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Why Saatchi’s Kevin Roberts had to go after 'diversity debate is over' comments

on Aug 3, 2016 | 0 comments

By Jennifer Faull

Kevin Roberts, the executive chairman of ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi and “head coach” at parent group Publicis Groupe, is to leave the company coming weeks after his comments on diversity in advertising.

Arguably, this was the only way this could end for Roberts.

He told Business Insider in an interview that was published last week that the debate around women’s equality in the workplace was “over”. Adding that women didn’t really want leadership roles and even went so far as to call out one of the strongest voices in the industry, Cindy Gallop, for making things up “to get Read full story ›

Source: The Drum