LONDON (Brand Republic) 鈥 Maurice Levy, the chairman and chief executive officer of French advertising and marketing group Publicis, has been awarded the Global Leadership Award by New York-based charity, UJA-Federation.
The Jewish charity, due to present Levy with his award at a dinner on December 5, said he was recognised as one of the world鈥檚 leading figures in advertising.
鈥淲e want to acknowledge his many professional accomplishments and his life-long personal commitment to charitable giving and service to the community,鈥 a spokesman said.
Levy has served on the French government commission to combat drug addiction, and supports French Friends of Tel Aviv, as well as cancer charities.