Publicis Worldwide appoints CEO

Advertising agency Publicis Worldwide has announced the appointment of Guy Wieynk as chief executive officer of UK groups and Nordics. In his new role Wieynk will be based out of London and will oversee the network’s UK and Nordic operations including: Publicis London, POKE, Publicis Chemistry, Publicis Blueprint, Skaandali Publicis, Publicis Norway’s Kitchen and Publicis Denmark. Wieynk will report to Arthur Sadoun, CEO of Publicis Worldwide, and will become a member of the Publicis Worldwide Global Management Board, chaired by Arthur Sadoun. Wieynk joins the agency after a 16-year stint at AKQA.