WPP Advertising Agency Names Mark Read as Chief Executive Mr. Read, 51, is a longtime executive at the global marketing giant. He fills the position previously held by Martin Sorrell, who recently quit amid a personal misconduct investigation. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Liu Xiaobo’s Death Pushes China’s Censors Into OverdrivePolice in Europe Break Up Network Selling Illegal Horse MeatProcter & Gamble Faces Proxy Fight With Activist Investor PeltzParaglide Over Peru in 360Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Reach New High, U.N. SaysMacron Denounces Anti-Zionism as ‘Reinvented Form of Anti-Semitism’