Maria Luisa Francoli, Global CEO, MPG
Maria Luisa has served many roles at MPG since she joined the company back in 1993. Currently Global CEO, she started her career with MPG as the Corporate Development Manager responsible for MPG's geographical and business diversification.
Maria Luisa was chosen to create a Digital agency within Havas Media in 1997; Media Contacts today is a leading global interactive media network with offices in 26 countries and 33 cities. She began by developing the interactive marketing capabilities of the company and then expanding into a network across Europe, Latin America and the US.
In 2003, Maria Luisa was appointed CEO of what was then the Media Planning network, the largest division of MPG. She was appointed Global CEO of MPG in 2006 to concentrate on driving profitable and sustainable growth for clients and, as a result, MPG.
Maria Luisa started her professional career in the US in the travel industry. Then she spent four years in banking concentrating on mergers & acquisitions and project finance and then in 1993 she joined MPG.
MPG anchors Havas Media with more than 100 offices and 3,000 people worldwide. A leading global media agency, MPG was founded in Spain in 1978 and is currently celebrating its 30th year of leading new thinking in marketing communications.
