NEWS3 July 2015
US — WPP’s newly-created marketing foresight consultancy Gain Theory has appointed Karen Kaufman as managing partner, client development for North America and LATAM.
This is a new role within the agency that combines WPP’s data, analytics, technology and consumer-insight expertise and Kaufman will report directly to Jason Harrison, who in April was named worldwide CEO of Gain Theory.
Kaufman has worked within WPP for 16 years – with Ogilvy & Mather, Maxus and Mindshare. She joins from GroupM Consulting Practice where she partnered closely with a leading CPG client to develop long-term growth strategies.
Gain Theory comprises of 200 consultants, analysts, data experts and engineers and has offices in New York, London and Bangalore.