Kathleen Saxton Bio Managing Director, EMEA Advisory & Global Search Kathleen Saxton is a Managing Director at MediaLink, who leads the firm’s operations in EMEA. An industry veteran with 25+ years of experience in sales, marketing, media and executive search, her remit is wide-ranging and spans business growth, agency selection, talent advisory and strategic consulting. Saxton joined MediaLink in 2020 from The Lighthouse, a talent advisory firm she founded in 2009 to provide execu...

In our next episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot sits down with one of the industry’s most revered creatives, Susan Credle, Global Chief Creative Officer and Global Chair of one of our IPG sister agencies, FCB. Susan is an absolute powerhouse, leading with intention, building teams that flourish and leveraging her leadership role to infuse the industry with diversity. Susan is the first female chairperson of The One Club for Creativity, a non-stop champion of creative talent...

In April’s episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot is joined by long-time friend, colleague, and yet another one of the industry’s power players: Claire Beale, Co-Founder of The Creative Salon. Prior to founding The Creative Salon, her latest endeavor, Claire served as global Editor-In-Chief of coveted, global industry trade publication Campaign for over 25 years. Reporting on the media industry for the lion’s share of her career, Claire witnessed the industry’s ebbs and flows, and ...

“The Golden Age of advertising has not even begun because we have not even begun to see what this industry can be with the creativity, the talent and the skills of women and people of color.” In this month’s episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot is joined by the one, the only Cindy Gallop, ad industry stalwart and Founder and CEO of the transformative MakeLoveNotPorn, where they discuss everything from how Cindy’s passion for the industry fuelled her into the ad tech space, how she ...

In our next episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot is joined by our very own Alex Lopez, President and Chief Creative Officer, who recently joined McCann Worldgroup after a 20-year career at Nike, making a huge career shift from the client to agency business. One of the most accomplished and awarded brand marketers and creative storytellers in the world of consumer marketing, Alex has a history of defining, differentiating and activating consumer engagement across Nike’s brand....

New year, new “Spontaneously Candid!” To kick off 2022, Harjot is joined joined by the unstoppable Amy Armstrong – Global CEO of Initiative, one of the top media agencies in the world and a sister IPG agency to McCann Worldgroup. In this episode, we scratch the surface of everything Amy has accomplished. Perhaps even more importantly, Amy shares her complex and inspiring personal story. Amy has held leadership positions at IPG for over 20 years, including serving as President of BPN Wor...

In this episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot is joined by Eureka O’Hara – widely-regarded as one of the best-known and one of the most entertaining and successful drag queens in recent her story – for a fascinating discussion about identity, self-love, life in the spotlight and more. Eureka competed on the 9th and 10th seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race and, most recently, was a finalist in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 6. Eureka is also currently one of a trio of hosts of “...

In this episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot turns the tables on accomplished advertising and marketing reporter, Jeff Beer – instead of him telling us a story we want to hear his. What are the key themes of his personal narrative? What drives him? What scares him? What is he proud of and what does he wish he could take back? If we were writing a full feature on Jeff Beer – what would the headline be? Jeff Beer, Staff Editor at Fast Company, covers advertising, marketing and brand...

After our initial recording ended, Harjot and Dan kept the candid conversation going. Listen in here for a bonus.

From the jungles of Panama and Honduras, to fighter jets in the Navy, to decoding the genome of one of the world’s most dangerous pathogens, to leading a next-generation vaccine program, to tracking chimpanzees with Jane Goodall, to creating one of the world’s most creatively awarded health campaigns, there isn’t much Dan Carucci hasn’t seen or done. Dan’s credentials and experience are unlike those of any other leader in our network. He’s a physician and molecular biologist wit...

Sure, Kathleen is one of the most awarded and admired brand executives in the world. But how does she feel when she is sitting next to Carolyn Everson? Our very own Harjot Singh digs deep learning about the person who has either personally won or led her team in winning too many awards to list, but just a few: the 2016 Clio Advertiser of the Year, 2019 Cannes Lion Titanium and Grand Prix, 2019 Grand Clio and The One Show 2020 CMO Pencil Award. She was also selected as an honoree for the...

Embrace uncertainty rather than avoid it, says Bill Kolb, Chairman & CEO, McCann Worldgroup. Throughout his successful career, Bill’s found that fear and uncertainty are the great equalizers…all of us have it, including the most successful leaders. Surprising words from someone with career like Bill’s. Taking the helm as Chairman & CEO of McCann Worldgroup at the beginning of 2021, Bill has spent his career building brands and businesses from the ground up. Previously Chief Oper...