Christian Juhl: GroupM’s future depends on recruiting from different places

Christian Juhl, the incoming global chief executive of GroupM, has said the company must recruit more widely and invest in training, but insisted he is “not worried about our growth at all” in the face of competition and automation.

In an interview with Campaign, Juhl talked about clients’ need for agencies in an increasingly “complex” media world, as well as the pros and cons of technology.

Juhl has spent five years as global chief executive of WPP’s Essence, which counts Google as its top client, and people who have worked with the ex-Razorfish executive say he brings a different approach from “the old world”.

Please read the full article in Campaign here.