In a bid to strengthen its West Coast operations, WPP’s Ogilvy & Mather has appointed Michael Dobak CEO Ogilvy & Mather West, a new position at the agency. He will be leading all
operations, including O&M Advertising, OgilvyOne and Ogilvy Public Relations across four cities: Denver, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco. Dobak will be based in Los Angeles and report to
John Seifert, CEO O&M North America. Dobak joined O&M in 2008 and most recently served as global managing director on the shop’s IBM account. Earlier, he worked at Arnold, Hal Riney
& Partners and Dailey & Associates.