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  • Madison BMB promotes Raj Nair to CEO & Chief Creative Officer; Prabha Prabhu retires

    Madison BMB promotes Raj Nair to CEO & Chief Creative Officer; Prabha Prabhu retires

    MUMBAI:   Prabha Prabhu, Founder Member, Madison, who moved with Sam Balsara when he started Madison way back in 1988 has decided to retire after 28 years at Madison. She was the CEO of Madison BMB for the last several years. Raj Nair, the current Chief Creative Officer will now also assume additional responsibility of CEO. Kim Solomon will be a new addition to the team, who joins as Chief Operating Officer. All these changes are effective April 1, 2016.

    Describing Prabha Prabhu as the youngest and most energetic lady in advertising, Madison World chairman Sam Balsara  said, “Whilst I am sorry that I will not have the benefit of Prabha’s wisdom and expertise, I would like to wish her a cheerful, relaxed and fulfilling retired life.” At the farewell function Sam thanked Prabha for her loyalty, commitment and dedication to Madison and its Clients over the last 28 years. Prabha played a critical role in the formative years of Madison working on successful brands like Cinthol, Vicks, Whisper, BlueStar and She Comfort and more recently with Asian Paints, VVF, Hyper City and Angel Broking among others.

    Commenting on Raj Nair’s elevation to the position of CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Balsara said, “Raj has proved over the last few years that whilst maintaining his creative focus, he can look at the larger business picture from the client’s perspective and I am sure this move will help make Madison BMB a more result oriented agency.”

    Said Balsara on appointment of Kim Solomon, “Kim is a true blue advertising professional with over 20 years experience at Ogilvy, Mudra, Dentsu, Triton and Everest Advertising and has handled many blue chip clients over the years. I am sure his experience and expertise will add tremendous value to our current and future clients.”

    Prabha Prabhu further added, “Madison has been my home for the last 28 years and has been an intrinsic part of me. Whilst I was happy doing effective campaigns for our clients, I was very keen to also win awards. And in the last 4 years we have won several awards. After a rewarding and satisfying career, I now look forward to spending more time doing social work, giving back to society and spending time with my children who are both in advertising and settled in US.”

    Madison BMB CCO and CEO Raj Nair, said, “I cannot imagine life at Madison without Prabha. These are extremely large shoes to fill and we will do our very best to keep the flag flying vigorously. And of course I am looking forward to this new role and partnering our clients to help them continue to achieve their business goals through insightful advertising.”

     Kim Solomon, COO, Madison BMB COO Kim Solomon said, “Madison BMB has a great set of clients and Madison World is a wonderful and highly reputed organization that I look forward to contribute to in ample measure.”

    Madison BMB has just won a couple of prestigious accounts like Angel Broking and Asian Paints’ Bath Business. In the last 3 years Madison BMB has won several awards at the Abbies, Foxglove and Ink for HyperCity,  Kyoorius Advertising Award, INK Golds as well an Abby Gold all for the acclaimed Jiyo Parsi Print Campaign, to name a few.
     

     

  • BMB India picks Raj Nair as CCO

    BMB India picks Raj Nair as CCO

    MUMBAI: BMB India, a 50:50 joint venture between Trevor Beattie‘s BMB and advertising major Madison World, has appointed Raj Nair as chief creative officer.

    Nair‘s last stint was with Contract advertising as regional creative director. He had joined contract advertising in 1997 as executive director and senior VP, where he grew to become the regional creative director.

    BMB India CEO Prabha Prabhu said, “When we started BMB India, our objective was to imbibe the BMB culture. Hence we got Pat Burns from our London office as the CD. Now that we have passed that stage, we thought it was time to get a creative head from India. A person who has rich experience, done some edgy work, won lots of awards and has a respectable name in the industry. And Raj Nair fitted the bill. I am delighted to have Raj Nair as our Chief Creative Officer to help me take BMB to the next level.”

    BMB London chairman Trevor Beattie added, ” Raj has been there and done it. He‘s a class act. He also gets what BMB is about, he instinctively knows what makes us tick. Raj has a portfolio and track record of stylish, uplifting work, we‘re very proud to have him carrying the creative torch for BMB India.”

    Nair added, “The time has come to help fashion the future of BMB in India. BMB have been creating some stand – out work in London. It‘s up to the team and I to do the same here. I want to help create and recommend communication solutions for clients that make the brand famous, ideally, regardless of the medium used. (We will be traditional/non-traditional/whatever-it-takes.) I want clients to feel and believe a sense of true partnership. And, very importantly, I want to help create and nurture an uplifting, rewarding, fun atmosphere at work that inspires and liberates people to create great work.”

    Nair has been in advertising for 20 years. Prior to joining Contract advertising, he had also worked with JWT and Enterprise.

    BMB India is the advertising unit of Madison World with 22 units across 9 specialised functions of Advertising, Media, PR, Out-of-Home, Rural, Retail, Entertainment, Mobile, Events and Sports.