EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements onForm S-8No. 33-20291 andNo. 33-2830 relating to the Management Incentive Compensation Plan of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (the “Company”); Registration Statements onForm S-8No. 33-5352,No. 33-21605,No. 333-4747, andNo. 333-23603 relating to the 1986 Stock Incentive Plan, the 1986 United Kingdom Stock Option Plan and the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statements onForm S-8No. 33-10087 andNo. 33-25555 relating to the Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-28029 relating to The Interpublic Outside Directors’ Stock Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-42675 relating to the 1997 Performance Incentive Plan of the Company; Amendment No. 1 onForm S-8 to Registration Statement onForm S-4No. 333-59254 relating to the True North Communications Inc. Stock Option Plan and the Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. Stock Option Plan; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-89896 relating to the 2002 Performance Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-115923 relating to the 2004 Performance Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-115924 relating to the Non-Management Directors’ Stock Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-134498 relating to the 2006 Performance Incentive Plan of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-8No. 333-134497, relating to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Company (2006) of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.; Registration Statement onForm S-4No. 333-142196 relating to the exchange of Floating Rate Notes due 2010 of the Company; Registration Statement onForm S-3No. 333-142197 relating to the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 of the Company; and Registration Statement onForm S-3No. 333-142198 relating to the 51/4% Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Company of our report dated September 12, 2007 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Lintas India Private Limited, which appears in thisForm 8-K.
/s/ Price Waterhouse & Co.
Mumbai, India
September 12, 2007