DDB

North America Appoints Britt Hayes Chief People Officer

Date May 11, 2017

Location New York, NY

DDB North America, part of Omnicom (NYSE: OMC), today announced the appointment of Britt
Hayes as Chief People Officer. In this newly created role, Hayes will report to Chief Executive
Officer Wendy Clark, working closely with leaders from the networks 17 North American
offices to oversee all talent and development programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and
recruitment for the agency.

At the very core of our business is people. Nothing works in our agencies, or in our industry for
that matter, without talented people and the bright ideas and brilliant work they create.
Investing in a role like this is a deliberate step to ensure the recruitment, retention, and
development of our 2,000+ talented associates of DDB North America stays at the forefront of
our focus, said Clark. Britt is a proven and accomplished business leader. Her ability to
identify, nurture, and develop talented people to create the best work of their careers is exactly
what was so compelling about having Britt join us at DDB. I am genuinely delighted to welcome
such a talented woman and leader to our executive team.

Im thrilled to be joining DDB at such an exciting time, said Hayes. Wendy, Ari, and the
leadership team have such a clear vision for the modern agency model, and Im honored to be
part of building a team with so much momentum behind it.
Hayes brings 18 years of experience in agency recruitment and creative management to DDB,
having worked for some of the worlds largest and most awarded networks. It was Hayes
success in both attracting and developing agency talent that landed her on The Adweek 50 list
of top influencers.

Hayes joins DDB from Grey Group, where she has been managing creative talent and
operations for the networks flagship New York office as Executive Director, Creative
Management. Prior to Grey, Hayes was Worldwide Head of Creative Talent at J. Walter
Thompson.

Previously, Hayes spent 12 years at McCann as Senior Vice President/Director of Creative

Services, where she was responsible for managing the creative department and recruiting
across McCann Worldgroup in San Francisco, including McCann Erickson, T.A.G., and MRM. She
began her career at McCann New York.

The executive appointment follows DDB North Americas recent new hires: Ari Weiss as Chief
Creative Officer, and Toygar Bazarkaya as Chief Executive Officer of We Are Unlimited.



About DDB
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com) is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks. DDB has been named
Agency of the Year numerous times by the Cannes International Festival of Creativity and the industry's leading advertising publications and
awards shows. The Gunn Report has listed DDB as one of the Top 3 Global Networks for 12 of the last 15 years. The agency's clients include
Volkswagen, McDonald's, Unilever, Mars, Johnson & Johnson, and Exxon Mobil, among others.

Founded in 1949, DDB is part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE) and consists of more than 200 offices in over 90 countries with its flagship office in
New York, NY.

About Omnicom Group Inc.
Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicoms branded networks and
numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional
marketing, public relations, and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.
For further information on Omnicom and its brands, please visit www.omnicomgroup.com.

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Christie Giera
Director of Agency Communications, DDB North America
christie.giera@ddb.com
212-415-2186