The thorny problem of succession for Publicis and WPP

There’s no doubt that, in the world of marcomms, there’s one pretty unique alpha male, and that’s Sir Martin Sorrell. Over the past decade or more, the WPP boss has been the media’s go-to man when reporters are looking for an overview of the industry, or a wider view on the economy (creative or not) as a whole.
It came as no surprise that when the BBC was looking for an adman’s perspective on Brexit, Sir Martin was the man they looked up. He’s high profil