Tamara Ingram to step down as global chairman of Wunderman Thompson

Tamara Ingram has stepped down as global chair of Wunderman Thompson as per international media reports. Her exit was confirmed in a staff memo.

Tamara Ingram was erstwhile CEO of J Walter Thompson Worldwide before it merged with Wunderman. During her career, she has worked with agencies such as Saatchi and Saatchi, Grey Group London and McCann Worldgroup, Kantar and WPP. Her longest stint was at Saatchi where she worked for 16 years and became CEO in 1995 and executive chairman in 1999.

She took over the lead of JWT in March 2016 when the previous CEO was facing allegations and was sued for sexual misconduct.