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Publicis Groupe: Leadership Change
Publicis Groupe ANZ promoted Jessica Howse from head of people and culture at Zenith Australia to general manager of people and culture in Australia, effective January 2027, reporting to the group chief people officer.
Source: B&T Magazine
- Who
- Publicis Groupe · Consulting · Australia
- What happened
- Publicis Groupe ANZ promoted Jessica Howse from head of people and culture at Zenith Australia to general manager of people and culture in Australia, effective January 2027, reporting to the group chief people officer.
- When
- 2026-10-28
- Source
- B&T Magazine
- So what
- A change at the top rarely stays at the top.
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Publicis Groupe's move reshapes the layer beneath it in Consulting as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 109.3 (Hot) (up 7.6 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-6.2pts) on signal share.
Publicis Groupe: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Consulting median of 1.5 across 34 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 8 tracked across 172 days.
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