Oosthuizen joins 12 other heads from all four corners of the world to continue to grow and strengthen the public relations discipline, here in South Africa and globally.

Prior to becoming National MD, in 2014, Oosthuizen was managing director of Ogilvy PR Johannesburg and has since evolved the public relations discipline of O&M South Africa into the second largest Ogilvy PR office in the EAME region.

“I am extremely proud of Joanna’s achievement,” said Abey Mokgwatsane, CEO of Ogilvy & Mather South Africa. “I am confident that she will continue to usher our clients into the the future of world-class reputation management and content creation.”

The new expanded Executive Committee includes:
  • Stuart Smith - Worldwide CEO, New York; 
  • Chris Graves - Worldwide chair; Wasington DC;
  • Scott Kronick - Regional CEO AsiaPac, Beijing;
  • Rob Mathias - Regional CEO North America, Washington DC;
  • Michele Anderson - MD, Chicago;
  • Debby Cheung - president, Shanghai Group, Shanghai;
  • Thomas Crampton - global MD social@ogilvy, London;
  • Michael Frohlich - COO EAME, London;
  • Johanna Oosthuizen - MD, South Africa, Johannesburg;
  • Stacey Ryan-Cornelius - Worldwide controller O&M, New York;
  • Renata Saraiva - MD, Brazil (representing LatAm), Sao Paulo;
  • Jennifer Scott - MD, New York, New York; and
  • Andrew Thomas - president, South East Asia, Singapore.

In making the announcement, Stuart Smith, Global CEO of Ogilvy PR, said, “We have big, bold ambitions and I felt we needed broader, more diverse representation in the active management of Ogilvy PR to accelerate our plans. This is right for our people, right for our clients and right for the business.”

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