Laura

Maness

Global CEO

Grey Group

New York,

New York

Industry

Communication Services

Area of Expertise

Business Development

Previous Board Experience

Nonprofit, Private

As Global CEO—only the sixth in the agency’s celebrated 105-year history—Laura’s building on Grey’s international capabilities and AKQA Group’s expertise while bringing people together from across the network to deliver breakthrough, high performance work for some of the world’s most loved brands. In addition to shaping Grey’s global strategy in 50+ countries, Laura is committed to building on the strong foundation of Grey’s storytelling prowess and famously effective work by fueling a values-led culture of camaraderie, creativity, innovation and continuous impact.

When AKQA and Grey joined forces in 2020, Grey started growing again. AKQA and Grey have discovered methods to bring our people together, build our networks and ecosystem, enrich each other’s culture, relentlessly increase our entrepreneurial capital and continuously break new ground.

 

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