WPP’s Ogilvy announced today that it has appointed Lyndsey Corona US CEO, effective Jan. 1. She’ll report to Global CEO Laurent Ezekiel and will oversee offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and California.  

Agency operations include advertising, PR, Social & Influence, Customer Experience, and consulting practice.  

The U.S. region was previously overseen by Devika Bulchandani as part of her broader Global CEO remit. Earlier this year, she was tapped by new WPP CEO Cindy Rose to be the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Ezekiel succeeded her in the agency’s global CEO post.  

Corona joined WPP in January to lead the company’s global Verizon account, and she’ll continue to be involved with that client as “executive sponsor” for the relationship, according to the agency. 

Prior to joining WPP Corona was Partner and President at the Jerry Graff-founded Knickerbocker Slap Global, where she is credited with landing some of its first AOR wins, including SeatGeek, Petco and others.  

Earlier she was President of Stagwell’s Forsman & Bodenfors, and before that served as Chief Growth Officer at McCann North America. 

In addition to Verizon, Ogilvy clients include The Coca-Cola Co., IBM, Mastercard and PwC.