R/GA Appoints Tania Secor as Global Chief Financial Officer
NEW YORK, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- R/GA has named Tania Secor as its Global Chief Financial Officer. The former CFO at Reprise Digital will start on May 3 and report to Global Chief Executive Officer Sean Lyons. As Global CFO, Secor will oversee the global finance function for R/GA with a responsibility to support and build out programs that ensure the financial strength as well as drive revenue and profit for the company.
"Tania is a strategic tactician and has a track record of successfully leading finance functions, optimizing growth, and driving strong financial results," said Sean Lyons, Global CEO, R/GA. "As we look towards the future and to deliver on our purpose to build a more human future, Tania's belief in technology and fresh perspective will contribute to our focus on delivering excellence in client solutions and profitable growth for our company."
Secor brings a strong understanding of data, software, and tech-enabled professional services to R/GA, and therefore she will play an instrumental role in R/GA's investments in technology, data, and software to enable scaling of client solutions, innovation, and craft excellence.
Before taking the role at R/GA, Secor held the CFO position at Reprise, the digital performance media agency of IPG Mediabrands. At Reprise, she partnered with new leadership to transform the company from a search and social media execution agency to a digital performance media agency by upgrading talent and expanding the craft expertise. This resulted in a
"I am excited to join R/GA because of the open, direct and collaborative culture, and world-class product. I look forward to understanding R/GA's creative process and exploring the most recent work. While I may be a finance person, I have a deep passion for creativity and the arts, having been an art history major and raised by a professional artist."
Secor looks forward to partnering with R/GA's executive leadership team and leveraging their history and experience in providing world-class innovative client solutions and a more human future. Secor's financial leadership approach is focused on business partnership, but she also has a wide wingspan of technical finance experience including financial budgeting and planning, accounting, resource management, pricing, audit, tax, internal controls, system implementation, corporate strategy, compensation, HR, M&A, treasury, and facilities. Most importantly, she has been a trusted partner to CEOs and business leadership teams to partner together to execute profitable growth.
Secor joins a new leadership team at the R/GA C-Suite level including the recent hire of Global Chief Marketing Officer, Ashish Prashar, and elevations of Global Chief Creative Officer, Tiffany Rolfe, and Global Chief Experience Officer, Ben Williams.
About R/GA
R/GA is an atypical innovation company. We help brands and businesses define, connect with and create more human futures. Our work spans innovation consulting, org design, brand design, experience design and marketing communications.
R/GA is part of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG), one of the world's largest advertising and marketing services organizations, and has more than 1600 employees globally, with 16 offices across the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia-Pacific. For more information about R/GA, please visit www.rga.com, or follow @rga on Twitter.
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