Marco Venturelli

Marco Venturelli is CEO and CCO of Publicis Conseil in Paris and CCO

of Publicis Groupe France, leading around 800 creative talents.

He started out in 2001 as a copywriter in Milan at BGS/D’Arcy,

Publicis, BBDO and Havas.

In 2010, he moved to Paris and joined the Havas-owned Agence H as

Creative Director, winning all major awards in France and globally. In

2014 he was appointed Executive Creative Director of the newly-

born agency Les Gaulois, making it the most award-winning Havas

agency in the world at the Cannes Lions. Then he returned to

Publicis as Global ECD for the Heineken account, crafting campaigns

for UEFA Champions League, James Bond and F1 partnerships, and

launching Heineken 0.0.

Marco served as president or juror in all main national and

international awards, including Eurobest, the LIAA, New York

Festival, Clio, D&AD and three times at Cannes Lions.

He has collected hundreds of awards and 71 Cannes Lions, including

3 Grand Prix.

Last year, Publicis Conseil ranked 2nd most creative agency in the

world at Cannes Lions. This almost made him happy.