This week on Agency Business, Olivia and Brian speak with Nadja Bellan-White, group CEO of M+C Saatchi Americas.

Nadja explains how the agency is structured to compete across disciplines—from creative and PR to sports marketing and issues management—while remaining lean and independent. She outlines how the team scopes work through upfront strategy sessions and how a focus on speed, senior talent, and selectivity shapes their client roster.

She also discusses:

Working across time zones and markets without holding company overhead
How M+C Saatchi is experimenting with hybrid and outcome-based pricing
The impact of AI on pricing, talent needs, and critical thinking
What it means to be publicly traded in a market dominated by private peers
How clients are shifting toward smaller RFPs and project-based work

Plus, in our weekly news segment, Brian and Olivia discuss:

Publicis’ continued growth and investment in tech
Omnicom’s increased use of principal-based trading
Accenture’s reported talks with WPP and what it might signal for both firms
How agency models are evolving in response to uncertainty in the U.S. market

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