Publicis Groupe announced the arrival of Sylvie Ouziel, on the 8th September, to lead the Groupe’s Shared Platforms. In this role, she will be responsible for: Re: Sources, Publicis’ 5000-strong global shared service backbone that builds consistency and synergies across the Groupe’s tools and systems, in support of its country-led model; Marcel, the proprietary AI-powered platform connecting and scaling Publicis’ teams to learn more, share more and create more than anywhere else; real estate, procurement, insurance and the global management of the Groupe’s technology partnerships. Sylvie will report directly to Arthur Sadoun, CEO and Chairman of Publicis Groupe, and join the Management Committee. Since 2019, Sylvie has been International President of Envision Digital, the net zero carbon software and industrial technology leader, based out of Singapore. Previously, she spent eight years at Allianz, where she was chairwoman of Allianz Managed Operations and Services, based in Munich (in charge of creating the Group Shared Services), then, global CEO of Allianz Assistance (B2B2C and services global business unit of the insurance group), while also directly overseeing the APAC businesses. Sylvie began her career at Accenture, where she held various management positions over twelve years as a Partner, the last one being global COO of Accenture Management consulting. During her twenty years overall at Accenture, she shaped and delivered global strategic transformation programs for industrial clients, notably in automotive, pharmacy and construction.