Welcome to our new EMEA CEO

Ruth Stubbs joins Wavemaker’s global leadership team as EMEA CEO in early 2020, coming from a position as Global President of iProspect.

Commenting on the appointment, Gobal CEO Toby Jenner said, “Ruth’s reputation precedes her. Her track record of building world-class agencies is exceptional, she’s a proven client and business leader, and her knowledge and expertise of precision marketing will be invaluable as we continue to evolve our capabilities across the EMEA region. I’m really looking forward to partnering with her and bringing the breadth and depth of our capabilities to our clients, both current and new.”

Wavemaker is one of the world’s biggest media agencies, full of smart, talented people, and I’m looking forward to being part of it.

Ruth Stubbs, EMEA CEO

Ruth joins Wavemaker after nine years at iProspect, more recently as Global President. In 2011, Ruth launched iProspect in Asia Pacific, as APAC CEO growing the team to over 1,000, integrating seven strategic acquisitions and consistently delivering 50% growth year on year. Ruth was promoted to Global President, iProspect in 2016. Over the past three years, iProspect continued its growth trajectory as the leading performance media agency operating across 55 markets with 93 offices and 4,600 people.

Ruth has over 25 years’ experience in media and digital marketing from roles with Havas (Sydney, Hong Kong and New York), GroupM (as the founding CEO of GroupM Interaction in Asia Pacific) and Mediabrands in Asia Pacific.