DigitasLBi Named One Of The 2015 "Top 50 Companies For Executive Women" By NAFE

NEW YORK, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitasLBi has been named one of the 2015 "NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women" by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), which honors American corporations that identify and promote successful women.

"We're counting the numbers of women in senior management at America's top companies and are happy to find that companies are responding to the competition," says Dr. Betty Spence, NAFE President. "The 2015 NAFE Top Companies demonstrate their understanding that having women in top executive posts increases the bottom line."

The full list of this year's winners is posted on workingmother.com and nafe.com.

Compared with last year's list, findings for the 2015 NAFE Top 50 Companies reveal that:

• The percentage of women who hold board seats at the 2015 NAFE Top Companies grew to 29% from 27% last year.
• Forty percent of top earners at the 2015 NAFE Top 50 are women, up from 35% last year.
• Half of the winning companies now have four or more women board directors; at the NAFE Top 50, 29% of board members are women, compared with just 19% at the S&P 500.
• Fifty-eight percent of the 2015 NAFE Top Companies now offer sponsorship programs, compared with 42% in 2013; 98% offer job rotations, up from 80% two years ago.
• Female representation at the CEO level held steady at 10% over the last four years at NAFE Top Companies—that's twice the percentage at the Fortune 500.

"We're extremely proud that DigitasLBi has been named a NAFE Top Company for Executive Women," says Tony Weisman, CEO, DigitasLBi North America. "Diversity and balance of leadership are must-haves in order to succeed in business and attract the best talent. It's incumbent on all of us to lead by example to affect meaningful change. With voices like NAFE, active partnerships with organizations such as the 3% Conference, and in-house programs like Women@Digitas, we are sending a clear signal that we take equality in leadership representation very seriously."

Subha Barry, Vice President and General Manager, Working Mother Media, says, "This year's winners work hard to nurture corporate cultures that advance and promote women. Top companies continue to support advancement programs; the percentage of companies that offer job rotation, succession planning and career counseling increased from 2014."

About the Methodology
The 2015 NAFE Top Companies application includes more than 200 questions on female representation at all levels, especially the corporate officer and profit-and-loss ranks. The vetting process includes tracking access and usage of programs and policies that promote the advancement of women as well as the training and accountability of managers in relation to the number of women who advance. In order to be eligible for the NAFE Top Companies survey, entrants must have a minimum of 1,000 employees, two women on the Board of Directors and be a public or private company. NAFE also separately names the Top 10 companies in the non-profit sector.

About NAFE
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), founded in 1972, serves 20,000 members nationwide with networking, tools and solutions to strengthen and grow their careers and businesses. Working Mother magazine publishes the annual NAFE Top Companies list. NAFE.com provides up-to-date information, community for women in business and access to member benefits. NAFE is a division of Working Mother Media, owned by the Bonnier Corporation.

About DigitasLBi
DigitasLBi is a global marketing and technology agency that transforms businesses for the digital age. We help companies of all shapes and sizes decide What's Next… and then we take them there. Also a top ten global agency, DigitasLBi is comprised of 6,000 digital and technology experts across 40 offices in 25 countries worldwide. DigitasLBi is a member of Publicis Groupe, [listed on the Euronext Paris Exchange – FR0000130577 – and part of the CAC 40 index] the world's third largest communications group. With approximately 60,000 professionals spanning 108 countries on five continents, Publicis Groupe offers local and international clients a complete range of communications services. http://www.publicisgroupe.com @PublicisGroupe        

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