Presentation of members of the Supervisory Board
The profiles below present members of the Supervisory Board at December 31, 2020, their respective experience and skills, and the main offices and positions they hold or have held over the last five years, to the Company’s knowledge.
Maurice Lévy
- Chairman 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: 2021 Annual Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting
Number of shares held: 4,764,706
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 Chairman of Publicis Conseil, flagship of the Groupe, progressing through all levels until his appointment as Chairman of the Management Board in 1987. A role held for 30 years until the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 2017, after which he assumed the functions of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe SA. He steered the accelerated globalization of the Groupe 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 Mœlle 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 Groupe
- None
Offices held outside the Groupe
- Chairman 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 Groupe 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 Mœlle épinière, ICM (Brain and Spine Institute) (France)
- Co-Chairman: Friends of the ICM Committee (France)
- Chairman of the French Committee of the Weizmann Science Institute (France)
- Chairman of the Board of Directors: Board of Pasteur-Weizmann (association) (France)
- Board member: The Weizmann Institute (Israel)
- Chairman: Les Amis Français du Pères Center for Peace and Innovation (endowment fund) (France)
- Chairman of International Board of Governors: The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (Israel)
- Trustee of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (United States)
Offices and positions held outside the Groupe in the last five years
Positions listed above
Positions held outside the Groupe in the last five years
Positions listed above
* These are positions that are not included in the calculation of the number of offices held in listed (see table p.51 of the URD).