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*Director, Bloomberg Philanthropies <ref>Bloomberg Philanthropies [https://www.bloomberg.org/about/board-of-directors/ Board], organizational web page, accessed May 12, 2020.</ref>
Sir '''Martin Sorrell''' is the chief executive of the global advertising and communications group [[ImageWPP]]. Prior to that he was the finance director at Saatchi & Saatchi. [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article336156.ece] Sorrell had studied Economics at Oxford University. [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article336156.ece] In 2002, Sorrell notoriously described the advertising industry as being in a 'bath-shaped recession', which apparently meant that expenditure on advertising would slide steeply, stagnate over a prolonged period, then eventually recover. [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1963131,00.html] In December 2005, an expensive divorce resulted in Sorrell cashing in £12m of his shares in WPP.[http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/533574/divorce-forces-sorrell-cash-12m-wpp-shares/] In 2005, Sorrell receieved a remuneration of £52m from WPP. [http:Thefetus//news.independent.co.uk/media/article336156.jpgece] *International Advisory Board (chair), [[British American Business Council]](2011) [http://www.babc.org/pdf/IAB_August_2011.pdf]*Advisory Board, [[European Management Institute]] <ref>[http://www.europeanmanagementinstitute.org/advisory.htm Advisory Board], European Management Institute, accessed August 26, 2008.</ref>*Advisory Board, [[Cool Earth]] <ref>Cool Earth [http://www.coolearth.org/408/category/meet-us-186.html#ourfounders Founders], organizational web page, accessed July 2, 2012.</ref>*Advisory Council, [[Business for New Europe]] <ref>Business for New Europe [http://www.bnegroup.org/about/people/ Advisory Council], organizational web page, accessed December 6, 2014.</ref>*[[Best for Britain]]*Director, [[Bloomberg Philanthropies ]] <ref>Bloomberg Philanthropies [https://www.bloomberg.org/about/board-of-directors/ Board], organizational web page, accessed May 12, 2020.</ref>==External links==*Paul McIntyre, "[http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/creative-malaise-riles-britains-adland-genius/2005/10/30/1130607139595.html Creative malaise riles Britain's adland genius]", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', October 31, 2005.*Staff of Brand Republic, "[http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/533574/divorce-forces-sorrell-cash-12m-wpp-shares/ Divorce forces Sorrell to cash in £12m of WPP shares]", ''Brand Republic'', December 21, 2005*Amanda Andrews, "[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1963131,00.html Sorrell warns ad industry of tough 2006]", ''The Times'', December 29, 2005.*Raymond Snoddy, "[http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article336156.ece Sir Martin Sorrell: Full of Eastern promise]", ''The Independent'', January 4, 2006. ==Resources and articles=====Related Sourcewatch=== ===References===<references/>
