MUMBAI: Ad and comunications services group Havas has named Herve Philippe as its CFO.

 
Philippe will be responsible for the entire Group's financial functions. He will report to Havas CEO Philippe Wahl. He will also be a member of Havas' executive committee.
 
Wahl says, "Herve Philippe comes to his new role after having acquired broad international experience within the high tech and electronics group Sagem and participated in its success. He also has a strong understanding of financial operations. I am very pleased he will be joining our management team in this very important role".

 
Philippe joined Sagem in 1998 and was appointed as its CFO in 2001 and member of the Executive Board in 2003. Prior to that, he held the position of head of the corporate finance division in the Commission des operations de bourse, the French Stock Exchange regulatory authority, where he worked for nine years.