KEPLER ELEVATES JOSHUA LERMAN TO GLOBAL CEO
NEW YORK, June 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digital marketing services pioneer Kepler Group announced today that company veteran Joshua Lerman has been named Global CEO. This comes on the heels of Kepler co-founder Remy Stiles’ appointment as CEO for North America, the company’s largest region.
Lerman joined Kepler in 2014 to lead its Client Solutions group and was promoted to co-President for Kepler U.S. in 2019. During this time, Lerman played a critical role in key company achievements, including growth to over 700 professionals in 10 global offices, expansion of its proprietary Kepler Intelligence Platform, and service extension into TV buying, media in-housing, and marketing systems integration.
As Global CEO, Lerman will focus on stewarding Kepler’s continued expansion, enhancing its ability to deliver outsized client value via tech and data science, and further strengthening the company’s focus on employee development, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Lerman succeeds founding CEO Rick Greenberg, who will retain an active role as Executive Chairman and primarily focus on further strengthening Kepler’s international presence, accelerating Google-focused subsidiary Napkyn’s continued expansion, and advising Kepler Academy—the pro-bono, immersive training unit launched in 2021 to help improve representation in the marketing industry. Greenberg will also continue to serve on the kyu Council, which helps manage Kepler’s parent group kyu, a strategic operating unit within Hakuhodo DY Holdings that also includes IDEO, Sid Lee, SYPartners and Godfrey Dadich.
“Josh is perfectly suited to lead Kepler in this next phase of the company’s journey,” said Greenberg. “He has tremendous experience leading large teams, and a singular focus on listening, learning and driving improvement—for the company, for clients, and for colleagues. Partnering with him these last 8 years has been an amazing privilege, and I look forward to continuing that partnership in the years to come.”
Since its inception in 2012, Kepler has grown from six founders in a single office to a truly global footprint with locations in North America, EMEA and APAC and a broad range of clients, including American Express, DoorDash, HanesBrands, Hasbro, PepsiCo, and Sanofi Pharmaceuticals.
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