WPP centrally coordinated the group's financial matters, reporting, control, treasury, tax, mergers, acquisitions, investor relations, legal affairs and internal audit from its headquarters. In larger markets, such as India and China, WPP appointed a regional Financial Director to work more closely with the Networks, which were primarily responsible for servicing WPP's clients and overseeing the FIC entities. While WPP mandated that all companies follow WPP global policies and internal accounting control requirements, in reality, the founders and/or CEOs of the FIC entities exercised wide autonomy and outsized influence.