list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message mec industry advertising & marketing founded 2002 headquarters london england uk new york ny united states key people charles courtier ceo global alastair aird coo global chairman emea caroline foster kenny chief client officer global stephan bruneau head of analytics & insight global keith tiley chief investment officer global number of employees c. 5 000 parent wpp plc website www.mecglobal.com mec is the fifth largest media agency network in the world with domestic and international clients such as vodafone netflix paramount pictures marriott chanel ge visa xerox colgate palmolive chevron beiersdorf tiffany and michelin . mec has global billings of over 27 billion source recma . the global network is led from regional headquarters in london new york singapore dubai and miami employing 5 000 people worldwide . mec is a founding partner in groupm the wpp group media investment management operation . its core business is media buying and media planning but as the media landscape has become more complex it has diversified its capabilities which now encompass all forms of digital media social mobile search programmatic analytics insight content and sponsorship . corporate history edit mec was launched in january 2002 following wpp s acquisition of cia s parent company tempus group . the global media agency network was formed through the merger of the media edge and cia bringing together cia s 57 offices across 28 countries and the media edge s 103 offices 78 countries to form one global group . since 2002 mec has grown to include 150 offices in 80 countries and has expanded its client offering with new business units such as mec interaction mec access and analytics & insight . in 2010 the agency officially changed its name from mediaedge cia to mec something it has informally been referred to for years . 1 in october 2015 mec was named an agency of the year finalist among large agencies in the 2015 imedia agency awards . 2 in august 2016 mec lost its largest client at & t to omnicom media group . references edit mediaedge cia changes name to mec . campaign live . katherine levy . 26 july 2010 . retrieved 22 january 2014 . finalists announced for the 2015 imedia agency awards . marketwatch . retrieved 2015 10 29 . external links edit official website v t e wpp divisions and subsidiaries advertising bates chi cohn & wolfe essence communications grey global group jwt digitaria ogilvy & mather ogilvy commonhealth asia pacific scholz & friends sudler & hennessey taxi tenthavenue candyspace forward joule tmarc vml wpp scangroup wunderman the united network young & rubicam burson marsteller media investment management groupm mediacom mec mindshare maxus tenthavenue shopper2buyer spafax kantar group graphic kantar added value kantar futures kantar health kantar imrb kantar media kantar media philippines kantar millward brown affectiva kantar retail kantar tns compete.com kantar vermeer kantar worldpanel lightspeed public relations & public affairs dewey square group finsbury the glover park group hill & knowlton penn schoen & berland quinn gillespie & associates branding & identity the brand union fitch lambie nairn landor associates the partners ray and keshavan tenthavenue kinetic worldwide specialist communications hogarth worldwide wpp digital 24 7 real media blue state digital people philip lader martin sorrell category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mec media agency & oldid 737411965 categories media companies based in londonwpp plchidden categories articles lacking in text citations from january 2013all articles lacking in text citationspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 16 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view