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28 September, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm BST
Sir Martin Sorrell: An Evening in Conversation
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
18:00hrs
Sir Martin Sorrell: An Evening in Conversation.
Cost: Complimentary
About The Event
E2E is delighted to host Sir Martin Sorrell, the ‘Third Saatchi Brother‘, who whilst at WPP was the longest-serving chief executive of a FTSE 100 company joining us for an interactive evening online.
In just 3 years, S4 Capital plc, Sir Martin’s current company, has exploded to over 5000 staff in 31 countries, with a market capitalisation of approximately $4 billion.
Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million ‘shell’ company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company with a market cap of over £16 billion. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for 9 years, refining the practice of the ‘earn-out’.
During the conversation we will be exploring how Sir Martin has achieved remarkable growth through strategic acquisitions, marketing & digital advertising for global, multinational, regional, & millennial-driven influencer brands, his tenure of over 30 years as a CEO of a FTSE-100 company and his transition from WPP.
This event is brought to you by E2E in partnership with IWG PLC and Richard Morris, Chief Executive of IWG, who will also accompany me for the discussion.
Meet Your Guest Speaker
Sir Martin Sorrell
Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc
Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc, which is building a new age/ new era, purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, local clients and millennial-driven influencer brands.
Sir Martin was Founder and CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million “shell” company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company.
When Sir Martin left in April 2018, WPP had a market capitalisation of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for 9 years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that.
S4 Capital plc merged with MediaMonks, its content practice, in July 2018 and MightyHive, its data and digital media practice, in December 2018 and has added eight further content and data & digital media companies to both practices in 2019, six in 2020 and six in 2021 so far. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange under SFOR.L and after a little over two years, S4 Capital plc has over 5000 people in 31 countries, with a market capitalization of approximately $4.0 billion.
Sir Martin supports a number of leading business schools and universities, including his alma maters, Harvard Business School and Cambridge University and a number of charities through his family foundation.
Meet Your Hosts
Richard Morris
CEO – IWG UK
Richard is the CEO of IWG UK. He joined in 2014 following his role as CEO of G4S’s UK & Ireland Division. IWG UK is the world’s largest provider of flexible workspace solutions offering a fast growing global network of 3,000 locations in 120 countries. Since joining, Richard has consistently delivered year on year growth for Regus’ UK division.
Shalini Khemka
Founder & CEO – E2E, Member of the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, Deal Maker – UK Government
Shalini founded E2E in 2011. Her mission was to develop the largest and most active entrepreneurial community in the UK to enable extraordinary connections for entrepreneurs.
Under Shalini’s guidance E2E has become a trusted entrepreneurial community which has one objective: to unlock the full potential of ambitious entrepreneurial businesses by enabling extraordinary connections. It has developed into an exciting and thriving powerhouse of international entrepreneurs, investors and entrepreneurial non-execs, coupled with access to globally leading corporate services. E2E’s ecosystem has ambition and innovation at its core.
Shalini is also a Deal Maker for the UK Government, a Member of the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, a Fellow of Burton & South Derbyshire College and a Judge for The Great British Entrepreneurial Awards. Before establishing E2E, Shalini co-founded the world’s first bank to bank trade finance platform. She was an Investment Director at LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyd’s Banking Group and held finance related roles at Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust, Natwest Bank and Coopers & Lybrand.
Details
- Date:
- 28 September, 2021
- Time:
- 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm BST