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  • Ants Digital appoints Sai Krishna as South branch head

    Ants Digital appoints Sai Krishna as South branch head

    Mumbai: Ants Digital, a Gurugram-based tech-led marketing agency, has appointed Sai Krishna as branch head for the southern region. Krishna will be based out of Hyderabad and overlook the operations for all the key markets in the South, said the agency.

    Krishna comes with over 15 years of experience in the field of marketing, creative and advertising and has worked extensively across the corporate, social, and government sectors. He joins Ants after working at E&Y where he was responsible for strategic business consulting. In the past, he was associated with Ogilvy, where he worked on crafting key communication for the state of Andhra Pradesh through creative, digital, and electronic media.

    Commenting on the new appointment, Ants Digital CEO Sanjay Arora said, “Ants has been consistently moving forward and with his appointment, the company will reinforce its operations in the southern region. Sai brings a good understanding of the South market and has vast experience in digital, creative strategy, and planning, which will add immense value to our clients and the team while exceeding service levels and client delivery. The South region has great potential and our current client base has given us a lot of confidence to invest more in this market. For Ants, both North and West markets have been performing very well and now South is emerging as a potential market to grow.”

    A post-graduate from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Krishna has also worked for the Government of Andhra Pradesh scaling up the communication initiatives to give a fillip to the medical technology sector in the state.

    Speaking on his new role, Krishna said, “Ants has been scaling its business in the South market and I am really excited to build and grow this further. South has some very interesting brands and corporate houses. The digital prowess and unique mix of service offerings of Ants will bring value to clients here.”

  • OMD India names Udhayakumar Pashupathi its Chennai head

    OMD India names Udhayakumar Pashupathi its Chennai head

    Mumbai: Media agency OMD India on Monday announced the appointment of Udhayakumar Pasupathi as new lead at the company’s Chennai office. Pasupathi will report to OMD India chief client officer Sulina Menon.

    Pashupathi commands 12 years of diverse and prolific industry experience. He spent nine years at Mindshare where his most recent role was that of cluster lead in Bangalore. Pashupathi was previously associated with Lodestar UM,  where he worked as a planner, team lead, strategist, and media consultant.

    Commenting on the new appointment, Sulina Menon said, “We’re extremely pleased to have someone like Udhaya, with his experience and expertise, join our Chennai team, and are confident that we will benefit greatly from the insights he brings to the table. I’m especially excited about the growth journey ahead and look forward to collectively pursuing a host of new opportunities.”

    OMD CEO India Priti Murthy said, “All of us at OMD are eagerly looking forward to Udhaya’s fresh new perspectives combined with the rich repertoire of industry knowledge he’s gathered over the years. There are some exciting growth avenues ahead, and we can’t wait to unlock them together.”

    Speaking about this new assignment, Pasupathi said, “It’s been over a decade of experience, learnings, and leadership in the realm of media strategy & planning, and surely there’s no better place to mark 12 years than OMD. With its vast global network and its growth-driven environment, I’m delighted to be in a space where together we quite literally make better decisions, faster!”

  • Rediffusion onboards Tathagat Jena as branch head, Delhi

    Rediffusion onboards Tathagat Jena as branch head, Delhi

    Mumbai: Ad agency Rediffusion has announced the appointment of Tathagat Jena as the head of its Delhi branch. Jena moves from the Chinese smartphone company Transsion as CMO of Infinix mobiles.

    Jena comes with over two decades of experience in brand management. He was previously associated with Samsung India where he led the marketing team for the smartphone division for nine years. Prior to that, he worked in executive roles with ad agencies like Lowe Lintas, Ogilvy & Leo Burnett, and retail brand Lladro.

    “At a time when clients are increasingly seeking ‘marketing partnerships’ from their communication agencies, Rediffusion aims to offer the complete suite of digital-first solutions & demonstrate capabilities beyond just communications,” Jena said. “Along the way, I hope to have some fun co-creating success stories that Rediffusion is famous for.”

    Welcoming Jena on board, Rediffusion’s joint president Navonil Chatterjee said, “In Tatha we have a good combo of a good agency man and a matured client hand, especially one who has worked in a highly competitive category like mobile handsets. He will now bring all those learnings to Rediffusion Delhi. For us Delhi was one of our most important geographies with Maruti, Airtel, Pepsi all being our clients born in that office. Tatha is tasked to bring back the effervescence to the Delhi office. We have signed up some very interesting and live-wire businesses in Delhi and we look forward to a big Rediffusion operation in India’s capital city in the days to come. Delhi is a big priority for us going forward.”

  • Dentsu Webchutney appoints Anil Kumar as EVP

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Webchutney has roped in Anil Kumar as EVP and branch head. He will be based out of Delhi and will report to Dentsu Webchutney CEO and co-founder Sidharth Rao. Kumar will lead key accounts like Airtel, IndusInd Bank, Canon, Tetra Pack, Hike, Payback, DS Group and ITC amongst others.

    Rao said, “Digital is fast moving from a creative-communication arena to being a business-enabler. Anil, with years of mainline advertising experience coupled with extensive hands-on marketing experience, presents a combination that can help our teams appreciate the real-business issues more holistically and recommend solutions that can positively impact our client’s bottom lines. We look forward to Anil steering our largest branch to next levels of growth and recognition.”

    Kumar is a seasoned marketing professional with over 18 years of work experience with India’s leading advertising agencies – FCB, Grey, TBWA, Contract and Lintas. This long stint was followed by another five years as executive director, Millennium Spire, a Singapore based FDI fund that he helped grow from $20 million to a $1 billion operation. This success fuelled his passion for nurturing start-ups and led to co-founding of inQbis – a boutique business consulting firm focussed on providing strategic and marketing direction to early-growth ventures in infrastructure, agri-products, retail design and e-com sectors.

    He added, “I am seriously inspired by the impact of Digital, both as a medium and a technology, on our day to day lives. It is fast changing the human behaviour itself. For a marketing professional, Digital is the ultimate delight because of its tremendous ability to sharply identify and establish the shortest route possible to the target audience; and what better place than Dentsu Webchutney, the pioneers in digital, to immerse oneself into this arena and explore.”

  • Dentsu Webchutney appoints Gautam Reghunath as Senior VP and Branch Head

    Dentsu Webchutney appoints Gautam Reghunath as Senior VP and Branch Head

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Webchutney, the digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, has appointed Gautam Reghunath as Senior Vice President and Branch Head, Bangalore. He will lead the 40-member-strong team in Bangalore, overseeing clients including Flipkart, Dailyhunt, Helpchat and Quikr.

    Reghunath, formerly Vice President, will report directly to Dentsu Webchutney CEO Sidharth Rao. Reghunath’s key role will be to further build on the Bangalore office’s business success in addition to strengthening the agency’s creative and content production capabilities.

    Confirming Reghunath’s new assignment, Rao said, “Under Gautam’s leadership, our South India business continues to evolve at tremendous speed, having grown 200% over last year. From what was a five-member office in early 2015, we are now a 40-people-strong team in Bangalore. It is imperative that we have the strongest possible leadership there to take us to new heights. Gautam has an ambitious vision for the company and is a powerful advocate of putting young talent at the forefront of our business.”

    Talking about his new role, Reghunath said, “I am Dentsu Webchutney through and through, and this is a responsibility I am proud to be tasked with. The last one year has been great, being ranked number 1, great new clients and moving into our new space in Bangalore. We have embarked on an ambitious growth path, not just from a business perspective but also as individual creative professionals. The agency is brimming with young creative and leadership talent and it will be a privilege to lead them in our endeavor to continue evolving as a new-age agency – relevant for 2017 and relevant for our clients.”

    Reghunath joined Dentsu Webchutney’s Mumbai office in 2010 at a junior servicing position and over the last two years had been tasked with building the agency’s Bangalore operations. He was recently named in Social Samosa’s ‘Top 30 under 30’ list and has previously worked with L&K Saatchi and Saatchi.

    Dentsu Webchutney’s clients include Flipkart, Airtel, TI Cycles and Redbull across areas of digital marketing, online video content, website design, mobile marketing and social media. The agency runs with a team of over 200 digital marketing professionals across New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

  • Dentsu Webchutney appoints Gautam Reghunath as Senior VP and Branch Head

    Dentsu Webchutney appoints Gautam Reghunath as Senior VP and Branch Head

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Webchutney, the digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, has appointed Gautam Reghunath as Senior Vice President and Branch Head, Bangalore. He will lead the 40-member-strong team in Bangalore, overseeing clients including Flipkart, Dailyhunt, Helpchat and Quikr.

    Reghunath, formerly Vice President, will report directly to Dentsu Webchutney CEO Sidharth Rao. Reghunath’s key role will be to further build on the Bangalore office’s business success in addition to strengthening the agency’s creative and content production capabilities.

    Confirming Reghunath’s new assignment, Rao said, “Under Gautam’s leadership, our South India business continues to evolve at tremendous speed, having grown 200% over last year. From what was a five-member office in early 2015, we are now a 40-people-strong team in Bangalore. It is imperative that we have the strongest possible leadership there to take us to new heights. Gautam has an ambitious vision for the company and is a powerful advocate of putting young talent at the forefront of our business.”

    Talking about his new role, Reghunath said, “I am Dentsu Webchutney through and through, and this is a responsibility I am proud to be tasked with. The last one year has been great, being ranked number 1, great new clients and moving into our new space in Bangalore. We have embarked on an ambitious growth path, not just from a business perspective but also as individual creative professionals. The agency is brimming with young creative and leadership talent and it will be a privilege to lead them in our endeavor to continue evolving as a new-age agency – relevant for 2017 and relevant for our clients.”

    Reghunath joined Dentsu Webchutney’s Mumbai office in 2010 at a junior servicing position and over the last two years had been tasked with building the agency’s Bangalore operations. He was recently named in Social Samosa’s ‘Top 30 under 30’ list and has previously worked with L&K Saatchi and Saatchi.

    Dentsu Webchutney’s clients include Flipkart, Airtel, TI Cycles and Redbull across areas of digital marketing, online video content, website design, mobile marketing and social media. The agency runs with a team of over 200 digital marketing professionals across New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.