Ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors, part of Stagwell, has named James Denton-Clark as Global CEO. He joins from Saatchi & Saatchi, where he served as CEO. He succeeds Toby Southgate, who has lfeft the agency to pursue new opportunities.  

Earlier Denton-Clark was CEO at agency Karmarama which was acquired by Accenture in 2016. He previously held roles at BMB, BMP DDB and Bates Dorland. 

He reports to James Townsend, CEO Stagwell EMEA and Global CEO Stagwell Brand Performance Network.  

Stagwell said that Denton-Clark would also join the EMEA executive group.   

Forsman & Bodenfors has offices in Gothenburg, Stockholm, London, Dublin, New York, Singapore, Shanghai and Toronto. Clients include Volvo, Mandarin Oriental, SK-II, Google, Goldman Sachs, Polestar, Diageo, P&G, Crocs, LG, General Mills and H&M.