Kinetic India announced that it has promoted two of its leaders, Rachana Lokhande and Charanjeet Singh Arora to the role of Co-CEO. They replace Suresh Balakrishna who resigned earlier this month. Before the announcement, Lokhande was serving as VP Trading and Operations of Kinetic India. Previously she worked for IPG and R K Swamy BBDO.
Arora has been with Kinetic India since Nov 2017 as Senior VP for clients.Prior to joining Kinetic India, he worked for Posterscope, IPG and Reliance Broadcast.
Said Marc-Antoine de Roys, Kinetic’s Global CEO: “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 organization. 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.â€
Posterscope India that completed 7 years in India, is gearing up for the future course of out of home evolution with renewed vision and vigour. Given Posterscope’s ambitious plans to lead the change and redefine the ecosystem, the leadership team and management is venturing into significant realignments and recruitment basis their grand plans for the new age connected consumer.
Two senior strategic placements have been initiated recently. Fabian Cowan who was instrumental in the initiation and building of Brandscope India into its current avatar as has now been realigned as head of Posterscope India. Fabian is an experienced professional of 21 years with a diverse media background including print, radio, television and digital out of home. He is also a certified trainer and facilitator and has been with the company for more than five years now.
Commenting on his new role Fabian said, “I believe a new and changing out of home ecosystem requires an equally new approach. The consumer has established his/her intelligence, and our clients too are aware and suave expecting only the best; given this we need people who are in sync with this intelligentsia, there is no place for mediocrity and the recent structural alignments reflective of this new approach will continue to be visible in the futureâ€.
Additionally Charanjeet Singh Arora has joined the group as Head of Brandscope and will spearhead national operations of Brandscope and drive it to the next level in its evolution as a brand. Charanjeet a senior and well respected professional with a diverse professional background spanning 22 years in industries such as courier services, radio, Television and outdoor was last working at Rapport outdoors as AVP. With an MBA and Masters degree in applied economics Charanjeet brings with him the depth and respect required for the new vision the group is focusing on.
Haresh Nayak
Haresh Nayak- MD Posterscope India and Regional Director Posterscope Asia Pacific added, “I am delighted to welcome both charged professionals into their roles at Posterscope Group. We are always on the lookout for the right people who can share our vision and partner with our clients to create Pioneering OOH solutions. ‘Both Fabian and Charanjeet are highly respected professionals with a value and belief system that is a rarity. I believe that the new age consumer and our clients will be served with a new brand of out of home and team Posterscope will be leading this change from the front.â€
