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Havas in tug-of-war with Omnicom to employ Dru.

Publication: Sunday Business (London)
Date: Sunday, June 26 2005

Byline: Rupert Steiner

Jun. 26--The advertising boss who has been offered role of chief executive at Havas after the departure of Alain de Pouzilhac last week, is having second thoughts about accepting the job. He has asked the Havas board for seven days to ponder his decision.

Jean-Marie Dru, chief executive of Omnicom's TBWA Worldwide, is at the centre of a tug of war with Havas, the world's fourth largest advertising group, which is trying to lure him away, and Omnicom, his employer.

Dru, who was at the advertising festival in Cannes last week,

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