• February 27, 2004

The Interpublic Group of Companies has hired Stephen Gatfield as Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Innovation. A newly created position, Gatfield will be based in New York and will report to David Bell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Interpublic. 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.