Jean-Michel Etienne

At the end of his term as Chief Financial Officer, which ended in December 2020, and after the closing and presentation of the financial statements for the year 2020, Jean-Michel Etienne will remain with the Groupe until the summer, as Special Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, and will oversee central services and Re:Sources in particular.

Jean-Michel Etienne joined Publicis Groupe as Chief Financial Officer in September 2000 and in September 2006 he was appointed Executive Vice-President – Chief Financial Officer. In 2010, he became a member of the Management Board (Directoire). He was closely involved in the Saatchi & Saatchi, Bcom3, Digitas, Razorfish, Rosetta, LBi and Sapient acquisitions that placed Publicis Groupe as a global leader in marketing, communication and digital transformation.

Jean-Michel Etienne holds a Master's degree in economics and advanced accounting qualifications. He began his career as an auditor with Price Waterhouse from 1975 to 1980.

He then joined the finance department of Renault where he held a number of responsibilities, in particular for the group's financial planning. He was appointed Accounting Director at Générale Occidentale in 1986 and held the same position at Valeo from 1998 to 1990 before moving on to the Pinault group as Director of Planning and Control.

Beginning in 1991, he worked at CarnaudMetalbox, where he was first appointed Group Vice President and Group Financial Controller. Here, he oversaw the merger with Crown Cork and Seal, leading to the creation of the world's number-one business in metal and plastic packaging, today listed in New York. He continued there to fulfill several functions in which he focused on M&A integration, and was then nominated Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Europe.