Power breakfast fails to light up

Spotted one morning: a disconsolate Doug Flynn, chief executive of media buying power-house Aegis, all on his tod at the Connaught. He broods for 15 minutes, then walks out.

A bad day with investors, perhaps – who have just rejected his latest salary package. Or maybe not, because soon after his departure, enter Peter Mead, erstwhile partner of Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO and a bit of a media guru himself. Mead hangs around solo for a bit, looks dejected, and leaves. Were these two events connected? If so, the Diary would like to know. The usual laundered fiver for information…

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