Stewart Pearson
Chief Client Officer
Wunderman
"The purpose of business is to make and keep a customer."
Expert in consumer insights and behaviors, Stewart Pearson serves as Wunderman's chief client officer. Stewart guides the architecture of the teams that serve many of our global clients. This includes the lead role in Wunderman's global Nokia business.
Stewart is accountable for ensuring newly acquired agencies, such as ZAAZ and Blast Radius, quickly benefit from the partnership, and add value to our global client business. Stewart reports directly to Wunderman chairman and CEO Daniel Morel.
An agency veteran who understands the complexities of global business, Stewart has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the U.S. With degrees in statistics and economics specialising in China, Stewart believes the future of marketing lies in the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid.
For Wunderman Stewart served as global lead on the Microsoft business from 2004 to 2007. He was involved in the business from the beginning, architected the Team Microsoft model and established Wunderman’s presence in Seattle.
Prior, Stewart served as CEO of Wunderman's Europe, Middle East/Africa region from 2000 to 2004. He was based in London was responsible for a client roster that included growing business from Ford, IBM, Citibank, Unilever and Xerox, and new business from Philips, Motorola and Lufthansa.
Before Wunderman, Stewart held a number of positions at FCB, including Chief Operating Officer Worldwide, FCB Direct in New York. Stewart was also based in Hong Kong as Regional Director, Integrated Marketing.
Earlier in his caeer he worked for an independent agency and sold the business to the Ogilvy Group and also worked for Ogilvy & Mather Direct (now OgilvyOne) supervising pan-European business for Xerox, Unilever and American Express. With venture capital support and an entrepreneurial spirit, Stewart formed another independent agency and consultancy in London, Pearson Paul Haworth Nolan, and as CEO built a team of 80 with clients including Apple, Coca-Cola, Financial Times, Heinz and Peugeot.
Stewart began his career in the U.K. at Reader's Digest Association as an analyst and then Music marketing manager. He doubled that business in 3 years through direct response print and TV, and also worked frequently in the U.S. and across Europe.
When he's not meeting clients somewhere Stewart makes his home in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two daughters, and tries to keep up with them on skis, surf boards and horses.