The team

Executive body

PHILIPPE LUCAS

PHILIPPE LUCAS

CHAIRMAN-CEO

Philippe Lucas has helped companies and institutions achieve their communication goals for nearly 30 years.

Clearly understanding a company’s many strategic dimensions, its markets, its public and its constraints helps to put it on a better track to effectively guide its communication strategy.

In a fast-moving world that leaves little room for guesswork, supporting leaders is also key to successful projects.

He has been CEO of Wellcom since May 2000 and chairman since July 2019

CAROLINE LANGLAIS

CAROLINE LANGLAIS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Caroline has over 20 years’ experience in public relations and communication consulting, including corporate communication, brand strategies, CSR communication, and sensitive and crisis communication. Before joining Wellcom, she was managing director of Hill & Knowlton Paris (WPP Group) in charge of consulting for national and international clients.

STÉPHANIE BASTIDE

STÉPHANIE BASTIDE

PARTNER

For over 25 years, Stéphanie has supported businesses in their relations with the public, whether to promote or defend a company or brand, safeguard a reputation or create preference. Stéphanie develops tailor-made influence strategies and creates uniqueness in communication. Her experience in various positions at different public relations agencies (public affairs and crisis communication at Burson-Marsteller, corporate and public relations at BBDO Corporate, media relations and corporate services at Beau Fixe) contributes a cross-cutting approach to achieving goals and overcoming challenges.

Stéphanie is head of strategic consulting, key account development and management and sensitive and crisis communication management and training.

FRANÇOIS BELZ

FRANÇOIS BELZ

PARTNER

François puts his knowledge of all the communication professions to work for our clients’ brand strategies. He is responsible for rolling out brand languages and actions to allow companies to give points of contact and converse with all their in-house and external publics. François started his career in 1988 by founding BVH, a communication agency specialising in creating content for companies. Then he had strategic responsibilities in several agencies —MediaSystem Groupe Publicis, Terre de Sienne, L’Agence Carat Groupe Aegismedia—and the Express-Roularta press group. In 2008 François was Managing Director in charge of the Corporate and Content division at the SEQUOIA agency. He joined Wellcom in 2012.