shareholder within both Aegis and rival marketing group Havas, whose own media network lacked Carat's global footprint. However, in the end the prize was taken by Dentsu, which agreed terms to acquire

The last remnant of the old network was the UK's Havas EHS, now Havas Helia. Brann was formed in 1967 by Christian Brann and his wife in the sleepy English country town of Cirencester in Gloucestershire.

the brandtech business launched by former Havas CEO David Jones. Financials DE Master Blenders reported revenues for the year to June 2012 of €2.80bn, up 8%; but profit halved to €132m. The Netherlands

during the 1980s and the dominance of local agencies Havas and Publicis encouraged Boulet also to set up his own business, in partnership with Y&R vice-president Jean-Marie Dru. Y&R was already the

messages on behalf of advertisers and supply them to the Havas press agency which had a virtual monopoly on all print advertising. Most advertisers, however, avoided the use of an agency and dealt direct

She also sits on the board of marketing group Havas. Antoine Arnault was appointed as chairman of cashmere firm Loro Piana in 2013, and is also CEO of the Berluti leather goods business. The Bulgari family

also chairman of Publicis's arch-rival Havas. It was perceived as a grave insult to Maurice Levy, and for a while it looked as if Marcel might be shuttered, especially when the lead role on Orange in

Havas Creative (France) Profile subscribers click here for full profile Havas is the global network known until 2012 as Euro RSCG and more recently as Havas Worldwide. (The "worldwide" tag was officially

ex-Havas, ex-Axel Springer) and chief creative officer Christian Mommertz to lead the agency, reporting to Matthias von Bechtolsheim. Their appointment led to several account wins. However, Geyr was abruptly

but agreed in 2015 to sell that business to Havas. Management Frank-Michael Schmidt is CEO of Scholz & Friends, with Kai Wolfas CFO. They head an executive board which also includes Klaus Dittko (CEO,