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Before joining Creston plc, Barrie Brien spent nearly 6 years within the Interpublic Group of Companies. Barrie started as Finance Director of Lowe Howard-Spink and was part of the executive team implementing the successful merger with Lintas, winning the accolades of UK and European agency of the year. Barrie was soon promoted to the EMEA CFO and COO role for Lowe and Draft, which covered over 50 companies in 30 countries and $350m of revenue.
Prior to Interpublic, Barrie worked for five years at Saatchi & Saatchi in various senior finance positions in the UK, Europe and USA. The roles involved implementing client profitability systems, new company start-ups and global client contract negotiations. Before Saatchi & Saatchi, Barrie spent four years in the GGT communication group filling management accountancy positions within its BTL companies.
In summary, Barrie has considerable industry operational and commercial experience plus acquisition and merger. He also presently sits on the IPA Council, which is the industry’s governing body, and has chaired the Finance Policy Group for the IPA.
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