Campaign UK went to Paris to witness a piece of advertising history as Maurice Lévy chaired his final AGM after 37 years at Publicis.
It was a “big day”, Lévy told Campaign, before the meeting, recalling he first became a board member in 1981.
Publicis and Lévy, who joined in 1971, have a strong sense of history. Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet founded the agency in 1926 and led it for 60 years and his daughter, Élisabeth Badinter, remains a director.
Lévy, who is 82 and remains a dynamic and imposing figure, is one of the biggest beasts of French business and global advertising.
The AGM marked the end of an era as he was giving up his seat on the board, although he will be an advis
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