Now a division of French media group Vivendi, Havas is the last of what was once a sizeable second tier of mid-sized global marketing groups. It controls advertising network Havas Worldwide (known as

one of the founding fathers of Havas Media, in a road accident in his native Spain. He was 80. In 1958, Rodes was originally the founder of what became the BBDO Tiempo agency in Spain. In 1978 he left

There was a solid result from Havas also, with revenues up 3.4% organic for 1Q to €506m. The increase on a reported basis was 7.8%. Latin America was strong for Havas too, with regional organic growth

replacing Eric Weisberg, who joined Havas earlier this year. Melega joins from indie shop Hustle, but was previously global CCO at WPP's Ford agency GTB. 14th Oct 2021: Wunderman Thompson North America

Havas Worldwide will retain some advertising business and will also add digital duties. Weber Shandwick will handle some advertising (including lead for the Excedrin brand) as well as PR and digital,

Havas Group shuffled executives at its US media operations, recruiting former Mindshare North America chief Colin Kinsella as CEO of Havas Media USA. He replaces Lori Hiltz, who moves up to CEO, Havas

Separately, Havas Worldwide Germany snapped up Hamburg-based social media shop Beebop Media, which becomes Havas Beebop. The two agencies already work together for several clients. FCB overhauled its

Havas  Droga5 New York Source: WARC Rankings The Big Won's Top Agencies in 2018 Top Networks  Top Agencies BBDO  BBDO New York Ogilvy  McCann New York McCann  Jung von Matt DDB

Leo Burnett Harte Hanks Havas Havas Health & You 51 to #75 #76 to #100 Syneos Health Ansira Hearts & Science AKQA George P Johnson Critical Mass Engine Group H&K Strategies

later Havas Media - in a joint venture with Havas, and also established an important media negotiation partnership with Interpublic's Initiative. In 2006, the Mitchell-Initiative buying group made headlines