Kevin Roberts is Executive Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, Head Coach of Publicis Groupe, and the author of 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (powerHouse Books, June 21). Born and educated in Lancaster in the north of England, Kevin Roberts started his career in the late 1960s with iconic London fashion house Mary Quant. He became a senior marketing executive for Gillette and Procter & Gamble in Europe and the Middle East. At 32, he became CEO of Pepsi-Cola Middle East; and later Pepsi’s CEO in Canada. In 1989, Kevin moved to Auckland, New Zealand, to become Chief Operating Officer with Lion Nathan. From 1997 until 2014 he was CEO Worldwide at Saatchi & Saatchi based in New York.
