Angela Tangas will start in September 2022.
MediaCom brings street-fighting skills and Essence the tech brains.
The company’s share price slumped by a third at the end of March after it postponed its annual results twice because PwC, the auditor, could not complete its work.
CEO talks to Campaign after upgrading growth forecast.
Board takes rare step of issuing 2022 and 2023 profit forecasts.
Hovey was most recently interim president of North America at WPP’s largest PR agency.
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