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Diego has 30+ years’ experience in the advertising industry. Most recently, he served as CEO of MullenLowe Italia where he worked with many international clients of a high calibre. In his previous positions, he worked with brands such as Allianz, Edgewell Personal Care, McDonald’s, Costa Crociere, Phoenix Pharma, Unilever, Lufthansa, ENI.

The opening of Stagwell Italy comes after an exciting year of expansion for Stagwell in Europe following the opening of its European headquarters in London in April 2024 along with three 2024 European acquisitions: UNICEPTA (Germany), a leading provider of media intelligence, Sidekick (UK), an award-winning collective of specialist agencies focused on experiential, digital storytelling, and branded content and WHAT’S NEXT PARTNERS (France), a digital brand and marketing consultancy specializing in data-powered strategies, integrated communications, and creative content.

“Stagwell Italy allows us to bring our challenger mindset and unique capabilities to an important market. As we continue strategic European growth and remain an ideal size for clients, Diego and his network are vital to Stagwell’s ambitions to expand seamlessly into Italy,” shared Chairman and CEO of Stagwell Mark Penn.  

James Townsend, CEO of Stagwell EMEA, said, “As we continue to execute our global growth strategy, our EMEA region continues to develop rapidly and Diego Ricchiuti brings the strategic experience with enterprise brands we need for Stagwell Italy to have a fast start in a key market for us.”

Diego Ricchiuti, recently appointed CEO of Stagwell Italy, added, “With over three decades of advertising experience, I think Stagwell’s collective capabilities spanning consumer research, media, data, technology, creative, and digital transformation represents the most modern and innovative player in the industry and I am excited to be a part of this impressive network. I can’t wait to help James and the team take Stagwell to the next level.”

About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger holding company built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our specialists in 35+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for our clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.   

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Stagwell EMEA
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NEW YORK and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 1, 2022 — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, has expanded its presence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the opening of its newest global office, Stagwell Malaysia. Stagwell opened its regional headquarters in Singapore in November 2021. Stagwell’s travel content and media brand, Ink, and Assembly, a global omnichannel media agency delivering media and more, will collaborate in the new location.

As part of the office opening, Ink has grown its partnership with Malaysia Airlines to offer sponsorship and advertising opportunities online and offline at the airport, onboard flights, and at home. Ink is actively hiring to support the expansion.

Assembly, which recently won recognition from two of the most prestigious local marketing award bodies, Marketing Excellence Malaysia and MARKies Malaysia, for its leading work in the market across media, will expand its staff to support the growth ambitions of local Malaysian brands and continue to support global businesses in the market.

“As Malaysia celebrates its Independence Day, we are excited to establish our newest global entity in Kuala Lumpur,” said Randy Duax, managing director, Asia-Pacific, Stagwell. “Malaysia’s GDP grew 9% last quarter and e-commerce transactions are expected to grow 25% per year over the next few years. For the kinds of innovative and disruptive clients our network serves and the kind of talent we have in our portfolio, we’re uniquely positioned to amplify brands into, out of, and within Malaysia.”

Stagwell boasts nearly 2,000 employees in the APAC region at agencies including creative network 72andSunny, communications firm Allison+Partners, creative agency Anomaly, global omnichannel media agency Assembly (named the 2021 Media Agency of the Year for Asia-Pacific by The Drum), digital transformation agency Code and Theory, creative collective Forsman & Bodenfors, (named top creative agency in Singapore by Campaign Brief), travel content and media brand INK, multilingual content agency Locaria, path-to-purchase shop MMI Agency, and consumer research agency National Research Group. 

In addition, Stagwell’s innovative affiliate network now boasts 70 active and independent agency brands. In APAC, Stagwell’s affiliate partners include Beyond Media Global (Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Sydney, Taipei), creative agency Enormous (Gurgaon, Mumbai), influencer agency Metric Design Studio (Shanghai), and digital and content full-service agency Serviceplan (Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Seoul).

Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com. 

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