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Michael Epstein, Global CEO of Starcom, is a distinguished leader with a proven track record of pushing boundaries, fostering growth and championing diversity in the industry.

Since joining Starcom in 2021, Michael has secured significant media agency of record victories, including AB InBev, McDonald’s, Aldi and Frontier Communications and expanded capabilities with long-standing clients, such as Kellogg’s. His leadership has driven the agency's impressive financial performance, with new business growth skyrocketing.

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As Starcom’s Global Chief Marketing Officer, Robert leads the brand strategy & narrative development, visual identity & communications, and all marketing across core paid, owned, and earned channels. He joined Starcom in mid-2022. 

Previously, Robert was the Vice President, Brand Transformation at IBM, where he led and launched the global repositioning and branding efforts for IBM's services unit, IBM Consulting. Prior IBM, Robert was Global CMO of both Carat and Dentsu Media, re-launching multiple brands during his tenure.

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With over 24 years at Starcom, Kim Einan is a proven leader known for strategy, creativity and operationalizing change. She helps teams think differently and partners with them to create impact through action. As Global Chief Strategy Officer, Kim is responsible for Starcom’s global strategic discipline, supporting markets all over the world to share best practices and tools, identifying the most compelling insight-led opportunities for clients and integrating Starcom’s strategic community to provide more access and opportunity to the agency.

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Paul Boulangé is the CEO of Starcom France and brings more than 17 years of strategic marketing leadership experience to the role. Prior to being named Starcom France’s CEO in 2018, Paul served as Managing Director where he was responsible for leading two of the office’s key clients: Coca-Cola and Samsung. An agency veteran, Paul was previously Digital Manager at Havas Worldwide Paris from 2013 -2015where heled EDF, Veolia and Paypal EMEA accounts. Before then, he served in a key leadership role at DDB Paris where he set up McDonald's digital e-commerce strategy and data platform for France and Southern Europe. Paul began his career as a marketing consultant specializing in telecommunications and spent six years at Full Six, where he worked on French and international clients such as Renault, Nokia, SNCF, TF1 and SFR. Paul also served as Head of Digital Academy for leading global insurer AXA.