Billingsley elevated to CEO of Dynamic Markets as part of Saatchi’s global network reorganisation

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justin_billingsley.jpgSaatchi & Saatchi Worldwide has promoted Justin Billingsley, the chief operating officer of EMEA, to the newly created role of CEO of Dynamic Markets.

The change is the first reorganisation to the network to be instigated by recently appointed Worldwide CEO Robert Senior.

Saatchi & Saatchi’s former regional operating structure has been replaced by two market clusters, which have been designed to meet global client needs and encourage stronger peer relationships between offices.

The roles of EMEA and APAC CEO, formerly held by Robert Senior and Chris Foster, now Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide COO, will not be replaced.

Instead, the CEOs of established markets including New York, the UK, Germany, Italy, China and Australia will report to Singapore-based Chris Foster (pictured below), while the CEOs of the remaining markets pinpointed as emerging growth opportunities will report to Justin Billingsley (pictured above) who will also lead a network focus on M&A going forward.

Billingsley joined Saatchi & Saatchi in 2009 as chief executive and chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Greater China, before moving to his EMEA role in 2013. Before that, he held various senior marketing roles at companies including Unilever, Coca-Cola, Nokia and Orange.

Chris Foster2.jpgSays Senior: “I am delighted to announce a new, focused operating structure for the business and a well deserved promotion for Justin. I have known Justin for many years both as a client and a colleague, and his clarity of thought, decision-making and client-side experience make him the ideal choice to lead further growth across our new Dynamic Markets region.”

Says Billingsley: “Robert has a very clear and exciting vision of how we are evolving Saatchi & Saatchi and I am honoured to partner him on making this a reality. The brands we serve live in a flat, borderless world and our agency must too. To cluster markets based on what they mean to our clients, versus where they are, is smart and I am energised to be leading our Dynamic Markets, from which the majority of the next half a billion middle class consumers will come.”