018

Sorrell: WPP CEO search a 'complete waste of time'

Sir Martin Sorrell congratulated his successor, Mark Read, but also said Read and COO Andrew Scott should bea CEO 'twosome'.

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