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Welcome to
Havas Middle East

We Are Havas

The Havas Village is a truly unique proposition –creative, media and PR all under one roof. Our philosophy is to work together seamlessly, building teams around our clients’ needs not our own.

Over 200 of the world’s brightest and bravest, working in a place we call the Havas Village. Well, we say ‘Village’ –except imagine if your neighbours were some of the most connected, creative companies around, all brilliant in their own right but with one shared aim: to create work that makes a meaningful difference. For our clients, our colleagues and our culture. Like all good neighbours, at the Havas Village we leave our back doors open –always popping in to borrow skills, talent, brains, and even the odd cup of sugar. You get the idea.

Our Havas mission: To make a meaningful difference to the brands, the businesses and the lives of the people we work with.

Our People

We are a home for collaborators. At a time when the industry is fragmented across specialities and disciplines, we're proud to be truly integrated - physically and philosophically.

This way, we work faster, smarter and better.

Leadership

Dany Naaman

Dany Naaman

Chief Executive Officer
Havas Middle East
Houda Tohme

Houda Tohme

Chief Executive Officer
Havas Media Middle East
Varun Kohli

Varun Kohli

Chief Financial Officer
Havas Middle East
Oliver Obeid

Oliver Obeid

HR Director
Havas Middle East
Dana Tahir

Dana Tahir

Managing Director
Havas Red Middle East
Karine Barakat

Karine Barakat

General Manager
Havas Egypt
Fabio Silveira

Fabio Silveira

Managing Director
Havas Creative Middle East
Makram Khater

Makram Khater

General Manager
Havas Lower Gulf & Egypt
Rami Husseini

Rami Husseini

Managing Director
Havas Saudi Arabia
Carlos Nadal

Carlos Nadal

SVP of Growth
Havas Middle East
Alejandro Fischer

Alejandro Fischer

SVP Strategy & Product Innovation
Havas Middle East
Naveen Chacko Mathews

Naveen Chacko Mathews

General Manager
Havas Media Middle East

Vivendi

Unlike any other agency, our partners are no longer exclusively advertising companies, but music labels, gaming companies, live event organisers, TV networks, film studios and video distribution platforms.

We are drawing on talent and thinking which is changing behaviour – and using the creative ideation and capabilities of our Vivendi partnership. A partnership which has grown at pace delivering new initiatives to make better, more innovative marketing solutions for our clients. Together, we boast an unparalleled entertainment offering, reinventing the relationship between brands, consumers and entertainment, to produce industry firsts.

VIDEO

One of the biggest video content aggregation and distribution platforms in the world, with 250 million users each month.

FILM AND TELEVISION

A global force in pay-TV as well as the production, sales and distribution of movies and TV series.

GAMING

A global leader in mobile games, with 2.5 million downloads per day.

MAGAZINES

The French leader in magazine publishing and online media.

PUBLISHING AND TRAVEL RETAIL

The world’s third-largest book publisher for the general public and educational markets as well as the world’s third-largest travel retail operator.

Meaningful Brands

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Our proprietary research study Meaningful Brands (that spans 161,000+ people worldwide, 30 markets, 47 industries and 2,200+ brands each year) discovered that:

77%

of brands could disappear and no one would care

84%

of consumers think companies and brands should communicate honestly about their commitments and promises

58%

of the content provided by brands is not meaningful to consumers

It’s these key findings that have lead to the creation of our Meaningful Brands strategic framework. A unique approach that has allowed us to understand that a brand’s value – how meaningful it is to its consumers - is defined by a combination of ‘functional’, ‘personal’ and ‘collective’ benefits. Used across strategy and planning teams in all our agencies around the world, Meaningful Brands acts as the ‘glue’ in our integrated process and provides a common approach to strategic thinking to ensure we deliver meaningful business growth for our clients.
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