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Sir Martin Sorrell claims women need to be 'aggressive' to succeed – WACL president Lindsay Pattison responds

on May 28, 2015 | 0 comments

By Lindsay Pattison

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell, not averse to creating talking points throughout his career, last night addressed the attendees at the Women in Advertising and Communications London (WACL) dinner and caused some consternation when he claimed that women needed to be ‘aggressive’ in order to be successful.

Outgoing president of WACL, Lindsay Pattison, writes for The Drum in reaction to Sir Martin’s comments and explains the circumstances:

At last night’s WACL dinner, Sir Martin Sorrell was on fine form speaking across a range of topics from world economies, the increasingly short tenures of CMOs, the UK election results and the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum