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Article: Simons deposed in Ogilvy putsch; Advertising: Loss of UK accounts and breakdown in relationship with Walsh blamed for departure. (News).
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- Marketing Week
- Article date:
- March 7, 2002
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Ogilvy Group UK chairman and chief executive Paul Simons has been ousted from the company and several high-profile employees close to Simons made redundant, following a dramatic purge by Mike Walsh, chairman of Ogilvy in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
The move comes less than a week after Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) lost the [pounds sterling]7m Royal & SunAlliance More Than account and follows a barren year in terms of major UK domestic business wins.
Simons was axed on Monday morning, following a breakdown in his relationship with Walsh. He had arrived at work to find members of Walsh's European management team taking out boxes of files. Simons is in ...