Tag: Sanjay Nazerali

  • dentsu X tops global RECMA rankings for third time in a row

    dentsu X tops global RECMA rankings for third time in a row

    Mumbai: RECMA, the independent research firm that evaluates media agencies, has launched its ‘overall activity volume rankings’ report for July 2021. According to the report, dentsu X has been acknowledged as the ‘fastest-growing media agency globally’. With 8.8 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) agency growth and a growth of 81 per cent over time, dentsu X has won the title for the third consecutive year.

    “To be recognised in this way for three years straight is a great endorsement of our proposition, ‘experience beyond exposure’, which places consumer delight back at the heart of marketing,” said dentsu X global client & brand president, Sanjay Nazerali while commenting on the RECMA ranking. “It is a testament to the long-held dentsu edict of ‘servant leadership’ – we only win when our clients, teams, and partners win too,” Nazerali added.

    Additionally, basis the qualitative parameters, the agency also secured the title of ‘#1 dominant agency’ by RECMA in February. The agency has bagged this recognition for the second time in a row.  

    dentsu CEO, media – South Asia and dentsu X India CEO, Divya Karani shared, “Our trajectory is a reflection of sharply identifying marketers’ needs and partnering them in driving real outcomes. Creating sustainable value, prizing the enduring over the short term is how we have become trusted partners.

  • Carat & dentsu X announce senior leadership appointments

    Carat & dentsu X announce senior leadership appointments

    New Delhi : Dentsu International on Friday bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointment of Fiona Lloyd as the global client & brand president at Carat and Sanjay Nazerali as the new global client & brand president, dentsu X.

    The two executive appointments mark the culmination of a strategic re-set of global brand leadership within the dentsu international global media agency brands: Carat, dentsu X and iProspect.

    Dentsu international, global CEO Media & Global Clients, Peter Huijboom said, “We now have new faces and fresh thinking driving each of our global leadership media brands, each with the determination and spirit needed to deliver meaningful progress and growth for our clients and our business. Even before taking on these new roles, both Sanjay and Fiona have already been instrumental in shaping our new, simpler and streamlined market proposition.  Sanjay helped to establish and grow the dentsu X brand outside of APAC when it launched and Fiona has been driving an entire global rebrand of Carat and created its new ‘Designing for People’ proposition ready for the next phase of our growth plans.”

    Lloyd has been with dentsu since 2005. Starting first as an account director, she has held key leadership roles in both the Carat UK and Global business, including chief client officer and global CMO. Most recently, as MD Carat Global she spearheaded the global re-brand. Lloyd on her new role and the direction of the brand said, “Empathy, collaboration and value exchange are at the heart of our brand.  I’ll be focussed on driving these hard across our network to ensure Carat continues to be the industry powerhouse it is, maximising the contribution media makes to growth for our clients and creating a place where our people can thrive.”

    Nazerali joined dentsu over seven years ago, originally at Carat as global chief strategist, he then moved over to dentsu X in 2018 as part of the plan to make the brand a worldwide media agency, outside of its Japanese heartland.  Since then, dentsu X has been on an upward trajectory and was named the fastest growing agency by RECMA for two years. Before joining dentsu, he was SVP marketing at the then newly-launched MTV Europe and subsequently the first ever Global CMO at BBC News.

    Talking about his ambition for the brand, Nazerali said,“dentsu X is dentsu international’s bridge builder, across clients, partners, and civil society, creating value for all.  We’re the radical collaborators who forge meaningful progress through awe inspiring work.”

    Lloyd and Nazerali, alongside Amanda Morrissey, who joined as global president of iProspect in October 2020 now form the global leadership of the three global media brands within dentsu international.

  • BBC appoints Nazerali as controller of MC&A for global news

    MUMBAI: BBC has roped in Sanjay Nazerali as the controller of marketing, communications and audiences (MC&A) for its global news division.

    Nazerali who joins BBC in September will be leading the MC&A teams at BBC World Service, BBC World television, BBC Monitoring and the BBC’s international online news services.

    He will be responsible for building a single brand platform across the global news division. He will also be responsible for developing the marketing communications strategy to ensure that each part of the division has maximum impact in a converging media environment. He will directly report to BBC global news director Richard Sambrook.

    Sambrook said, “We created this pan-divisional post to enable us to communicate a unified and compelling global news message around the world. He has a wealth of international experience in developing brand strategies within the broadcast, entertainment and retail industries, and I believe that with Sanjay on board we are now ideally positioned to take our international news brands to the next level.”

    Nazerali said, “In an age where newspapers are becoming ‘viewspapers’ and the numbers of blogs are increasing exponentially, audiences around the world are crying out for credible news, but delivered in an engaging way. The time is absolutely right for the world’s best known news organisation to connect with these audiences as a compelling and dynamic brand in an increasingly competitive and complex news arena. I’m genuinely honoured to be part of this organisation, as I believe it can really make a difference to how the world receives and interacts with news in the future.”

    Earlier he was been working as the managing director of The Depot. The Depot is a marketing consultancy he co-founded in 1998. He has worked with media clients like Channel 4, ITV, Discovery, the Sci-fi Channel, FX Channel, BBC World Service and BBC World Television.