Havas Group may have just cracked the production challenge of the multi-platform digital era. In partnership with Wellcom Worldwide, the holding company has created a world-spanning creative production network called Havas Studios.
The operation is headed by Paul Ward, formerly group chief operations officer of Havas in the UK. An affable sort, Ward jokes in his LinkedIn profile that he started out as a bingo caller in Whitley Bay: the seaside jewel of England’s north east coast. During the interview, we struggle to find a link with his subsequent career – although …