Stephan Pretorius

At-a-Glance

Chief Technology Officer at WPP (since 2018)
Chairperson at AKQA Group (Nov 2024 - Jul 2025)
Advisor at Conscium (since 2024)
Served as UK Group CEO & Global Chief Technology Officer at Wunderman (2016-2018)
Was President at Acceleration (1999-2016)
Holds a Masters in Law (LLM) in Media and Telecommunications Law

Biography

Stephan Pretorius is the Chief Technology Officer at WPP, a role he has held since 2018. He also serves as an Advisor at Conscium, a position he has held since 2024.

Previously, Pretorius was Chairperson at AKQA Group from November 2024 to July 2025. He served as UK Group CEO & Global Chief Technology Officer at Wunderman from September 2016 to September 2018. Prior to that, he was President at Acceleration for over 17 years, from April 1999 to August 2016.