Presentation of the members of the Supervisory Board
The profiles below present members of the Supervisory Board, 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. The information below is as of December 31, 2023.
MAURICE LÉVY
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Nominating Committee
- Member of the Strategy and Risk Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
Born on February 18, 1942, of French nationality
First appointment: June 1, 2017
Expiry of term of office:
2025 Annual Ordinary General
Shareholders’ Meeting
Number of shares held: 4,774,855
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 of Publicis Conseil, the Groupe’s flagship, working his way up to his appointment as Chairman of the Management Board in 1987. He held this role for 30 years, until the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 2017, when he was appointed as 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 (Leo Burnett, Starcom, MediaVest, etc.) in 2002. The move into the digital world began with the acquisition of Digitas (2006), followed by Razorfish (2009), and Rosetta (2011). The acquisition of Sapient in early 2015 opened new avenues for Publicis beyond its core business into 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 Groupe
None
Offices held outside the Groupe
- Chairman: L’Escalator SAS (France), Regicom Webformance SAS (France)
- Class A Director: Mora & F SA (Luxembourg)
- Founder and class A manager: Ycor Management SARL (Luxembourg)
- Founding Chairman: YourArt SAS (France)
Volunteer positions held outside the Groupe
- 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‑Chairman: Friends of the ICM Committee (France)
- Chairman: French Committee of the Weizmann Science Institute (association) (France)
- Chairman of the Board of Directors: Board of Pasteur‑Weizmann (association) (France)
- Board member: The Weizmann Institute (Israel)
- Chairman: Les Amis Français du Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (endowment fund) (France)
- Chairman of the International Board of Governors: The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (Israel)
- Trustee of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (United States)
- Member of the Global Advisory Committee: Bank of America (United States)
Offices held outside the Groupe in the last five years
Offices listed above as well as the following office:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Iris Capital Management SAS (France) (term ended in 2022)
Positions held outside the Groupe in the last five years
Positions listed above