Hamish McLennan: Private equity will break-up a global comms holding company in three years

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Episode 24 7 Oct 2019 - 25 min

Hamish McLennan: Private equity will break-up a global comms holding company in three years

By Paul McIntyre - Executive Editor

Consulting firms or private equity will acquire, break-up and spin-off new creative-media agency networks within a few years, says the deputy chairman of $90bn investment firm Magellan and veteran WPP global agency executive Hamish McLennan. He talks with Mi3’s Executive Editor Paul McIntyre.

Hamish McLennan: Private equity will break-up a global comms holding company in three years

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