{"id":391,"date":"2024-08-01T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.omg.com\/uk\/charlie-ebdy-named-chief-strategy-officer-of-omg-uk\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:10:07","slug":"charlie-ebdy-named-chief-strategy-officer-of-omg-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/charlie-ebdy-named-chief-strategy-officer-of-omg-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Ebdy named Chief Strategy Officer of OMG UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omnicom Media Group UK announces appointment of Chief Strategy Officer<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

London (August 1, 2024) -\u202f <\/span>Omnicom Media Group<\/span><\/a> (OMG), the media services division of <\/span>Omnicom Group Inc.<\/span><\/a> (NYSE: OMC), has named Charlie Ebdy Chief Strategy Officer of OMG UK, effective immediately.\u202f\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this newly created role, Ebdy \u2013 who was previously Chief Strategy Officer at OMD UK \u2013 will work closely with OMG UK CEO, Laura Fenton in driving and shaping the group\u2019s long-term strategic approach to support OMG UK\u2019 s continued growth and momentum.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ebdy will work closely with Strategy Leaders across the group\u2019s agencies and specialist service divisions to advance OMG\u2019s strategic output, building on the industry-leading product development the group has driven to date. He will also be responsible for leveraging OMG\u2019s Agency as a Platform proposition on behalf of its clients, connecting media, content and commerce to deliver better outcomes.\u202fHe will remain closely involved in direct client work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In his previous role at OMD UK, Ebdy headed up a 50-strong department covering strategy, analytics and effectiveness. A prominent figure in the agency\u2019s recent growth trajectory, he celebrates a collection of agency, commercial and individual achievements for his work;<\/span>\u00a0including new business wins for C4, Compare The Market, and British Gas, and <\/span>IPA Effectiveness, Effies and Media Week Awards. Most recently, Ebdy became only the second ever media specialist to convene the IPA Effectiveness Awards in their 44-year history.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ebdy will report into Laura Fenton, CEO of OMG UK.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Fenton, CEO of OMG UK says, \u201cCharlie is a razor-sharp strategic leader. In his time at OMD UK he has consistently delivered outstanding strategic thinking that delivers competitive advantage for our clients. As Chief Strategy Officer of OMG UK, Charlie will bring that vision to the wider group, helping drive our forward strategy and accelerating our proposition to stay ahead in the areas that matter most.\u201d\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Charlie Ebdy, CSO of OMG UK says \u201cThere might never have been as much client demand for such deep strategic partnerships, and there\u2019s certainly nowhere better at delivering those than Omnicom Media Group. It\u2019s brilliant to be working with Laura and our incredible agency teams at such a critical time, to take the group to ever greater heights in 2024 and beyond.\u201d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ebdy\u2019s successor at OMD UK will be announced shortly.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Omnicom Media Group UK announces appointment of Chief Strategy Officer\u202f\u00a0 London (August 1, 2024) -\u202f Omnicom Media Group (OMG), the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), has named Charlie Ebdy Chief Strategy Officer of OMG UK, effective immediately.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0 In this newly created role, Ebdy \u2013 who was previously Chief Strategy Officer at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,30],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-kingdom-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnicommedia.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}