A COMMITMENT TO OUR EMPLOYEES
As the agency, Arnold Worldwide, member of the Havas Group, likes to say: "great minds do not necessarily think alike." Differences must be recognized and respected. That is why Havas has such a diversified workforce.
Havas promotes gender parity at all management levels worldwide.
Three of Euro RSCG's biggest regions are headed by women: Esther Lee, Chief Executive Officer of North America,Mercedes Erra, Executive Co-Chairman of Euro RSCG Worldwide and France, and Kate Robertson, UK Group Chairman. In New York, the Executive Creative Director, the Chief of Staff and the Director of Client Services are all women (Alicia Johnson, Annette Stover and Vanessa DiFebo respectively). Murielle Fagnoni is Co-Chair of Euro RSCG BETC in France and Lisa Sepulveda is CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR. In 2007, Mary Perhach was named Global Chief Communications Officer at Euro RSCG, and Lorella Gessa was appointed Havas Communications Director. Maria Luisa Francoli is Global CEO of MPG and Suzie Warner is Global Marketing Director of Havas Media.
Havas closely involved in the life of many communities
Closely involved in the life of many communities, Havas, through its agencies, has shown its commitment to solidarity and good citizenship. In Chili, Havas Media provide free advertising space for the Nocedal Foundation which offers quality education to children from deprived backgrounds. In the UK, the "Make a Difference Day" project devised by EHS Brann invites the entire workforce to spend a day cleaing and renovating different sites around London, and Euro RSCG London employees took part in the inter-agency challenge to raise money for the mental health charity Mind. In France, Havas supports UNICEF, ESAP le Cerisier, Le Petit Prince, the Global Compact, IPSOC...
The Group is developing an attractive human resources policy founded on openness, gender parity and the deployment and development of Group employees' competencies.
Social Responsibility
The Group is made up of four major occupational branches (Commercial, Creation, Media/Buying and Administration). As in 2006, the occupations most widely represented in the Group have strong commercial and creative connotations, with variations specific to each network.
The relative importance of the occupations varies depending on the continent concerned: Creation accounts for a majority in North America, Commercial in Asia-Pacific and Media/Buying in
