Company Information

Introduction

Worldwide Offices

Worldwide Board

 
 

Sergio Amado | Luis Bassat | Gaston Bigio | Eugene Cheong
Brian Fetherstonhaugh | Steve Goldstein | Marcos Golfari
Bill Gray | Steve Hayden | Paul Heath | Carla Hendra
Tim Isaac | Tham Khai Meng | Shelly Lazarus | Gary Leih
Lothar Leonhard | Nasreen Madhany | Gustavo Martinez
Colin Mitchell | Paul O'Donnell | Piyush Pandey | Tro Piliguian
Rick Roth | John Seifert | John Shaw | Daniel Sicouri
Marcia Silverman | T.B. Song | Ken Wright | Miles Young

 

SHELLY LAZARUS
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Shelly has been working, as she would say it, "In the business I love," for more than three decades, almost all of that time at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide.

Rising through the ranks of account service, Shelly has held positions of increasing responsibility in the management of the company, including president of O&M Direct North America, Ogilvy & Mather New York, Ogilvy North America, Chief Operating Officer, and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. She is currently Chairman of the worldwide company.

Shelly started at Ogilvy at a time when the agency's legendary founder David Ogilvy still walked the halls, and personally preached that the purpose of advertising was to build great brands. Under Shelly's leadership, that essential mission has remained the centerpiece of the company's philosophy, extending across regions and marketing disciplines, and attracting some of the world's the largest and most respected brands including American Express, BP, Coca-Cola, IBM, Motorola and Unilever among many others.

Shelly has been a frequent industry honoree. Advertising Women of New York selected Shelly as its Woman of the Year in 1994. She was honored by Women in Communications with their Matrix Award in 1995, was named Business Woman of the Year by the New York City Partnership in 1996, and Woman of the Year in 2002 by the Direct Marketing Association. She has appeared in Fortune magazine's annual ranking of America's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for ten years since the list's inception in 1998. Shelly was also the first woman to receive Columbia Business School's Distinguished Leader in Business Award.

Shelly serves on the boards of several corporate, philanthropic and academic institutions: General Electric, Merck, New York Presbyterian Hospital, American Museum of Natural History, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, World Wildlife Fund and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School where she received her MBA in 1970. She served for five years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Smith College, her alma mater. She is a member of Advertising Women of New York; The Committee of 200; Council on Foreign Relations; The Business Council; Women's Forum, Inc.; and Deloitte & Touche Council for the Advancement of Women. She has also served as Chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.

Shelly is the wife of Dr. George Lazarus, a New York pediatrician, and mother to their three grown children.

   

 

 
 
Shelly Lazarus - Ogilvy
Company Information

Introduction

Worldwide Offices

Worldwide Board

 
 

Sergio Amado | Luis Bassat | Brian Fetherstonhaugh | Lionel Godfrey | Steve Goldstein | Marcos Golfari | Bill Gray | Steve Hayden | Carla Hendra | Tim Isaac | Tham Khai Meng | Shelly Lazarus | Gary Leih | Lothar Leonhard | Paul O'Donnell | Piyush Pandey | Tro Piliguian | Robyn Putter | Rick Roth | John Seifert | Daniel Sicouri | Marcia Silverman | T.B. Song | Miles Young

 

SHELLY LAZARUS
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Shelly has been working, as she would say it, "In the business I love," for more than three decades, almost all of that time at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide.

Rising through the ranks of account service, Shelly has held positions of increasing responsibility in the management of the company, including president of O&M Direct North America, Ogilvy & Mather New York, Ogilvy North America, Chief Operating Officer, and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. She is currently Chairman of the worldwide company.

Shelly started at Ogilvy at a time when the agency's legendary founder David Ogilvy still walked the halls, and personally preached that the purpose of advertising was to build great brands. Under Shelly's leadership, that essential mission has remained the centerpiece of the company's philosophy, extending across regions and marketing disciplines, and attracting some of the world's the largest and most respected brands including American Express, BP, Coca-Cola, IBM, Motorola and Unilever among many others.

Shelly has been a frequent industry honoree. Advertising Women of New York selected Shelly as its Woman of the Year in 1994. She was honored by Women in Communications with their Matrix Award in 1995, was named Business Woman of the Year by the New York City Partnership in 1996, and Woman of the Year in 2002 by the Direct Marketing Association. She has appeared in Fortune magazine's annual ranking of America's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for ten years since the list's inception in 1998. Shelly was also the first woman to receive Columbia Business School's Distinguished Leader in Business Award.

Shelly serves on the boards of several corporate, philanthropic and academic institutions: General Electric, Merck, New York Presbyterian Hospital, American Museum of Natural History, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, World Wildlife Fund and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School where she received her MBA in 1970. She served for five years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Smith College, her alma mater. She is a member of Advertising Women of New York; The Committee of 200; Council on Foreign Relations; The Business Council; Women's Forum, Inc.; and Deloitte & Touche Council for the Advancement of Women. She has also served as Chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies.

Shelly is the wife of Dr. George Lazarus, a New York pediatrician, and mother to their three grown children.