Arthur Fleischmann (Group CEO Ogilvy & john st. | Country Manager, WPP)

2021-12-07

In this episode, Craig Lund interviews Arthur Fleischmann (Group CEO, Ogilvy & john st. | Country Manager, WPP). About Arthur Fleischmann: Arthur co-founded john st. advertising in 2001. After growing into one of Canada's top independent shops, john st. joined the WPP network in 2013. Over the next five years, john st. continue to thrive winning creative accolades, Agency of the Year medals and new business. With over 150 employees and offices in Toronto and Montreal, john st. is...

In this episode, Craig Lund interviews Arthur Fleischmann (Group CEO, Ogilvy & john st. | Country Manager, WPP).

About Arthur Fleischmann:

Arthur co-founded john st. advertising in 2001. After growing into one of Canada's top independent shops, john st. joined the WPP network in 2013. Over the next five years, john st. continue to thrive winning creative accolades, Agency of the Year medals and new business. With over 150 employees and offices in Toronto and Montreal, john st. is one of WPP's largest and most successful brands in Canada.

In 2019 Arthur was promoted to Group CEO, overseeing the operations of john st., Ogilvy and Ogilvy Health Canada. In January 2021, Arthur added the role of Country Manager to help deliver WPP's extensive technology, CE&C and communications offerings to Canadian clients and improve collaboration among its agency brands.

Arthur brings his sense-making skills, vision for innovative service and products and pursuit of building high functional teams to some of Canada's most successful blue chip clients in retail, package goods, financial services, automotive and healthcare.

Born in the US, Arthur received his Honours BA in Economics and English Literature from Brandeis University in 1984. After several years in sales at Xerox Corporation in the Boston region, he earned his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, concentrating on Finance and Marketing.

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