Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 15, 2005
STEVEN BERNS has been the Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of
MDC Partners Inc. since September 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Berns was the
Senior Vice President and Treasurer of The Interpublic Group of
Companies, Inc., an organization of advertising agencies and marketing
services companies, from August 1999 until September 2004. Before that,
Mr. Berns held a variety of positions in finance at Revlon, Inc., from
April 1992 until August 1999, becoming Vice President and Treasurer in
1996. Prior to joining Revlon, Mr. Berns worked at Paramount
Communications Inc. and at a predecessor public accounting firm of
Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Berns is a Certified Public Accountant. He has
served as a Director and member of the Audit and Compensation Committees
for LivePerson, Inc., since April 2002 and a Director and member of the
Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of LQ
Corporation, Inc., since October 2004. Profile
TWST: Could we have a quick overview of MDC Partners?Mr. Berns: MDC Partners is a group of companies in the advertising and
marketing services businesses. It is based in North America with