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  • MPG India appoints Kavita Vohra to head buying for north

    MUMBAI: Havas Media‘s media planning and buying network MPG India has appointed Kavita Vohra as MPG India associate vice president investments. She will report to MPG India executive director-north Uday Mohan.

    Vohra’s mandate will include heading buying for MPG Delhi with additional responsibility of Bangalore and Kolkata. She has over 10 years experience in media planning and buying, having worked with several key accounts across categories.

    Vohra started her career at Lodestar working on Whirlpool and then moved on to Cheil Communications to handle Hyundai and Samsung. Thereafter, her role involved TV buying for Nokia Mobiles at GroupM, followed by buying for Nestle and a host of other clients at Zenith Optimedia.

    Havas Media India and South Asia CEO Anita Nayyar said, “MPG India has always been a growth leader in the region as we continue to expand our footprint and offerings to our clients. Kavita’s appointment will further strengthen our buying offering.”

    MPG India managing director Mohit Joshi said, “We are very happy to have Kavita with us. Her strong understanding of the planning function makes her an ideal candidate for heading the buying function. We are confident that with her wide and varied experience she will be able to bring in significant value to all our clients”, added Mohan.

    Vohra said, “Heading the buying arm of MPG Delhi is a natural progression towards handling a bigger and more challenging portfolio of clients. I look forward to working with the team as the journey ahead surely looks very exciting.”

  • Anita Nayyar to return to Havas Media as CEO, quits BCCL

    Anita Nayyar to return to Havas Media as CEO, quits BCCL

    MUMBAI: Former Havas Media CEO for India and South Asia Anita Nayyar is returning to her old agency, after a short stint of four
    months at Bennett, Coleman and Company (BCCL) as director customer strategy.

    Nayyar will take up her old position at Havas Media from 14 August. Her last day at BCCL is 9 August.

    Confirming her movement to Indiantelevision.com, Nayyar said, “I was missing the base of media agency where I have worked for 28 years. My journey with BCCL was very exciting and I learnt a lot here.”

    “I think when you are on the media side you don’t understand the concerns of the other side well. After being on this side of the table, I have understood how a publishing house or a media house, a conglomerate operates. In terms of expectations from an agency’s side, now it is well-grounded,” she added.

    Havas Media Asia Pacific CEO Vishnu Mohan said, “We are delighted that Anita has decided to return to the agency. While I met many potential candidates over the last months, when the choice did open up I had no doubt in my mind that she would be the right person to helm the India and South Asia operations. Her network knowledge, prior track record, industry experience and seniority – made it all relatively easy for me to decide who to place my trust in.”

    Nayyar had joined Havas Media in 2007 as the CEO of MPG India. Later on, she was promoted to CEO of Havas Media for India and South Asia. Prior to joining Havas Media, she had also worked with Starcom and Mudra Communications.

  • Anita Nayyar quits Havas Media to join BCCL

    Anita Nayyar quits Havas Media to join BCCL

    MUMBAI: Havas Media CEO Anita Nayyar has put in her papers after a stint of five years with the company.

    She will be serving her notice period till the end of the month.

    Nayyar is expected to join Bennett, Coleman and Company (BCCL) as director customer strategy.

    Havas Media Asia Pacific CEO Vishnu Mohan said, “Yes, Anita has quit. The agency is in process of identifying the right person for the role.”

    “After five years, Anita leaves behind an organization seven times stronger with several specialist brands that today are over 40 per cent of group‘s portfolio and a strong talent force that are leaders in their own right. We thank her for her stewardship and wish her every success in this new stint on the other side after 28 years in the agency business. We are at present in the process of identifying a suitable leader for this role and should make an announcement to that effect shortly,” Mohan added.

    Meanwhile, MPG India has promoted managing partner Mohit Joshi to the post of managing director.

    Based in Mumbai, he will be reporting to Mohan.

    Nayyar had joined Havas Media in 2007 as the CEO of MPG India. Later on, she was promoted to CEO of Havas Media-South Asia. Prior to joining Havas Media, she had also worked with Starcom and Mudra Communications.

  • MPG India appoints Ruma Sengupta as director of strategy

    MPG India appoints Ruma Sengupta as director of strategy

    MUMBAI: Havas Media’s flagship agency, MPG India, has appointed Ruma Sengupta to the post of director of strategy.

    Sengupta will report to Havas Media South Asia CEO Anita Nayyar and work closely with the regional strategy team based out Singapore.

    She will be based out of Mumbai and will work closely with MPG’s four key offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai.

    Sengupta will take charge of the agency’s strategic offering and product development in keeping with the vision of ‘leading new thinking’. She will also take custodianship of Havas Media’s proprietary tools and processes.

    Sengupta brings with her 15 years of experience across verticals like marketing, branding, sales, strategy, MR and analytics. She comes in from Synovate where she handled the post of director of business insight and was responsible for key international clients across FMCG categories. She has also worked as business head for IMRB International in the past in addition to working in senior marketing roles at Adlabs Films Limited owned by Reliance ADAG and United Spirits Limited at UB Group.

    Her longest stint has been with Ranbaxy Global Consumer Healthcare where she launched OTC & DTC business and managed it successfully through marketing and sales-distribution.

    Nayyar said, “Havas Media is well-known for the high quality of its strategic product and tools and Ruma has the right credentials and attitude to take control of our strategic offering. Her flair is evident from her extraordinary background having worked with top research agencies like Synovate and IMRB. Her previous experience in spearheading marketing and innovation capabilities with brands is a plus.”