Tag: outdoor agency

  • Charanjeett Singh Arora quits Kinetic India

    Charanjeett Singh Arora quits Kinetic India

    NEW DELHI: GroupM-owned outdoor agency, Kinetic India co-chief executive officer (CEO) Charanjeet Singh Arora has resigned from his position. He is currently serving his notice period and has confirmed the exit to Indiantelevision.com.

    He was responsible for driving team transformations spanning media, office automation, and logistics. Prior to Kinetic India, Arora was working at DAN as a VP for nearly two years.

    Arora joined Kinetic India in 2017 as senior VP and was elevated to the position of co-CEO of the agency along with Rachana Lokhande in 2018. The latter also resigned a couple of months ago. In 2018, they replaced Suresh Balakrishna former CEO of Kinetic India.

    Recently, GroupM has given the responsibility of Kinetic India to Ajay Mehta and elevated him as MD cinema (ITV) and OOH (Kinetic).

    Arora has over 25 years of experience and has worked across brands, television networks and agencies including DHL, Dentsu Aegis Network, Star India, BCCL, Sahara, Big FM, IPG, RBNL, and Rapport.

  • Kinetic elevates Rachana Lokhande, Charanjeet Arora as joint CEOs

    Kinetic elevates Rachana Lokhande, Charanjeet Arora as joint CEOs

    MUMBAI: WPP’s media planner and digital innovator of outdoor advertising agency, Kinetic India has elevated Rachana Lokhande and Charanjeet Singh Arora as joint CEOs. 

    Lokhande and Arora will replace Suresh Balakrishna who resigned earlier in July. 

    Prior to the elevation, Lokhande was working as the vice president of trading and operations at Kinetic India while Arora served as senior vice president for clients. 

    Kinetic’s Global CEO Marc-Antoine de Roys says, “I want to thank Suresh for his great work at Kinetic. It is because of his leadership and succession planning that we are in a position to have consistency as he transitions out of the organisation. Rachana and CJ are proven leaders at our company who have earned the trust and respect of our employees, vendors and clients.  Their service, history, and accomplishments made this an easy decision.”

    Before joining Kinetic India, Lokhande worked with IPG and R K Swamy BBDO. Arora has worked for Posterscope, IPG and Reliance Broadcast.