Nick Emery
Nick Emery is one of the most prominent figures in global media agency leadership, best known for his long tenure building Mindshare into a truly global network under WPP. He served as Global CEO of Mindshare for several years, overseeing thousands of staff across dozens of markets and steering the agency through a period of significant digital transformation. His departure from Mindshare in 2020 came amid controversy, but he subsequently re-emerged as Global CEO of Jellyfish, the digital marketing services company backed by Bruin Capital. At Jellyfish, Emery leads a business that positions itself as a new-model agency built around data, technology and performance marketing, working with major global brands. His appointment signalled Jellyfish's ambition to compete at the highest level of the global media and marketing services market. Emery's career spans more than two decades at the intersection of media planning, global client leadership and agency management, giving him deep expertise in how large advertisers allocate and optimise media investment across international markets.
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Nick Emery is one of the most prominent figures in global media agency leadership, best known for his long tenure building Mindshare into a truly global network under WPP. He served as Global CEO of Mindshare for several years, overseeing thousands of staff across dozens of markets and steering the agency through a period of significant digital transformation. His departure from Mindshare in 2020 came amid controversy, but he subsequently re-emerged as Global CEO of Jellyfish, the digital marketing services company backed by Bruin Capital. At Jellyfish, Emery leads a business that positions itself as a new-model agency built around data, technology and performance marketing, working with major global brands. His appointment signalled Jellyfish's ambition to compete at the highest level of the global media and marketing services market. Emery's career spans more than two decades at the intersection of media planning, global client leadership and agency management, giving him deep expertise in how large advertisers allocate and optimise media investment across international markets.
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- Led Mindshare as Global CEO, growing it into one of WPP's flagship media agencies with a major international footprint
- Appointed Global CEO of Jellyfish, accelerating the agency's expansion into a global marketing services competitor