New Additions to Kantar Management Team

Kantar, WPP's Information, Insight and Consultancy Division, has strengthened its management team with the additions of Fiona McAnena, as Development Director, and Rosi Ware as VP Development.

Their focus will be on leveraging the full range of research, insight and consulting capabilities within Kantar for the benefits of clients, working closely with all of Kantar's operating brands.

McAnena joins on 1 April from WPP sister-company Mediaedge:cia, where she is currently CEO of its UK operation. Prior to that she was UK and European CEO of Added Value, having started her career at Unilever. She will report to Kantar CEO, Eric Salama, and will be based in the UK.

Ware will continue to develop media-based consultancy services for advertisers around TGI products, but will expand her role to encompass other services. She will continue to work part-time and be based in the US and will report to McAnena. Prior to her TGI role, she was Managing Director of Millward Brown in the US and the UK.

Eric Salama said 'I'm thrilled that Fiona and Rosi are joining us. We have a wonderful set of operating companies doing great work for the clients, but there is untapped potential which can be released by adapting and combining some of our offers. Talent is our number one priority. And people who have worked with Fiona and Rosi know that they are amongst the very best.'

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