WPP Scangroup PLC
Source Passport
KE-A-00004-0
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- Legal name
- WPP Scangroup PLC
- Country
- Kenya
- Type
- Advertising, PR or marketing agency
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Chief executive
- Akua Brayie Owusu-Nartey (Group CEO, executive director, appointed 17 November 2025)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 29 March 2025
1 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Not yet disclosed
1 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- Revenue mix or named funders not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Owners not disclosed
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Needs update: last verified on 29 March 2025. Details may have changed since.
Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address Pending check
- The Chancery, 5th Floor, Valley Road, Upper Hill, P.O. Box 34537-00100, Nairobi
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- WPP Scangroup PLC Integrated Report & Financial Statements 2025 (cdn.wpp-scangroup.com), published 2026, read 2026-10-20 (only the first ~116,000 characters of text were readable; corporate information: company secretary Seona Corporate Services LLP / Winniefred Jumba, The Chancery, 5th Floor, Valley Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi; Group Chairman Richard Omwela SC; Group CEO and executive director Akua Brayie Owusu-Nartey, appointed 17 November 2025; CFO Sanjeev Panwar; 'Group Companies' table for Kenya: Scanad Kenya Ltd., J. Walter Thompson Kenya Ltd., Scanad Africa Ltd., Grey East Africa Ltd., Ogilvy & Mather (Eastern Africa) Ltd., Geometry Global Ltd., Ogilvy Africa Ltd., Ogilvy Kenya Ltd., Roundtrip Ltd., WPP Media (E.A) Limited (formerly GroupM Africa Ltd.), MEC Africa Ltd., Media Compete East Africa Ltd., Mindshare Kenya Ltd., Ogilvy Africa Media Ltd., Burson East Africa Limited (formerly Hill & Knowlton East Africa Ltd.), Ogilvy Public Relations Ltd., Squad Digital Ltd. (dormant entities excluded; no percentages); 2025 group revenue Sh. 2,043 million, loss for the year Sh. 714 million, 333 employees at 31 Dec 2025; website https://wpp-scangroup.com/investor-relations; the shareholder table was not in the readable part)
- WPP Scangroup Plc Consolidated Financial Statements 2023 (cdn.wpp-scangroup.com), year ended 31 December 2023, read 2026-10-20 (registered office The Chancery, 5th Floor, Valley Road, Upper Hill, P.O. Box 34537-00100, Nairobi; top shareholders at 31 Dec 2023: Cavendish Square Holding B.V. (Netherlands) 40.94%, Russel Square Holdings B.V. (Netherlands) 12.33% and Ogilvy and Mather South Africa (Pty) 2.99%, all marked 'WPP Plc subsidiaries' (combined 56.26%); Standard Chartered Kenya Ltd 11.99%; Thakkar Bharat Kumar KJ Thakkar 9.79%; Standard Chartered Nominees Ltd 5.25%; 432,155,985 shares in issue; subsidiaries include Hill & Knowlton East Africa (Kenya))
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- WPP plc (Jersey; principal executive offices London): at 31 Dec 2023 WPP plc subsidiaries Cavendish Square Holding B.V. (40.94%), Russel Square Holdings B.V. (12.33%) and Ogilvy and Mather South Africa (Pty) (2.99%) held 56.26%
2 sources
- WPP Scangroup Plc Consolidated Financial Statements 2023 (cdn.wpp-scangroup.com), year ended 31 December 2023, read 2026-10-20 (registered office The Chancery, 5th Floor, Valley Road, Upper Hill, P.O. Box 34537-00100, Nairobi; top shareholders at 31 Dec 2023: Cavendish Square Holding B.V. (Netherlands) 40.94%, Russel Square Holdings B.V. (Netherlands) 12.33% and Ogilvy and Mather South Africa (Pty) 2.99%, all marked 'WPP Plc subsidiaries' (combined 56.26%); Standard Chartered Kenya Ltd 11.99%; Thakkar Bharat Kumar KJ Thakkar 9.79%; Standard Chartered Nominees Ltd 5.25%; 432,155,985 shares in issue; subsidiaries include Hill & Knowlton East Africa (Kenya))
- WPP plc Form 20-F for fiscal year 2023 (wpp.com), filed 2024, read 2026-10-20 (cover page: exact name of registrant 'WPP plc', jurisdiction of incorporation Jersey, principal executive offices Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground, London SE1 9GL; subsidiaries are listed in Exhibit 8.1, which was not read)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named investors and funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts Verified
Platform Link LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/wpp-scangroup Facebook facebook.com/WPPScangroup X x.com/WPPScangroup
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Related companies in the same group Pending check
- Scanad Kenya Ltd.
- Ogilvy Kenya Ltd.
- Ogilvy & Mather (Eastern Africa) Ltd.
- Ogilvy Africa Ltd.
- Grey East Africa Ltd.
- J. Walter Thompson Kenya Ltd.
- Geometry Global Ltd.
- WPP Media (E.A) Limited
- Mindshare Kenya Ltd.
- MEC Africa Ltd.
- Media Compete East Africa Ltd.
- Burson East Africa Limited
- Ogilvy Public Relations Ltd.
- Squad Digital Ltd.
- Roundtrip Ltd.
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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