The Interpublic Group of Companies has hired
STEPHEN GATFIELD as executive vice president, global operations and innovation. Gatfield will work with the company's operating units to
develop, improve and extend new models that allow Interpublic member companies to better deliver services to clients around the world. Gatfield joins Interpublic from Leo Burnett Worldwide where,
since 2001, he had been chief operating officer. While there, he organized the agency's European region to provide better financial and business development discipline by establishing a network of
sub-regional development plans.