Omnicom : February 16, 2018 Ronnie S. Hawkins Appointed to Omnicom Group Board of Directors
February 16, 2018 at 10:11 am EST
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NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) announced the appointment of Ronnie S. Hawkins as an Independent Director, effective immediately.
Mr. Hawkins' appointment increases the size of the Board of Directors to 14 members, 12 of whom are independent. He will be a member of the Finance Committee.
'It is a pleasure to welcome Ronnie to the Board of Directors,' said Bruce Crawford, Omnicom's Chairman. 'Ronnie comes to us with years of experience in international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, start-ups and divestitures, and I'm confident that he is going to be a great addition to our Board.'
Mr. Hawkins is currently Managing Director, Head of International Investments and a member of the Investment Committee of EIG Global Energy Partners. He joined EIG in 2014 and was named to the Investment Committee in 2017. In these roles, Mr. Hawkins leads EIG's efforts to identify, execute and manage energy investments outside the U.S. Previously, Mr. Hawkins held positions as a senior executive in the banking industry where he led numerous corporate financings for large companies including equity, debt and structured financings.
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Omnicom Group, Inc. is a holding company organized around 7 areas of activity:
- advertising services (53.7% of revenues). In addition, the group offers media consulting services and is developing an advertising space purchasing business;
- public relations services (10.7%);
- digital marketing, direct marketing and digital transformation services (10%);
- advertising and communication services for the health and pharmaceutical sectors (9.4%);
- field marketing services and development of merchandising solutions (6%);
- commercial marketing and brand strategy consulting services (5.8%);
- experiential marketing services (4.4%).
Net sales break down by market between pharmaceutical and healthcare (15%), food and beverage (14%), technology (11%), automotive (10%), consumer goods (8%), financial services (7%), travel and entertainment (7%), retail (7%), telecommunications (5%) and other (16%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: North America (54.2%), Europe (29%), Asia/Pacific (12.1%), Latin America (2.6%), Middle East and Africa (2.1%).