Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 3, 2002
SEAN F. ORR is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. He comes to Interpublic from
Pepsico, Inc., where he was Senior Vice President and Controller. Prior
to that, he was with Frito-Lay Company (a subsidiary of Pepsico) where
he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1996 to
1997. He started his career with KPMG Peat Marwick in 1976 and became a
Partner in 1986. He joined Reader's Digest Association, Inc., in 1990 as
Vice President and Controller. Mr. Orr graduated summa cum laude from
Boston College in Mathematics. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with an overview of Interpublic Group, how youposition the company today?
Mr. Orr: Interpublic is one of the three largest marketing services
holding companies in the