Presentation of the members of the Management Board
The profiles below present members of the Management Board, their experience and skills, and their main offices and positions over the last five years, to the Company’s knowledge.
Arthur Sadoun
- Chairman of the Management Board
Born on May 23, 1971, of French nationality
First appointment: June 1, 2017
Expiry of term of office: September 14, 2026
Number of shares held: 177,611
Publicis Groupe SA
133, avenue des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris
France
Biographie
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: 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)