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Jack Klues named Publicis Media chair, Renetta McCann to Starcom global CEO

(October 26, 2005) Maurice Lévy, chairman and CEO of Paris-based Publicis Groupe, today announced that Jack Klues, 50, has been named chairman of Publicis Groupe Media, a Management Board formed in September 2004 to oversee and develop the Groupe’s powerful media networks. Klues was formerly chief executive of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG).

At the same time, Lévy announced that Renetta McCann, 47, currently chief executive officer of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG)/The Americas, will take over from Klues as CEO of SMG.

McCann, as chief executive officer of SMG/The Americas, has overseen the company’s largest region (encompassing four media brands—Starcom, MediaVest, GM Planworks and StarLink—plus several markets across Canada, the United States and Latin America). A celebrated leader in the media services industry, McCann brings more than 27 years of experience with global, national and regional brands to bear on the new position.

"Renetta is the natural choice for the top job at SMG," said Klues. "She is a builder who has consistently grown the organization, expanded our client relationships based on service and trust, and developed some of the smartest, most dynamic people and teams in the business. She brings remarkable energy to the vast responsibilities entrusted to her – be it a major new multinational assignment, a corporate diversification effort, or the mastery of contact points to enable our clients to connect to consumers into the future."

McCann was named to her most recent post in August 2004, and prior to that she was chief executive of Starcom North America. She was part of the management team that led the launch of Starcom as an independent media company in 1998 (it was previously the media department of Leo Burnett), and became managing director in 1999. During her tenure, Starcom added or grew with several global clients, including Disney, P&G, General Motors, Sara Lee, Kellogg and many others.

Over the course of her career, McCann has won numerous Effie Awards and Cannes Lions. She is also widely recognized by the industry as a leader and innovator. She was chosen by the Women's Advertising Club of Chicago as the 2002 "Advertising Woman of the Year" and was named a "Media Maven" by Advertising Age in 2001.

She has also received such honors as Business Week's Media Strategies Award; the Chicago Magazine Association's Vanguard Award; and Ebony's Outstanding Women in Communications Award. In 2002, Ebony named her one of the "57 Most Intriguing Blacks" while Black Enterprise designated her "2002 Corporate Executive of the Year." In 2003, Essence magazine named her one of "50 Women Who Are Changing the World."

Starcom MediaVest Group is a full service media company. SMG ranks among the world's largest brand communications groups with a global staff of more than 4,800. SMG's network of 110 offices in 76 countries fuels brand-building results for many of the world's leading marketers.

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