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  • Atul Ahluwalia moves to new role of Vice Chairman, India while Dilip Yadav has been promoted to Managing Director Client Services and will also lead Weber Shandwick's Creation brand

    Weber Shandwick strengthens India leadership team

    By A Correspondent

     

    Weber Shandwick has announced the strengthening of its India leadership team. Atul Ahluwalia, formerly managing director, takes on a new role as vice chairman and will continue to lead the firm’s India operations. Dilip Yadav, formerly deputy managing director, has been promoted to become managing director – client services and additionally is appointed managing director of Creation, one of Weber Shandwick’s best-in-class engagement brands.

     

    Also, Carolina Bajaj joins the firm from Edelman and has been appointed deputy managing director, India. Bajaj will be responsible for overseeing the Weber Shandwick Mumbai and Bangalore operations, as well as the India practice teams. Bajaj joins the India senior management team alongside Ahluwalia, Yadav and Mabel Phoon, executive vice president, operations, India.

     

    Bajaj comes to Weber Shandwick from Edelman, India, where she led their India Corporate practice and was head of their West Region, India. She has more than 14 years of experience in public relations across corporate, aviation, real estate, sports, tourism and consumer sectors. She has also previously worked for the Wadia Group.

     

    “Atul continues to deliver strong leadership in India. His new role reflects his stature in the local market,” said Tim Sutton, chairman of Weber Shandwick Asia Pacific. “Dilip’s new roles are testament to his supreme aptitude to build strong, successful client relationships.”

     

    “We are also delighted to welcome Carolina. She holds all the cards to grow our operations in Mumbai and Bangalore significantly and is a great addition to our India-wide leadership team,” said Sutton.

     

    Yadav will continue to report to Ahluwalia but will have additional dotted reporting lines to Baxter Jolly, vice chairman, Asia Pacific, for his client services role, and George Coleman, president of Creation worldwide. Bajaj will also report to Ahluwalia, with dotted reporting into Jolly.

     

  • The agency's India offices have adopted a global identity after the buyout of the joint venture Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick.

    Weber Shandwick rebrands in India, drops ‘Corporate Voice’ from name

    By A Correspondent

     

    PR agency Weber Shandwick has announced that its offices in India are now operating fully under the Weber Shandwick brand and have adopted the firm’s positioning of “global engaging, always”.  The move comes after Weber Shandwick took on full ownership of its India operations, formerly known as Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick, in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi earlier this year.

     

    “After a 16-year partnership working with Corporate Voice, we’re very pleased to take this next step in bringing our India operations fully into the global Weber Shandwick family,” said Tim Sutton, Chairman, Asia Pacific. “We are continuing to invest heavily in the business and look forward to welcoming new senior and specialist talent across our Indian operations in coming weeks.”

     

    While the agency has a new name and brand icon, the firm’s leadership stays unchanged. Atul Ahluwalia and Dilip Yadav, already leaders at Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick, will retain their responsibilities under the new titles of Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director, respectively. Mr Ahluwalia reports in to Mr Sutton.

     

    “This is a very exciting time for our team in India,” said Mr Ahluwalia. “As India’s most awarded agency for the past seven years, and with campaigns that top the list of most creative PR work in the world, I am confident that our move to become part of the Weber Shandwick network will only strengthen our operations in India and allow us to contribute to the success of multi-market campaigns around the world.”

     

    The four offices in India are the most recent additions to Weber Shandwick’s Asia Pacific network of 18 owned offices in 12 markets, which stretches from Greater China, Japan and Korea to India, Southeast Asia and Australia.