Publicis Groupe announced that the company appointed Tomas Lauko as CEO for the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and promoted Maria Tudor to chief operating officer for the region. At the same time, Paula Sobieszek was appointed business development director for Publicis Groupe CEE. Based out of Poland, Lauko will be charged with overseeing Publicis Groupe's operations across 15 markets in the CEE region, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.