Oath sacks Nigel Clarkson following internal investigation

Oath’s UK managing director Nigel Clarkson has departed the company following an internal investigation into “complaints and allegations” made against him by employees.

A spokesman for Oath said in a statement: “I can confirm that Nigel Clarkson’s employment has been terminated by Oath with immediate effect following the conclusion of an investigation into alleged breaches of our standards of business conduct and our Oath values.

“Oath is a values-led company and we take all complaints and allegations from our employees extremely seriously and we move fast to act on them.”

Clarkson became UK managing director of Verizon-owned Oath in June 2017. Prior to that he was UK MD of Yahoo, which merged with AOL earlier this year to form Oath.

Outside of his employment with Oath, Clarkson is also on the board of trustees of NABS, the employee support charity that aims to ‘improve the wellbeing of everyone in the advertising and media industry’.

Asked if the news would impact Clarkson’s role with the charity, CEO Diana Tickell said: “Once we understand the situation fully, we will be in a position to respond.”