Advertising expert quits after calling female colleagues ‘crap’

An advertising expert has quit his job after calling female colleagues crap.

Last week, Neil French was asked why there were so few feamle senior creative directors in advertising agencies. He told his audience at an industry event in Toronto, Canada: “They’re crap.”

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French, a creative consultant to WPP advertising and marketing company, has been blasted by female colleagues.

WPP said it had accepted French’s resignation.