Linda Yaccarino, head of advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, has been named group chair of UK management firm YMU.
The new role is not expected to interfere with Yaccarino’s day-to-day responsibilities at NBCU, where she is directly responsible for ad revenue of more than $10 billion a year.
The official announcement of her YMU post said it will entail “working closely” with the firm’s CEO, Mary Bekhait, but no details were offered about the collaboration.
YMU’s client roster includes Paris Hilton, Simon Cowell, Emily Ratajkowski and Steve Aoki. Last spring, the company launched a U.S.
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