Acxiom CEO Chad Engelgau to Leave Data-Driven Marketing Giant for Opportunity in Non-profit Sector
January 12 2024 - 3:00PM
Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) announced today that Chad Engelgau, a
17-year Acxiom veteran and its CEO, is leaving the company at the
end of January to help transform a global leader in fundraising for
non-profits. A search for his replacement will begin immediately.
In the interim, Acxiom COO John Watkins will report to IPG CEO
Philippe Krakowsky, as had Engelgau.
Said Krakowsky, “As CEO, Chad has helped Acxiom retain its place
as a thought leader and key advocate on behalf of our clients when
it comes to a number of vital industry topics, including the need
for a national data privacy law, ethical AI, and transparency on
the value exchange people expect when they share their data with
brands. We thank him for his leadership and service.”
Prior to becoming Acxiom’s CEO in March of 2020, Engelgau served
as Global Chief Data Strategist at KINESSO, the performance
marketing unit of IPG, after having spent 13 years in a variety of
key leadership roles at Acxiom, including Chief Marketing Officer
and Head of Strategy. Over his tenure, he led data and identity
product management and strategy as well as product marketing.
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About InterpublicInterpublic (NYSE: IPG) (www.interpublic.com)
is a values-based, data-fueled, and creatively-driven provider of
marketing solutions. Home to some of the world’s best-known and
most innovative communications specialists, IPG global brands
include Acxiom, Craft, FCB, FutureBrand, Golin, Huge, Initiative,
IPG Health, IPG Mediabrands, Jack Morton, KINESSO, MAGNA, McCann,
Mediahub, Momentum, MRM, MullenLowe Global, Octagon, R/GA, UM,
Weber Shandwick and more. IPG is an S&P 500 company with total
revenue of $10.93 billion in 2022.
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