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1 week agoNancy Hall Named U.S. CEO of WPP Media
Nancy Hall becomes CEO of WPP Media U.S. operations, leading one of the industry's most influential agencies that controls billions in advertising spending.
The bank is reshuffling its commercial and investment bank to "maximize the impact of AI," according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider that was sent this week. The firm has named Guy Halamish as the chief operating officer of the CIB and tasked him with overseeing the ongoing effort to "harness the power of our data and fully leverage rapidly evolving AI capabilities," the memo, signed by the CIB's co-CEOs, Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh, said.
The UK Home Office has upped its planned spending on external data and tech consultants by £100 million to a maximum of £350 million. The move follows a six-month delay to the start of a deal designed to provide external skills for the central government department's Data Services & Analytics (DSA) service. This comes despite the government's promise to cut spending on consultants and warnings that the shortage of internal skills was holding up digital transformation.