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Nannette Lafond Dufour
Publicis & Women's Forum
Chief Impact Officer & President of Women's Forum for the Economy and Society
Biography
Nannette Lafond-Dufour is Chief Impact Officer of Publicis Groupe. Nannette is responsible for driving immediate impact across the Groupe’s long-term ESG commitments. These include Publicis’ ambitious SBTI-approved climate goals, its concrete Equity & Impact action plans, as well as its flagship initiatives like the Working with Cancer pledge and the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, where she also serves as President.
Previously, Nannette was Global Chief Client Officer at McCann Worldgroup. She provided strategic and operational oversight for all of McCann Worldgroup's global and regional clients. She managed end-to-end communications capabilities, ensuring that clients received the resources vital to their business success.
Nannette also inaugurated the role of Global Chief Sustainability Officer. In addressing McCann Worldgroup’s environmental footprint across 100+ countries, Nannette partnered with clients to meet urgent sustainability goals and led the team which enabled McCann’s responsible stewardship. She set vision, drove strategy and the change management required to transform the company’s operations and culture to achieve its ambitious sustainability goals.
In her 30+-year career, Nannette has been responsible for planning and executing global brand platforms for L’Oréal, P&G, J&J, Nestlé, Pepsi, Philips Electronics, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals among others.
Named to Advertising Age’s “Women to Watch” list, which recognizes trailblazing women in advertising, marketing and media, Nannette is renowned for strong client relationships, measurable results, deep business acumen, and collaborative leadership.
A native of Detroit, she is “French” by marriage. She currently lives in Paris with her two children. When not working, she enjoys film, music, travel, good coffee and, surprising to her “hot yoga”.
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