Paola De Marchi

Senior Director of Learning and Development

Publicis Groupe UK

Paola has over 14 years’ experience across advertising and learning and development, building commercial expertise in business development before leading L&D for Publicis Groupe UK. She supports 31 agencies and 6,000+ people, turning business priorities into practical learning that helps teams build skills in areas like AI and data, pitching, presenting, leadership, impact and equity aware learning design and relationship intelligence (SDI).

She is also an Executive Coach with a Level 7 in Professional Consulting and an accredited SDI facilitator. She blends strategic thinking, creativity, and rigorous problem solving with a forward looking mindset that anticipates skill shifts and market change. Her focus is on practical, blended learning that improves performance, strengthens culture and scales through leadership partnership