WPP Scan Group has appointed Miriam Kaggwa as Chief Financial Officer.
“The Board of Directors of WPP Scangroup Plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Is Miriam Kaggwa as Chief Finance Officer effective from 1st February 2023,” the statement said in part.
Miriam Kaggwa is a Finance Executive with extensive experience in the Marketing and Communication Industry in North America, the United 1 Kingdom, and Emerging markets.
Prior to joining WPP Scangroup PLC, Miriam held the position of Chief Finance Officer (CFO), North America for BCW Global, a PR Agency owned by WPP where she was responsible for the Finance and Operations function in nine US markets.
As CFO, she supported the North America CEO and other leaders in driving growth, improving work processes to find efficiencies, and creating value through brainstorming alternate revenue streams for the business.
Before joining BCW, Miriam worked for Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), a global provider of Marketing Solutions for 17 years in different roles in London and US. During her tenure at IPG, she oversaw finance and operations for different Agencies within IPG including Ansible, IPG’s mobile buying business, Rapport, the Out of home business, Orion, the barter trading business and Kinesso, the Data and Analytics Company.
Miriam was also in charge of the oversight of finance functions in offshore hubs in Mumbai, Manilla and Warsaw and worked for McCann, structuring mergers, and acquisitions transactions. During her earlier career, Miriam worked with Salomon SmithBarney in their Investment Bank unit and with GE Capital. She started her professional career working as an Engineer for Sheldhal Inc. a leading supplier to the automotive industry.
Education
Miriam holds a BA in Chemistry from Macalester College, a BSc, Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota and an MBA from the Johnson School of Management, Cornell University, USA.
“The Board is confident that the Company will benefit from Ms Miriam’s skills, knowledge, extensive leadership and industry experience and welcomes her to the Company”, the statement concluded.
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