Universal Registration Document 2021

Presentation of the members of the Management Board

The profiles below present Management Board members, their experience and skills, and their main offices and positions over the last five years, to the Company’s knowledge.

Biography

Arthur Sadoun, who has a diploma from the European Business School and an MBA from INSEAD, the European Institute of Business Administration, started his career at the age of 21, creating his own advertising agency in Chile that he would later sell to BBDO. He joined the TBWA network (Omnicom) in 1997 and was appointed CEO of TBWA/Paris in 2003. In 2006, he joined Publicis Groupe as CEO of Publicis Conseil, the flagship of the Groupe, founded by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet. He was appointed Chairman of Publicis France in 2009 then promoted to CEO of the Publicis Worldwide network in 2013. In 2015, he was appointed CEO of Publicis Communications, the creative solutions arm of Publicis Groupe. He has been Chairman of the Management Board of Publicis Groupe SA since June 1, 2017.

Arthur Sadoun was made a “Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite” in 2014 and named “Director of the Year” by Advertising Age in 2016. He was made a “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” in 2021.

Other offices and positions held within the Groupe

• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Publicis Conseil SA (France)
• Director: BBH Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), MMS USA Holdings, Inc. (United States)

Main offices and positions held outside the Groupe

• Independent director: Carrefour SA, listed company (France)

Offices held outside the Groupe in the last five years

Office listed above as well as the following office :

• Independent director and member of the Corporate, Environmental and Social Responsibility Committee: Fnac Darty SA, listed company (France) (term ended in 2018)