Roy started his career with McCann Erickson then started his own firm in London which was rebranded JWT following the acquisition by WPP PLC, the marketing and communications services group of a majority equity.

He was Director of WPP for MENA in charge of 4000 executives with revenues over a billion USD and brands such as VML Y&R, Ogilvy, Grey, Wunderman Thompson, Mindshare where he introduced many industry-wide initiatives.

Roy has degrees from Sciences Po and Columbia University.