Jun 03, 2021 / 07:00PM GMT
Julien Roch - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - MD & European Media Analyst
Right. Good morning, everybody. I'm Julien Roch, in charge of European media research at Barclays. I also cover the agencies globally. And with me today, I have the extreme pleasure of talking for about 30, 35 minutes with Philippe Krakowsky, the CEO of Interpublic. Philippe has been CEO since the beginning of the year, but he was CEO of the company before that and the CEO of Mediabrands before that. So Philippe has been at IPG since 2002. So he has forgotten more about agencies and advertising that I have ever known.
Questions and Answers:
Julien Roch - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - MD & European Media AnalystSo Philippe, thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to be with us. I'll start with almost the mandatory short-term trading question, and then we can go to more strategic things. So how is the environment in Q2 now that some economies have truly reopened like the U.K., the U.S., China, for instance? How is the mood among