Press Release

DDB New York Appoints Madison Wharton as

Chief Production Officer

Date: March 26, 2015
Location: New York, NY

DDB Worldwide, part of Omnicom Group, announced today the appointment of Madison Wharton
as Chief Production Officer of DDB New York. In this role, Wharton will be responsible for creating a
new operational model and new capabilities for the integrated needs of the agency. She will report
to Chris Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of DDB New York.

This hire is the latest in a string of senior appointments for DDB New York under Brown, who is
revitalizing the agency with new top talent including Icaro Doria, Chief Creative Officer, and other
key executives focused on content and innovation.

We are delighted to welcome Madison to the team at such an exciting time for DDB New York,
said Brown. We are on a mission to blaze new trails and attracting A-list talent like Madison is key
to our success. She is creatively driven, passionate about technology with a fantastic breadth of
operational, digital and production expertise. She is going to add real value to the leadership team.

Doria commented, "Apart from being awesome and left handed, Madison has done amazing things
everywhere she's worked. She's great for the culture of the agency and we are just really lucky to
have her."

Wharton previously served as The Barbarian Group's Executive Director of Production, where she
oversaw production of the creative agency's work across all mediums, including video, web, mobile,
products and campaigns, while also focusing on operations, developing new agency offerings and
managing the agency's production department.

Before that, Wharton was Head of Integrated Production at Momentum Worldwide, responsible for
building and managing an integrated five-office production department for North America. While
there, she also established production processes that were implemented across the company's
North American and United Kingdom offices.

Previous to her time at Momentum, Wharton was at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, where she worked
on broadcast, digital out of home, interactive and experiential media with a focus on real-time
content creation.


Over the course of her 15-year career, Wharton has worked with blue-chip brands including Pepsi,
Samsung, GE, Google, Burger King, Microsoft, Volkswagen and American Express. She has produced
for awarded directors David Lynch, Spike Lee, Gary Oldman and Werner Herzog. Her work has been
awarded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, D&AD, the Clios, and the Effies.

Commenting on her new role, Wharton said, Im thrilled to be joining such a renowned agency,
particularly at a time of such rapid growth. Im excited to get started and continue to produce great
work with a very talented team.

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About DDB
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com) is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks. At the prestigious
2014 Cannes International Festival of Creativity, DDB took home 87 Lions, as well as Agency of the Year and Regional Network of the Year
honors for adam&eveDDB and DDB EMEA, respectively. In addition, DDB has been named Agency of the Year numerous times by the
industry's leading advertising publications and awards shows. The Gunn Report has listed DDB as one of the Top Three Global Networks for
12 of the last 15 years. The agency's clients include Volkswagen, McDonald's, Unilever, Mars, Johnson & Johnson and Exxon Mobil, among
others.

Founded in 1949, DDB is part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE) and consists of more than 200 offices in over 90 countries, with its flagship
office in New York, NY.

About Omnicom Group Inc.
Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicoms branded networks
and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and
promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.
For further information on Omnicom and its brands, please visit www.omnicomgroup.com

Contact:
Christie Giera
Director of Corporate Communications and North American Public Relations, DDB Worldwide
Email: Christie.giera@ddb.com
Office: 212-415-2186