Havas Group India onboards Chandra Dobhal as EVP-investment

Mumbai: Media professional Chandra Dobhal has joined Havas Group India as executive vice president – investment. 

“I’m happy to share that I have re-joined the #media planning & buying industry and have started a new inning as Executive Vice President – Investment at Havas Group from 1st Feb ’22. I must mention thanks to Venkat, Mohit Joshi and Uday Mohan all my seniors at Havas Group for providing me this opportunity to come back to the mainline media business. I am also seeking best wishes and cooperation from all the friends, partners and stakeholders I am going to work with,” Dobhal said in a LinkedIn post.

Prior to joining Havas, Dobhal was associated with dentsu International as executive vice president – national head, buying and operations.

He had a 17-year stint at dentsu where he was responsible for developing process of buying and implementation and setting benchmarks to deliver the best products and value to clients.

In a career spanning over two decades, he has also worked with Carat Media Services, Percept H, and Concept Communication.