London - Richard Hytner, Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, has been appointed an Executive Fellow of London Business School. He will be attached to the Marketing Faculty.
Hytner completed the Sloan Fellowship Programme at London Business School before joining Saatchi & Saatchi to run Europe, Middle East & Africa in August 2003. He was promoted to deputy chairman in September 2006 to drive Saatchi & Saatchi's innovation and strategy.
In the last four years, Hytner has been a guest lecturer on MBA, Executive MBA and Sloan degree programmes on creativity, corporate strategy and marketing, as well as on leading strategic transformation.
It is expected that this level of commitment will continue under the terms of the appointment, which runs for two years.
"I'm thrilled to deepen my relationship with London Business School. Its faculty is world-class and I love being rigorously tested by the students there," says Hytner.