It’s official. Sunil Lulla to join Grey as CMD

By A Correspondent

Senior mediaperson Sunil Lulla will join leading advertising agency network Grey Group India as Chairman & Managing Director for Grey Group India. He will report to Nirvik Singh, Chairman & CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific.  Meanwhile, Jishnu Sen, currently CEO of Grey Group India is leaving the network for personal reasons.

Mr Lulla’s move to Grey is a return to advertising and the WPP group. WPP owns Grey as well as JWT, where he worked till 1996. He joins Grey from Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd where he was President, Corporate Development. Prior to that, he was Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Times Television Network.

On his joining of Grey Group India, Mr Lulla said, “The creative and communication landscape in India is undergoing a huge transformation now and there’s no better time for me to join Grey Group, which has been doing wonderful work for leading brands in India and across the world..”

Said Nirvik Singh: “Sunil Lulla will be the keystone to our growth strategy in India as we build a stronger network to provide truly holistic communication solutions to our clients.”

Said Jishnu Sen: “Grey Group has been great to me and I am truly happy to have worked with some of the best people in the industry. We had a great run together. It is time for me now to move on to different and more exciting challenges. I wish the Grey family all the very best and I am sure they will continue to grow to greater success.”