Dentsu is set to elect Tim Andree, the SVP credited with negotiating the Aegis Group acquisition, to its board of directors.
Dentsu's board met yesterday to select candidates who will assume their positions after a general shareholders meeting in June. Andree will also become an executive officer of the company effective April 1.
"This will be the first time that a non-Japanese person will hold this position," a spokesperson told Campaign Asia-Pacific. "We expect him to lead our global growth strategy going ...