Ruud Wanck Joins Candid

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Ruud (Rudiger) Wanck has joined Candid as its CEO. Candid is the largest independent marketing and advertising platform in the Netherlands. Headed by Ruud Wanck,

The press release state that the former Global CEO of GroupM Connect, will build a new organisational structure in order for the business to expand both nationally and internationally.

CEO and founder GĂ©rard Ghazarian will be leading the new board of directors. In his position as president, he will focus on Candid’s merger and acquisition strategy (M&A).

Candid is growing rapidly which is a result of several acquisitions such as media agencies Stroom and M2Media. In 2018, Candid acquired the Digital Agency Group including digital media, data and advertising agencies like Online Company, Havana Harbour and 6Circles.

Wanck (stop giggling) has held several global leadership positions at GroupM, working from Amsterdam, London and New York.


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