Publicis Groupe France appoints Veronika Ingerflom As Director of Talent Strategy

Maggie Hanson Business, Creativity, People

Publicis France announced recently the appointment of Veronika Ingerflom as Director of Talent Strategy for Publicis France. In this position, she joins Publicis France Comex.

Working closely with all members of the Comex and reporting to Gautier Picquet, COO of Publicis France, she will be responsible for implementing an innovative Talent strategy and deploying an inclusive culture to support the development of Publicis France and its teams.

She will continue to lead the transformation of the HR function to ensure more ambitious support for our talents, in a post-crisis context with the implementation of a hybrid work environment and very strong business changes.

Agathe Bousquet, President of Publicis Groupe France

“Veronika’s arrival at Publicis France strengthens our organisation and will enable us to accelerate our transformation at a time where the Covid 19 crisis has profoundly changed our way of working. Her knowledge of the group and the richness of her background are essential assets to complete the various projects undertaken on the subjects of inclusion, commitment, diversity and the development of our talents in France”

Veronika is also part of the Chief Talent Officer community led by Severine Charbon, CTO International where she will now represent Publicis France and participate in the Groupe’s global talent development action plan.

She will start her function in November 2021. 

Veronika joined Publicis Groupe in 2015 at the HQ of Publicis Worldwide and then Publicis Communications, under the title of Talent Engagement Global Lead, she led changes in the organisation through the deployment of numerous talent projects, thus developing a strong knowledge of the Groupe and its HR challenges.


In February 2018, Veronika was appointed Chief Talent Officer of an agency to be set up in Berlin, dedicated to driving Mercedes-Benz’s marketing transformation: today Publicis Emil has over 750 employees in 41 countries and demonstrates the power of Publicis’ Power of One model.

Initially a lawyer, Veronika started working in human resources in 2000 in a start-up as Legal and HR Manager. A few years later, her passion for Argentine Tango took her to Buenos Aires; on her return she created a monthly magazine on Tango which contributed to the development of this art in France. 

In 2006, back to her HR first love, Veronika joined Celerant Consulting, a British organisation consulting firm, and took the responsibility of HR Management in France. In 2009, she joined ESI Group, the French leader in prototyping software, as HR Director Europe. In 2013, she followed her international career at Ebiquity as HR Business Partner Europe before joining Publicis Worldwide in 2015.