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Executive Profile*

Background*

Sir. Martin S. Sorrell serves as a Special Adviser to the Board of Loyalty Management UK Limited. Sir. Sorrell joined WPP Plc in 1986 and serves as its Group Chief Executive Officer. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of WPP Group USA, Inc. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of WPP Group US Investments, Inc. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of WPP of Burson-Marsteller, LLC. He serves as Equity Analyst of Morgan Stanley, Research Division. He supports ... the advancement of business education and plays an active role at leading business schools. From 1977 to 1984, Sir. Sorrell served as Group Finance Director of the advertising agency group Saatchi & Saatchi, and instrumental in planning & implementing its international expansion. He served as a Businessand Financial Adviser to British food retail entrepreneur James Gulliver at Argyll, and managed the commercial, financial affairs of sports personalities & celebrities with the Mark McCormack Organisation in London. He began his career as a Marketing Associate at Glendinning Associates of Westport, Connecticut. He serves as the Chairman of the International Advisory Board of British-American Business Council. He serves as Vice Chairman of IBLAC 2011. He serves as Deputy Chairman of London Business School. Sir Sorrell has been Director of Alcoa Inc., since January 18, 2012. He has been an Executive Director at WPP plc., since 1986. He serves as a Trustee of the Conference Board, the New York based business organisation. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Alchemy Partners LLP. He serves as Non-Executive Director of Sorrell Capital. He serves as a Governor of London Business School, a Member of the Advisory Board of IESE in Spain and also on the Dean's Advisory Council for Boston University School of Management. He served as Non Industry Director of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., since January 2001. He served as a Non Executive Director of Asatsu-DK Inc. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Colefax Group plc., until September 30, 2003. He served as a Member of International Advisory Council at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and BofA Merrill Lynch. He is active in other spheres of education. In 1998, he was appointed to the Board of Dean's Advisers of Harvard Business School and to the board of the Indian School of Business. In 1999, he was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment to the Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership. In 2003, he was asked to serve on the Modern Apprenticeship Task Force, launched by the Department for Education and Skills. In 1997, Sir Sorrell was appointed as an Ambassador for British Business by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Sir Sorrell contributes to many important organisations and charities. In 2006 he was appointed non-executive director of Alpha Topco, the Formula 1 company.' In 2008, he was appointed by The English Football Association to the Board of the bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In 2010 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bloomberg Family Foundation. He is on the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum International Business Council and a member of the Business Council in the US. He is a Patron of the British Museum, a member of the corporate Advisory Group of the Tate Gallery, and on the International Advisory Board of The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2007, he was awarded the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. He serves as a Trustee of the Cambridge Foundation, a patron of Cambridge Alumni in Management, a patron of Christ's College Cambridge, a Trustee of the Royal College of Art Foundation. He is also a patron of the Queen Charlotte's Appeal at Hammersmith Hospital, and serves on the board of the National Deaf Children's Society and on the National Appeal Board of the NSPCC. Sir Sorrell is an Economics graduate of Cambridge University with an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. In 2001, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from London Guildhall University.

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