Valérie Accary

Valérie Accary CEO of BBDO Paris and CEO of CLMValerie graduated from ESSEC in 1987.  She started her career at Saatchi & Saatchi in Paris in 1987, joining CLM BBDO in 1996 as Managing Director. In 2003, She spent 2 years in London as Managing Director of BBDO Europe in charge of multinational clients before becoming CEO of BBDO Paris and of CLM BBDO in August 2005; Valerie has also been on the BBDO Worldwide board since January 2005. With all her international experience, her aim for CLM BBDO was for it to become a world-class agency. CLM BBDO is the most international agency in France : CLM BBDO currently leads the PepsiCo international brands (Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7UP, Dew…) everywhere outside the US, Total for the world, major Mars brands for Europe (M&Ms, Uncle Bens, Wrigley's..), the Hewlett Packard Imaging and Printing International business. CLM BBDO has also developed an edge in luxury goods by leading in particular the Tag Heuer brand for the world. This enabled the agency to create BBDO Beau, a hub for luxury, fashion ad culture based in Paris.In February 2010, Valerie was awarded the prestigious French “Legion d’Honneur”.