PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IRIS MINNEMA APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DDB DUBAI

June 26 2017 | Dubai

Over the past four years DDB Dubai has grown substantially mostly thanks to new
business wins originating locally and regionally. Nonetheless the organization cannot
rest on its laurels, and what got them here will not get them where they want to be over
next four years especially in light of a very difficult regional economic context.

In a strategic move to further enhance the Dubai agencys performance, the agency is
delighted to announce the appointment of Iris Minnema as the Managing Director of
DDB Dubai.

With 17 years of experience, and ten of them between DDB Amsterdam and DDB
Dubai, Iris will take over the leadership of the DDB Dubai office, reporting into Hubert
Boulos, CEO Middle East.

Iris has been a Business Director at DDB Dubai for the past four years, and in charge of
some of the agencys top clients such as McDonalds, Dubai Parks and Resorts,
Bollywood Park, Johnson & Johnson, and most recently Danone. On top of managing
such a blue chip portfolio, she was also instrumental is winning all the clients in her
portfolio with the exception of Johnson & Johnson which is a global DDB account.

Commenting on Iris appointment, Hubert Boulos said, Iris contribution in helping me

lead the agency successfully over the past four years, has been tremendous and
invaluable. The agency would not be the same without Iris. I am confident she is the
right person to keep the positive momentum going and to take us to an even higher
level of performance.

Commenting on her appointment, Iris Minnema said, Im very excited to take on this
new role within DDB Dubai. Its a tough market out there, but we have great talents that
are eager to show what else we can do. Its all about the people, pushing the thinking
further, being smart in times that are hard. I am confident, that we can hold on the
positive changes of the last couple of years and look forward to showing whats next
from DDB Dubai.

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About DDB
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com) is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks.
DDB has been named Agency of the Year numerous times by the Cannes International Festival of Creativity and the
industry's leading advertising publications and awards shows. The Gunn Report has listed DDB as one of the Top 3
Global Networks for 12 of the last 15 years. The agency's clients include Volkswagen, McDonald's, Unilever, Mars,
Johnson & Johnson, and Exxon Mobil, among others.

Founded in 1949, DDB is part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE) and consists of more than 200 offices in over 90
countries with its flagship office in New York, NY.

ABOUT OMNICOM
Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE OMC) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company.
Omnicoms branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying,
digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty
communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

Press Contact:
Melanie Vignon, Regional Operations Director, DDB Middle East & Africa
Email: melanie.vignon@ddb.fr
Phone: +33 1 53 32 61 33