Tag Archives: Maurice Levy

Actually they weren’t but that was what Omnicom’s John Wren and Publicis boss Maurice Levy intended in 2013, described here by Stuart Smith. As merger rumours go, this one didn’t come much better. Omnipub. Or more probably Publicom. But let’s ...

Publicis Groupe has seen the odd spot of turmoil over the years as various execs vied to succeed CEO Maurice Levy but supervisory board chairman Levy and biggest shareholder Elizabeth Badinter has expressed satisfaction with its new leadership by re-apppointing ...

Maurice Levy may be well into his eighth decade but the former Publicis Groupe boss (still chairman of its supervisory board) is moving and shaking, most recently at France’s Viva Tech event, its answer to CES. French premier Emmanuel Macron ...

Publicis Groupe chairman and CEO Maurice Levy made his last earnings call Today (he’s stepping down to be replaced by Arthur Sadoun, both below) and, as ever, produced a bravura performance despite some verging-on-grim numbers. Q1 revenue was €2.33bn with ...

Arthur Sadoun, boss of Publicis Communications which runs Publicis Groupe’s creative agencies and PR operations, has been confirmed as outgoing boss Maurice Levy’s successor as CEO of the French marcoms empire. He takes over officially in June. Levy will take ...

We haven’t given Maurice Levy and his Publicis Groupe the easiest of rides in 2016 – is his ‘Power of One’ massive restructuring just rearranging the deckchairs? – but here he is, in his wishes for 2017, describing all that ...

Maurice Levy has offered some more enticing clues about his future at Publicis Groupe when he steps down as CEO next year. Speaking about Publicis’ underwhelming third quarter results in New York he said: “I will do whatever it is ...

Publicis Groupe spluttered to a halt in the third quarter of 2016, reporting organic growth of just 0.2 per cent (sales of $2.55bn), down from 0.7 per cent in the second quarter. The company has been hammered in the US, ...

That Maurice Levy is such a tease. The Maurice Chevalier of French advertising (below) has told a Goldman Sachs conference in New York that Publicis Groupe may announce a new CEO as early as November even though he’s not stepping ...