{"id":1322,"date":"2017-05-01T06:42:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T06:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10151\/uncategorized\/um-kuwait-welcomes-new-managing-director\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T14:30:41","slug":"um-kuwait-welcomes-new-managing-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jp.umww.com\/en\/um-in-the-news\/um-kuwait-welcomes-new-managing-director\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Kuwait Welcomes New Managing Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Bowthorpe, managing director of UM Qatar, has been promoted to managing director UM Qatar &amp; Kuwait &amp; FP7\/KWI.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role Simon will continue to oversee the UM media operation in Qatar as well as take on responsibility for both the creative and media businesses in Kuwait. His key area of focus will be driving the digital transformation of the operation in Kuwait by improving the integration of strategy and social media into the agency\u2019s overall product offering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increasing importance of the region in the global economy is demonstrated by UM Mena\u2019s commitment to building strong, digitally integrated offices to ensure that our clients are able to optimise their investments and grow their businesses. My time in Qatar has given me extensive experience in developing UM\u2019s product offering, as well as improving our creative potential,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradearabia.com\/news\/MEDIA_324286.html\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Bowthorpe, managing director of UM Qatar, has been promoted to managing director UM Qatar &#038; Kuwait &#038; FP7\/KWI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-um-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UM Kuwait Welcomes New Managing Director - UM JAPAN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jp.umww.com\/en\/um-in-the-news\/um-kuwait-welcomes-new-managing-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UM Kuwait Welcomes New Managing Director - 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