As Jean-Michel Etienne's term of office as a member of the Management Board ended on December 31, 2020, Mr. Michel-Alain Proch was appointed member of the Management Board as of January 15, 2021.
Michel-Alain Proch
- Member of the Management Board
Born on April 18, 1970, French national
First appointment: January 15, 2021
Expiry of term of office: September 14, 2022
Number of shares held: 19,950
Publicis Groupe SA 133, avenue des Champs-Élysées 75008 Paris France
Biography
Michel-Alain Proch joined Publicis Groupe in January 2021 as a member of the Management Board and took up the position of Groupe Chief Financial Officer in February 2021. He has also been Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maisons du Monde since March 2020.
Michel-Alain Proch previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Ingenico from February 2019 until the acquisition of the company by Worldline in November 2020 and since then advised its Chairman and CEO on the integration of the two companies. He previously held the position of Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Digital Officer of Atos Groupe in 2018, after leading the Groupe’s operations in North America from 2015 to 2017.
As Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Atos, from 2007 to 2015, he led several major acquisitions and successfully co-piloted the IPO of Worldline. He was also named best CFO (Europe, software and IT services) by Extel for four consecutive years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Worldline until 2016. He previously held management positions at Hermès in France and the United States for eight years. He began his career as a consultant at Deloitte & Touche in France and the United Kingdom.
Other offices and positions held within the Groupe
- Groupe Chief Financial Officer: Publicis Groupe SA
- Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee: Multi Market Services France Holdings SAS (France)
- Chairman: Publicis Finance Services SAS (France)
- Representative of the Chairman, Multi Market Services France Holdings SAS: Ella Factory SAS (France), Publicis Sapient France DBT SAS (France)
- Chairman and Director: MMS Canada Holdings Inc. (Canada), TMG MacManus Canada Inc. (Canada)
- Chairman, Director and Treasurer: Obtineo USA, Inc. (United States)
- Chairman of the Board of Directors: MMS Italy Holdings S.r.l. (Italy), MMS México Holdings, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mexico), SWELG Holding AB (Sweden)
- Director: Publicis Communication Pty Ltd (Australia), Multi Market Services Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (Australia), MMS Multi-Market Services Ireland DAC (Ireland), MMS Multi Euro Services DAC (Ireland), MMS Netherlands Holdings BV (Netherlands), Publicis Groupe Holdings BV (Netherlands), Zenith International (Media) Ltd (United Kingdom), BBH Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), Lion Re:Sources UK Limited (United Kingdom), MMS UK Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), Saatchi & Saatchi Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), MMS USA Holdings, Inc. (United States), MMS USA Investments, Inc. (United States)
- Co-manager: Re:Sources Germany GmbH (Germany), MMS Germany Holdings GmbH (Germany), Multi Market Services Spain Holdings, SLU (Spain), Lion Resources Iberia, SLU (Spain)
Main offices and positions held outside the Groupe
- Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, independent director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Appointments and Compensation Committee: Maisons du Monde SA, listed company (France)
Offices and positions held outside the Groupe in the last five years
- Chairman: Banks and Acquirers International Holding SAS (France) (ended in November 2020), Ingenico Business Support SAS (France) (ended in November 2020)
- Chief Executive Officer: Banks and Acquirers International Holding SAS (France) (ended in November 2020), Ingenico Banks and Acquirers France SAS (France) (ended in June 2020), Retail International Holding SAS (France) (ended in November 2020)
- Director: Worldline SA, listed company (France) (ended in December 2016), Ingenico Holdings Asia II Limited (Hong Kong) (ended in October 2019), Ingenico Holdings Asia Limited (Hong Kong) (ended in November 2020), Ingenico Business Support Americas, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mexico) (ended in December 2019), Ingenico International (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Singapore) (ended in November 2019), Fujian Landi Commercial Equipment Co., Ltd. (China) (ended in November 2020), Ingenico Corp. (United States) (ended in November 2020), Ingenico Inc. (United States) (ended in November 2020), Ingenico Retail Enterprise US Inc. (United States) (ended in March 2019), Stichting Beheer Derdengelden Ingenico Financial Solutions (Netherlands) (ending in 2021), Bambora Top Holding AB (Sweden) (ended in November 2020)
- Member of the Supervisory Board: Global Collect Services BV (Netherlands) (ended in January 2021