Guy Wieynk

Guy Wieynk

Chief Executive Western Europe at Publicis Worldwide
United Kingdom

About me

Guy joined Publicis in January 2015 to head up the Publicis UK and Nordic agencies. He has since been promoted to Chief Executive, Western Europe, Publicis Worldwide. Guy has led the formation of Publicis UK’s broad client offering, acquiring content agency August and shopper marketing agency, Vivid. Under his leadership, Publicis in the UK has experienced some of its biggest wins over the last decade including Morrisons, P&G Fairy and Heineken. Previous to Publicis, Guy spent 16 years at AKQA, building the agency globally. As his career progressed he was promoted to manage the New York office, followed by Europe, and finally International in 2012. During this six-year period the International group trebled in revenue; opened five offices; and won over 300 major awards, including 18 ‘Agency of the year’ titles by the London office alone. In his final role as International Vice President, Guy headed up the offices across Europe, Asia and in North America. Guy has consistently demonstrated business and marketing acumen for both agencies and clients, having worked with some of the world’s biggest brands including: Coca-Cola, EDF, Heineken, Microsoft, MINI, Nike, Nissan, and VW.

Positions

CEO Western Europe
Publicis
November 2015 - Present (9 years)
CEO, Publicis, UK & Nordics
Paris, France
January 2015 - Present (9 years 10 months)
VP - International
London, United Kingdom
August 2012 - January 2015 (2 years 5 months)
European Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
June 2008 - September 2012 (4 years 3 months)
Managing Director-
New York, United States
September 2006 - May 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Director Of Client Services
San Francisco, United States
January 2006 - June 2006 (5 months)
Global Account Director
San Francisco, United States
January 2005 - January 2006 (1 year)
Client Services Director
London, United Kingdom
January 2003 - January 2005 (2 years)
Group Account Director
London, United Kingdom
April 1998 - January 2003 (4 years 9 months)
Pan European Media Planner
Ammirati Puris Lintas
1997 - 1998 (1 year)
Researcher
London, United Kingdom
1995 - 1996 (1 year)

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