LEE GARFINKEL is parting ways with Publicis Groupe. Garfinkel, who became Chief Creative Officer worldwide for D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in September 2001, had been mulling an offer from
Publicis Groupe SA CEO Maurice Levy to join the Publicis agency as Worldwide Creative Director. Publicis Groupe acquired D'Arcy through its merger with that agency's parent, Bcom3. The deal became
final in September and Publicis announced that it would dissolve D'Arcy by the end of the year.
