UK pollster YouGov names Kantar executive Wayne Levings as next CEO
UK pollster YouGov names Kantar executive Wayne Levings as next CEO Aug 6 (Reuters) - British polling firm YouGov YOU.L said on Thursday that Wayne Levings, a senior executive at peer Kantar, will succeed co-founder Stephan Shakespeare as chief executive next year.
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Levings will join YouGov, which provides brand-tracking and marketing campaign analytics, as CEO-designate on November 1 and assume the chief's role in February 2027.
He is currently Kantar's global chief client officer and CEO Americas, and has previously led the company's Asia Pacific, North America and Kantar Retail businesses since joining those leadership ranks in 2009.
Separately, YouGov retained its annual forecast of a low-single-digit revenue growth.
The company had agreed to amended terms for its loan facility, giving it more flexibility to carry on the strategic review of its Shopper division, launched in March.
YouGov is contending with a slowdown in advertising spending as companies reassess budgets due to the growing adoption of AI tools.
(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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