IAA Luncheon — London
“Viva la difference” is the Publicis slogan, and Chairman Maurice Lévy ensures that France’s leading ad agency conglomerate lives up to that motto. Not only has Publicis bought more than 100
companies since the mid-1990s, but Lévy has been quoted in London’s Independent newspaper as saying, “We need global reach. We need to be in the top tier to be in the game. But the biggest? No. Just the best.” On January 19, the U.K. Chapter of the IAA hosted a luncheon program with an interview of Lévy by CNN journalist Becky Andersen. The Publicis chairman proved that he can be both charming and provocative in English as well as in French. (All photo identifications from left.)

1 Maurice Lévy, Publicis.
2 Rod Banner, Banner Corp. and Dominic Lyle, EACA.
3 Jonathan Oliver, The Economist and Paola Hellel, Time.
4 Karen Mullis, Dow Jones and Steve Traveller, Starcom.
5 Jonathan Foster-Kenny, Business Week; Mike Jarvis, Banner Corp.; Steve Jones, VNU Global Media.
6 Max Raven, CNN ; Greg Grimmer, Zed Media.
7 Wayne Philbert, Mediacom.
8 Simon Whitehead, Jodie Sinyor and John Pentin — all Newsweek.
9 Michael Toedman, Business Week and Angus Grieve, IAA-UK.
10 Nadine Howarth, National Geographic; Charlotte Moore, Fortune.
11 Guy Abbott and Ramsey Frazier, both CNN.
12 Marie Friel, Dow Jones; Will Nicholson, EuroNews.

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