CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statements on
Form S-3 (filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on August 25, 2000)
and the following  Registration  Statements on Form S-8 of The Interpublic Group
of Companies,  Inc. ("IPG" or the  "Company"),  of our report dated February 23,
1998,  included  in  this  Current  Report  on Form  8-K,  with  respect  to the
consolidated  financial  statements  of the MBL  Group  PLC for the  year  ended
December  31,  1997,   which   statements  are  included  in  the   supplemental
consolidated financial statements of IPG,:  Registration Statements No. 2-79071;
No. 2-43811;  No. 2-56269;  No. 2-61346;  No. 2-64338; No. 2-67560; No. 2-72093;
No. 2-88165;  No. 2-90878;  No. 2-97440 and No. 33-28143,  relating variously to
the Stock  Option Plan (1971),  the Stock  Option Plan (1981),  the Stock Option
Plan (1988) and the Achievement  Stock Award Plan, of the Company;  Registration
Statements No. 2-53544; No. 2-91564; No. 2-98324; No. 33-22008; No. 33-64062 and
No. 33-61371, relating variously to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (1975), the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (1985) and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, of the
Company (1995); Registration Statements No. 33-20291 and No. 33-2830 relating to
the  Management  Incentive  Compensation  Plan,  of  the  Company;  Registration
Statements No. 33-5352; No. 33-21605; No. 333-4747 and No. 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 No. 33-10087
and No. 33-25555  relating to the Long-Term  Performance  Incentive Plan, of the
Company;  Registration  Statement  No.  333-28029  relating  to The  Interpublic
Outside  Directors'  Stock  Incentive  Plan,  of the Company;  and  Registration
Statement No. 33-42675  relating to the 1997 Performance  Incentive Plan, of the
Company.


Soteriou Banerji
London, England

September 8, 2000