HAVAS

Born and educated in the North West of England Jones gained two business degrees from Reutlingen Fachhocschule and Middlesex Business School.

After spells at BDH/TBWA, Lowe and J. Walter Thompson he was the youngest board director of AMV BBDO in London and in 1998 aged 32 moved to Sydney to run Euro RSCG Australia where he launched Euro RSCG's digital agency.

Graduated from the University of Paris 1X, Dauphine, Yannick Bolloré is the CEO of Bolloré Média, and vice-chairman of Havas.

In 2002, he launched the Cinema production company, WY Productions (Hell; 24 Mesures). He joined the Bolloré group in July 2006 as Director of programmes at Direct8, a channel which has since clocked up the highest viewing audience ratings increase of all French TV channels.

In November 2008, he was invited to become CEO of Direct8 and also took over the running of the free daily paper, Direct Soir, turning it into “the first free daily packed with infotainment”. Since then, Direct Soir enjoys the highest reader ratings increase of all French Press publications.

In November 2005, Hervé Philippe was named Chief Financial Officer of the Havas group. He is also a Knight of the Ordre National du Mérite.

Previous to his move into Havas, Alfonso accrued over 15 years experience in the banking sector. In 1981 he spent 8 years as The Deputy Director at Banco de Progreso, moving in 1989 to become Vice President of Banco Urquijo until his departure in 1996.

Alfonso’s progress within the Havas Media team started over 15 years ago in 1996 with his appointment as Chief Corporate Development Officer of MPG, the founding media brand within Havas Media. At that stage MPG was operational in Spain, Portugal and Mexico.

Visionary, tireless creator, author of some fifteen books on the profession, and originator of innumerable political campaigns in France and abroad, Jacques Séguéla, the "Chief Creative Officer" of Havas, serves as Vice President in charge of creation.

Mercedes Erra is Executive President of Euro RSCG Worldwide, President of Euro RSCG France, Managing Director of Havas, and Founder of BETC Euro RSCG, France’s leading advertising agency. She is also Honorary President of the HEC Association (France’s most prestigious business school). Mercedes is a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur and recipient of the French National Order of Merit. And mother of five children.

From 1979 to 1983, Stephane was a musical Producer.

From 1983 to 1984, Stephane worked as Assistant Manager at Michel ROCARD’s Cabinet, Minister of Agriculture at that time.

Later on, Stephane founded a Communication Agency before joining RSCG in 1988 and co-found “RSCG Public” a Corporate Communication agency.
He has developed this agency that has since then become Euro RSCG C&O, and conquered the place of first French Corporate & Financial Communication agency.

As President and Creative Director at BETC Euro RSCG, the leading French agency, since its creation in 1994, Rémi Babinet has also been President of the Club des Directeurs Artistiques, an association that represents creative talents in the advertising field, since 2003.

In 2007, Michel Dobkine was appointed Corporate Secretary of the Havas Group.   Mr. Dobkine is well known throughout France for his exceptional legal career as a magistrate and judge. When Havas approached Mr. Dobkine to serve at its Chief legal officer of Havas,  Mr. Dobkine agreed to take a sabbatical leave from his most recent position as Advocate General at the Cour de Cassation, the highest court in the French judiciary, to fill the post.