• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, September 7, 2022

Ogilvy today announced that Devika Bulchandani has been appointed Global Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Andy Main, who will serve as senior advisor until the end of the year.

Bulchandani joined the agency nearly two years ago as Global Chairwoman of Advertising and CEO North America. In January she was elevated to Global President.

In the CEO role she will be responsible for all aspects of the creative network’s business across 131 offices in 93 countries and spanning its Advertising, Public Relations, Experience, Consulting, and Health units. She will also join WPP’s Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Ogilvy, Bulchandani spent most of her career at McCann where she last served as president of the North America region. She was one of Main’s first hires at Ogilvy, the latter having joined as CEO in July 2020 from Deloitte Digital where he was global CEO.

WPP CEO Mark Read stated that under Main’s leadership Ogilvy “has seen a transformation in its creative and business performance. This stems from the consistently outstanding quality of work from Ogilvy’s teams around the world, the investment in attracting and developing talent across the business, and the strong and more diverse leadership team Andy has built.” 

Read added that with the agency’s “transformation” ahead of schedule, “Andy has decided that now is the right time to seek a new challenge and he is moving on with my personal thanks and best wishes.”  

Read also credited Bulchandani with being part of the leadership team that has been “instrumental” in Ogilvy’s recent growth.

Stated Bulchandani: “As we write the next chapter in the history books of Ogilvy, we will do it together with our clients, using creativity to push the boundaries of what’s possible.”