The MSL GROUP includes all PR, Corporate and Financial Communication, and Events management operations of the Publicis Group. It employs 3,500 people in 50 countries.
It includes the ex MS&L and Publicis Consultants networks, many specialist agencies like Kekst & Company in New York, Paulo Andreoli in Brazil, JKL in the Nordics, Publicis Events in Paris, Publicis Live in Geneva, PBJS in Seattle, Capital MS&L and SAS in London, Hanmer MS&L and 20:20 Media in India, Emotion in Asia, Eastwei and Genidigi in China.
The management committee, called P12, was the management team of Publicis Group, that included all heads of Brands, the EVPs in charge of Finance, Operations, Legal and Communication. It was chaired by the Chairman and CEO of Publicis group
EACA aims to promote honest, effective advertising, high professional standards, and awareness of the contribution of advertising in a free market economy and to encourage close co-operation between agencies, advertisers and media in European advertising bodies.
In charge of managing an advertising network of 10,000 people in 80 countries. Setting the strategy, redefining the business model, directly involved with global clients.
Setting the strategy and managing a network of business newspapers: the Financial Times worldwide, Les Echos in France, Financial Times Deutschland in Germany, stakes in newspapers in India, Russia, South Africa, etc...
Publisher, in charge of the business information division,
Les Echos newspaper and website (launched in 1996), the Enjeux-Les Echos business magazine (launched in 1992), newsletters, Les Echos conferences
Lotus Development Inc was an independent company publishing the most popular spreadsheet of that time, Lotus 123. Jim Menzi was its CEO.
It was later bought by IBM/ I was part of the team that launched the French version of Lotus 123, Symphony, etc..
This was my first job, I worked mainly abroad, in Turkey, Irak, Lybia, and then 2 years with Infilco Degremont Inc (IDI) in Virginia.
Degremont was and probably still is a world leader in water treatment engineering.
Degremont, the water treatment plant specialist, is a subsidiary of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT.
Its teams design, build and commission facilities for drinking water production, desalination, wastewater and sludge treatment for local authorities and industries.
They also directly operate facilities and provide all the services required for them to run smoothly – maintenance, spare parts, upgrading work.