27 November 2009
	PROFILE LEO BURNETT GROUP

Type of agency Advertising Telephone (011) 235-4000 Website None given Key person Groovin Nchabeleng, CEO Ownership Publicis (Int) 49%; Koni Media 51% Black equity 51% Accounts gained 13 Accounts lost 12 Clients 35 Staff 77 Biggest clients - Samsung, Procter & Gamble, SA Post Office, Nashua, Sasol You win some, you lose some. Quite a client turnover last year. Sasol, Glocell, Delta Airlines, Western Union and Avon in; SAA, Nedbank, National Empowerment Fund and Ferrero Trading all out. Inbound accounts are worth R113m in billings, and departures R61m. The FM has had plenty to say about the group in recent months. Nchabeleng took exception to our suggestion that the agency is in financial difficulty, and to client comments that it has been unfocused. His response is that it has been going through a restructuring. Anita Prendergast's appointment this year to head the Leo Burnett and Red Nail agencies has brought some much-needed stability. There's a new digital division and the Africa network is being strengthened.