Since 2025, Marco Venturelli is President and CCO of Leo, a creative constellation gathering 15,000 talents in 90 countries. He is also the CCO of Publicis Groupe France, leading around 800 creative talents and CEO/CCO of Publicis Conseil in Paris.

He started out in 2001 as a copywriter in Milan at BGS/D’Arcy, Publicis, BBDO and Havas. In 2010, he moved to Paris and joined the Havas-owned Agence H as Creative Director, winning all major awards in France and globally. In 2014 he was appointed Executive Creative Director of the newly-born agency Les Gaulois, making it the most award-winning Havas agency in the world at the Cannes Lions.

Then he returned to Publicis as Global ECD for the Heineken account, crafting campaigns for UEFA Champions League, James Bond and F1 partnerships, and launching Heineken 0.0.

Marco served as president or juror in all main national and international awards, including Eurobest, the LIA, New York Festival, Clio, D&AD and four times at Cannes Lions. He has collected hundreds of awards and more than 100 Cannes Lions, including 7 Cannes Lions Grand Prix and a D&AD Black Pencil.

In 2024 Marco ranked number one CCO in the world at D&AD and Publicis Conseil was awarded Agency of the Year both at Cannes Lions and Clio Awards.