The company was created by the merger of the media operations of JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, then the two big full service advertising agencies within WPP Group. The launch team comprised Mandy Pooler and Nick Emery from O&M and Ron de Pear[2] and James Walker from JWT. Initially the business faced strong opposition to the merger from the American agency parent GroupM.[3]
The Mindshare global network consists of approximately 10,000 employees across 115 offices in 82 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.[1]
Mindshare USA LLC has 11 offices across the U.S. and Canada with billings of $9.96 billion (according to the media agency monitoring body, RECMA).[4] Phil Cowdell has served as its Head of North American operations since 2009.[5]
Mindshare Media UK Ltd, founded in 1998, is based in London WC2, where Jem Lloyd-Williams serves as CEO.[6]
Mindshare Nederland was established in 1999 by Ton Schoonderbeek, now regional leader and chief executive for the company's Beneluxcountries (including Scandinavia).[7]
