Carla Ballecer and Karen Gereffi joined Johannes Leonardo, New York, part of WPP, in new posts.
The investment is the latest for WPP in companies outside traditional advertising.
Mike Vaccaro joined Digitaria, part of the JWT unit of WPP, in a new post, chief client officer.
Bob Ivins joined Mindshare, New York, part of the GroupM unit of WPP, in a new post, chief data officer.
Kimberly Easley joined the New York office of VML, part of WPP, in a new post, director for talent acquisition.
Stephanie Fierman joined MediaCom, New York, part of the GroupM division of WPP, in a new post, chief marketing officer.
Alex Yenni joined the New York office of Blast Radius, part of WPP, in a new post, strategy director.
Jenny Gadd joined Johannes Leonardo, New York, part of WPP, in a new post, head of integrated production.
Executives for Ford's European operations could not be reached for comment and a spokeswoman for WPP in London declined comment.
Bill Oberlander joined JWT New York, part of the JWT unit of WPP, in a new post, executive creative director overseeing the Microsoft commercial business.
Tom Richardson joined Digitaria, San Diego, part of the JWT unit of WPP, in a new post, head of digital product innovation.
