Christian SchroederChief Executive
Christian has been Chief Executive of Lambie-Nairn since 2007. During this time Lambie-Nairn has grown from a single office in London to a international network of nine offices in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. His main focus remains on the strategic direction and international growth of the agency as well as playing an active role with key global clients. Christian is also the WPP Global Client Leader for Telefónica working across all WPP agencies and disciplines on an international basis.
Christian has a wealth of branding experience gained across a variety of sectors and disciplines. Prior to joining Lambie-Nairn, he oversaw the successful expansion of the German arm of Landor as Managing Director, developing key clients and markets in central and eastern Europe including developing international business for companies such as Kraft, Numico and P&G as well as managing integrated branding programmes for FIFA, Swiss Ski Federation and RWE.
Before going to Germany, Christian led the global Diageo relationship for Landor from London managing brands such as Johnnie Walker, Baileys and Smirnoff. He has also led global branding programmes for clients such as Ford, Deutsche Bank, Coca-Cola, Bacardi-Martini and the BBC.
Christian is a regular speaker on the international conference circuit and is also a member of the D&AD Education Council and the WPP European Digital Advisory Board.