Stephane Fouks

Stephane FOUKS is the Vice-President of Havas and Chairman of Havas Worldwide. In 1988, Stephane joined RSCG and co-founded “RSCG Public”, a Corporate Communication agency. He has developed this agency that has since then become Euro RSCG C&O, and conquered the place of the leading Corporate & Financial Communication agency in France. In 2003 he took the position of CEO in Euro RSCG Worldwide France and became Executive Co-Chairman in 2005. Since 2009, he has been Administrator for IMAGINE Foundation and for IRIS. Stephane Fouks has also joined the Board of Directors of ‘Medecins Sans Frontière’ (Doctors without Borders) in 2009. In 2011, he became Vice-President of Havas Group. Stephane is an experienced international political advisor. He has been an advisor to the Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1995 - 2005) and the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. He also used to work for the French Socialist Party. Mr. Fouks has been a Member of the YES Board and is now a member of the Circle of Friends of YES.

Alec Ross
Alec Ross
Senior Advisor on Innovation to the Secretary of State of the United States, 9th YES Annual Meeting, 2012
«The government role in innovation and entrepreneurship should principally be to unleash it»