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    Dan Hagen and Jamie Seltzer move up at Havas; executive appointments bolster data & tech leadership

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    Dan Hagen (l) and Jamie Seltzer
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    Havas has appointed two senior executives to steward the company’s future-forward data & tech agenda and accelerate its Converged strategy.

    Dan Hagen is promoted to a group-wide role as global chief data and technology officer. In his new remit, Hagen is responsible for the development of Havas’ AI-powered Converged operating system, empowering the group’s 23,000 people to work smarter and deliver integrated solutions to clients. He will also lead strategic data and tech alignment, governance, investments and operational excellence across all of Havas’ operating units globally.

    Hagen most recently served as global chief data and tech officer of Havas Media Network where he developed best-in-class, audience-first data and tech capabilities across more than 100+ markets. Hagen’s 25-year career spans technical and media practitioner roles, including launching the National Lottery’s interactive platform, serving as chief strategy officer at both iProspect and Carat UK, and developing Havas Media Network’s Media Experience planning process.

    “Data and technology are the cornerstone of our Converged global strategy–giving our people the tools, insights, and means of collaboration to supercharge our positive impact for clients,” shared Yannick Bolloré, CEO and chairman, Havas. “With his experience developing the Media Network’s award-winning audience planning platform, and his collaborative work with partners to develop industry-leading data and insight capabilities, Dan is ideally suited to chart a powerful data and tech future that delivers for our people and clients.”

    Hagen is succeeded by Jamie Seltzer who is elevated to global chief data and technology officer for Havas Media Network. Seltzer is responsible for developing the Converged media product and roadmap, enhancing the network’s overall data capabilities and fostering a data-driven culture rooted in driving meaningful business outcomes for clients. Seltzer was most recently global executive VP, CSA & media experience analytics. As part of her new role, Seltzer will maintain her strategic oversight and leadership of CSA, the global technology, data and analytics consultancy arm of HMN. Seltzer brings to bear more than 20+ years of experience in data and tech leadership having also held roles at WPP and Publicis Groupe.

    “Clients are demanding future forward agency partners who are data-led and outcome driven; Jamie has been critical to ensuring Havas Media Network is positioned to deliver on that promise,” said Peter Mears, global CEO, Havas Media Network. “We look forward to seeing Dan and Jamie’s continued collaboration across the entire Havas ecosystem to accelerate the group’s broader Converged strategy and data and tech ambitions.”

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    Before his return to the Oscars, Yorgos Lanthimos finds a still moment in Athens

    Friday, March 6, 2026
    A visitor takes a picture of a portrait of actress Emma Stone at an exhibition of images by Oscar nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos at Onassis Stegi in Athens, Greece, on Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

    Oscar-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos paused his filmmaking and promotion schedule this week to celebrate a quieter creative pursuit: photography.

    The 52-year-old Greek director on Friday inaugurated an exhibition of his photographs in his hometown of Athens, presenting images he has taken over the past five years — many captured while making his films, wandering through movie sets and nearby neighborhoods, or on trips back to Greece.

    The exhibition gathers 182 still photographs, in color and in black and white, from the filmmaker known for his distinctive — and often disturbing — cinematic style. It opens days before Lanthimos returns to Hollywood for the March 15 Academy Awards ceremony. In his latest film, "Bugonia," a pair of conspiracy‑obsessed men kidnap a powerful female executive they accuse of being an alien.

    The movie received four Oscar nominations, including best picture and best actress for Emma Stone, along with nods for adapted screenplay and original score. The photos, all shot with a film camera, features several portraits of Stone, a frequent star in his films.

    Lanthimos on Friday said he was happy to dive into something different. Photography, he said, began for him as a technical foundation for filmmaking but gradually became something more personal.

    "In film school you learn that cinema is basically 24 photographs per second," he said. "So photography is where it all begins."

    Over time, working with still images opened a creative outlet separate from the complex machinery of movie production, he added.

    "You can be alone with a camera, walking without having something specific in mind," Lanthimos said. "A photograph can have value on its own, but many photographs together can create... Read More

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