2019 Annual financial report

Chapter 3. Governance and Compensation

Presentation of members of the Supervisory Board

The profiles below present members of the Supervisory Board at December 31, 2019, their respective experience and skills, and the main offices and functions they exercise or have exercised over the last five years, to the Company’s knowledge.

Maurice Lévy
• Chair of the Supervisory Board
• Member of Compensation Committee
• Member of the Strategy and Risk Committee
• Member of the Nominating Committee

Born on February 18, 1942, French national
First appointment: June 1, 2017
Expiry of term of office:
Annual Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting 2021
Number of shares held: 4,669,246 Publicis Groupe SA 133,
avenue des Champs-Élysées 75008 Paris France


Biography
Maurice Lévy joined Publicis Groupe in 1971 as IT Director. In 1975, he was appointed Executive Vice President Chair of Publicis Conseil, flagship of the Group, progressing through all levels until his appointment as Chair of the Management Board in 1987. Role held for 30 years, until the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 2017, after which he assumed the functions of Chair of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe SA. He steered the accelerated globalization of the Group starting in 1996. In 2001, Publicis Groupe’s globalization picked up more steam with the acquisition of Saatchi & Saatchi, then Bcom3 (as well as Leo Burnett, Starcom, MediaVest) in 2002. The obligatory move into the digital world began with the acquisition of Digitas (2006), followed by Razorfish (2009), and Rosetta (2011). The acquisition of Sapient at the beginning of 2015 opened up Publicis, beyond its core business, to new possibilities in marketing, omni-channel commerce and consulting. Maurice Lévy co-founded the Institut français du cerveau et de la moelle épinière (ICM) in 2005 and today chairs the Board of Directors of numerous organizations, including the Peres Center For Peace and Innovation, and since October 2015, the Institut Pasteur-Weizmann. He has also received numerous distinctions for his work and his fight for tolerance. He is Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur and Grand Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite.

Other offices and positions held within the Group
None
Offices held outside the Group

  • Chair of the Supervisory Board: Iris Capital Management SAS (France)  
  • Class A Director: Mora & F SA (Luxembourg) 
  • Founder and class A manager: Ycor Management SARL (Luxembourg)
    Positions held outside the Group on a voluntary basis
  •  Member of the Global Advisory Board: Amundi SA, listed company (France)  
  • Founding member and Director: Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière, ICM (Brain and Spine Institute) (France)
  •  Co-Chair: Friends of the ICM Committee (France) • Chair of the French Committee of the Weizmann Science Institute (France)
  • Chair of the Board of Directors: Board of Pasteur-Weizmann (association) (France)
  • Board member: The Weizmann Institute (Israel)
  • Chair: Les Amis Français du Pères Center for Peace and Innovation (endowment fund) (France)
  • Chair of International Board of Governors: The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (Israel) 
  • Trustee of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (USA)

Offices and positions held outside the Group in the last five years
Positions listed above
Positions held outside the Group in the last five years
Positions listed above