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  • As Group Chief Executive, Ogilvy Singapore & Malaysia

    Kunal Jeswani moves to Singapore

    By Our Staff

     

    After 17 years with the India office, Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India will be moving to Singapore as Group Chief Executive, Ogilvy Singapore and Malaysia. Effective June 1, 2022, VR Rajesh will be elevated to Group President, Ogilvy India.

     

    As Group President, he will lead the integrated Ogilvy India P&L across all our offices and will be responsible for the acceleration of all our core capabilities in India – Advertising, Brand & Content; Experience; Health; PR & Influence and Ogilvy Consulting.

     

    Said Piyush Pandey: “I am delighted that after a stellar performance at Ogilvy India, Kunal is moving to head Ogilvy Singapore & Malaysia. This important responsibility will add international exposure to Kunal’s rich experience across the many aspects of the communications business. I am sure he will be successful in his new role. VR Rajesh, who takes on the baton from Kunal, is an Ogilvy stalwart and I am confident he will take Ogilvy India and our clients to greater heights. On behalf of the Ogilvy India Board, I welcome VR to this new responsibility.”

     

  • To President & Head of Office, Ogilvy Gurugram

    Ogilvy promotes Prakash Nair

    By Our Staff

     

    Ogilvy India has announced the promotion of Prakash Nair to President and Head of Office, Ogilvy Gurugram. Nair has been with Ogilvy for 19 years. Prior to his move to lead Ogilvy Gurugram, Nair was Associate President at Ogilvy Mumbai, leading stellar, new age work across a large portfolio of clients including all of Mondelez, Tata Motors and BP Castrol.

     

    Said Nair: “After having lead some big brands, the opportunity to be part of Ogilvy Gurugram and drive the growth story for Ogilvy India presents a new challenge. Also, personally to me, Ogilvy Gurugram has been the benchmark for great craft. I’m extremely excited to start my new chapter at Ogilvy here.”

     

    Added Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “One of the great things about Ogilvy is the wealth of talent in the company. It’s been wonderful to have had Shouvik’s energy in Ogilvy over the last few years and we are deeply grateful to him for his time with us. As Shouvik moves on, Prakash Nair will take on the role of President and Head of Office, Ogilvy Gurugram. Prakash is a champion of great creative work and has been instrumental in driving some of our most modern, integrated and award winning work over the past few years. Loved by his clients and colleagues, I’m sure Prakash will bring his own distinct leadership style to the role and bring the full impact of Ogilvy to our clients in Delhi.”

     

  • Appoints Kedar Mehta as Head of Consulting for Experience Business

    Ogilvy boosts investment in Experience

    By Our Staff

    Ogilvy has appointed Kedar Mehta as Head of Consulting for its Experience Business in India.

    His major work contributions lie in the areas of Customer Experience, Digital Transformation and Marketing & CRM. He has driven successful customer-focused programs for the likes of Bata Emerging Markets, Tesco HSC, CEAT, Vodafone India, Carphone Warehouse (UK), Fidelity Investments (US), Celio, Tata Sky, Hypercity and Tata Starbucks.

    Said Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “Clients increasingly turn to Ogilvy to help drive growth through every brand expression across every customer experience. Our Experience Business, aligned to our Global Martech Centre of Excellence, delivers Ogilvy’s trademark creative across the customer journey. Connecting with consumers in modern, surprising ways – focused on delivering growth for our clients. Kedar is a critical part of this vision. He is deeply customer focused and knows how to build and deliver programmes that drive growth – from customer acquisition to increasing transaction volume and value to customer retention and loyalty.”

    Added Mehta: “I like to play the role of a Customer Chair in most conference room discussions, and I strongly believe that the Ogilvy Experience Business will play that pivotal role for businesses focused on their CX and Digital initiatives. Ogilvy has the skills, tools and credentials to shape next generation Experiences for Brands.  I am really energized to accelerate this practice in the Indian market.”

     

     

  • While the trio will oversee all creative work across markets in India, they will also continue to lead creative hands-on in Ogilvy Mumbai

    Post Sonal Dabral exit, Kainaz Karmakar, Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Sukesh Nayak promoted to CCOs at Ogilvy India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Following the announcement of the exit of Sonal Dabral from the agency, Ogilvy India has announced that Kainaz Karmakar, Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Sukesh Nayak will take on the joint responsibility of driving Ogilvy India’s creative product and reputation, as Chief Creative Officers. While the trio will oversee all creative work across markets in India, they will also continue to lead creative hands-on in Ogilvy Mumbai.

     

    Piyush Pandey

    Said Piyush Pandey, Chief Creative Officer Worldwide & Executive Chairman India, Ogilvy: “I consider myself very fortunate to have on my team three partners who have made a huge impact on Ogilvy’s creative leadership, and an even more significant difference to Ogilvy’s partnerships with clients. This promotion could not be more deserving! I am extremely proud to have Kainaz, Harshad and Sukesh on our India team. They are the future of Ogilvy and I am confident they will be the game changers in Ogilvy,”

     

    Kunal Jeswani

    Added Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “Sukesh, Kainaz and Harshad are powerhouses of energy and great talent. Over the last few years, their work across some of our largest clients has been modern in expression and execution, and as inspiring and memorable as any trademark Ogilvy India work should be. This is a rare and precious balance for any creative to strike. They understand the value of hard work and deep client relationships and I am sure they will do a fantastic job of driving Ogilvy India’s creative product and reputation.”

     

     

  • Shouvik will report to Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India

    Ogilvy Delhi gets Shouvik Roy as President & Head of Office

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ogilvy has announced the appointment of Shouvik Roy as President & Head of Office, Ogilvy Delhi. Roy will join Ogilvy Delhi on December 5 and will report to Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India.

     

    Said Jeswani: “Shouvik Roy brings a width of rich capability to Ogilvy. He will lead Ogilvy Delhi and help us shape its future. His strong, varied experience will help us stay ahead in a volatile, changing communication environment. And his warmth, compassion and love for great ideas will ensure our culture and our creative reputation continue to thrive.”

     

    Shouvik Roy

    Added Roy: “I am delighted to join an organization that has been a lifelong inspiration for me. The advertising industry is seeing rapid change and I hope that I will be able to play a meaningful role in shaping it and make it work for Ogilvy. I am looking forward to working closely with a very bright young team here in Delhi NCR and to my interactions with the industry stalwarts at Ogilvy.”

     

    Piyush Pandey

    Said Piyush Pandey, Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide & Executive Chairman, India, The Ogilvy Group: “Talent is the lifeblood of our company. Shouvik is a refreshing new talent who will bring new skills to Ogilvy India. We are excited to have him on board and partner him on his new journey at Ogilvy. Delhi is one of our finest offices with a great young team and a fantastic client portfolio. I’m sure Shouvik will do a great job of leading the work, our clients and our people.”

     

     

  • He will partner Sumanto Chattopadhyay in leading and growing the 82.5 brand and business in India

    Kapil Arora is back in Mumbai, appointed Co-Chair & CEO of 82.5

    By A Correspondent

     

    Effective August 1, 2019, Kapil Arora will take over as Co-Chairman & CEO of 82.5 India and will partner Sumanto Chattopadhyay in leading and growing the 82.5 brand and business in India. VS Srikanth, the current CEO of WPP agency 82.5 India, will move on by the end of September 2019. Srikanth, we hear, is now moving on… no, not joining another network or setting up a new agency but getting into a venture in the Indian tourism sector.

     

    Said Piyush Pandey, Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide & Executive Chairman, India, The Ogilvy Group: “82.5 is now a strong, independent WPP agency in its own right, with great talent and even greater aspirations. Kapil will bring new energy to 82.5 Communications in India, and will partner Sumanto to take it to new heights.”

     

    Added Kapil Arora, President, Ogilvy North said: “After having built the Ogilvy offering across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi over the last 18 years, I’ve felt a strong urge for a new challenge from within the WPP group. 82.5 Communications is just that. So when I was offered the opportunity to partner Sumanto in leading 82.5, it was an obvious decision. We have an enviable set of clients and some incredible talent on board already. My mandate would be to help mould that into a relevant, winning offering that would add disproportionate value to clients.”

     

    Said Sumanto Chattopadhyay, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, 82.5 Communications: “Kapil comes with a proven track record. He is a people’s person who has built strong relationships with clients over the years. I extend a warm welcome to Kapil. I am confident that together we can take 82.5 to the next level.”

     

    So what happens at Ogilvy North, we asked. This is what we were told: First, September is some time away, and it’s likely that Big Boss and CEO Kunal Jeswani will do the trek to Delhi or spend adequate time there until the office (and clients) are in safe hands.

     

     

  • The TVC carries forward the brand’s message, ‘Kuch Naya Sochte Hain

    Milton addresses concern of every kid with its hands-free sipper offering

    By A Correspondent

     

    Milton has released its latest film for its hands-free sipper bottles for kids. The TVC carries forward the brand’s message, ‘Kuch Naya Sochte Hain’.

     

    Said Ajay Vaghani – Managing Director, Hamilton Housewares: “With the kids’ range of Milton Hands-free Sipper Bottles, we at Milton continue to pursue our belief in offering innovative products that make the lives of our customers effortless and convenient. We are keen to address a mother’s concern of germs being spread by their children’s hands onto their water bottles that make them prone to illnesses. As a leader in houseware products, we encourage mothers to let their young ones follow their curiosity, continue exploring and enjoy their adventurous days with Milton by their side.”

     

    Added Kunal Jeswani- CEO, Ogilvy: “Every child’s natural instinct is to explore, to discover and to play. Hygiene is the last thing on their minds. Milton understands this and also that parents are the ones who are constantly worried about cleanliness. With this range of hands-free sipper bottles, children can grow without the hygiene measures hindering their carefree childhood and parents can have one less thing to worry about!”

     

     

  • The ad has been conceptualized by Ogilvy India

    Milton seeks to make life easier for officegoers via latest offering

    By A Correspondent

     

    Milton has released a new TVC for its new offering – Microwow Tiffin. Conceptualised by Ogilvy India, the TVC communicates the brand proposition of providing officegoers with intelligent tiffin solutions to make lunchtime enjoyable without hampering their daily work commitments.

     

    Said Ajay Vaghani – Managing Director, Hamilton Housewares Pvt. Ltd: “The campaign highlights the underlying culture of lunch-breaks and the dilemma of every office-goer in India today. The high-standard high-pressure workplace makes one settle for cold food and rushed lunches. Small joys of having hot home-made food get compromised. Our product solves a real problem of finding the right balance between lunch breaks and work. The communication focuses on the solution by highlighting the core benefit of our tiffin while taking the viewer on a journey that is both engaging and entertaining.”

     

    Added Anurag Agnihotri – Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy India: “Milton’s microwaveable steel tiffin – Microwow solves a real problem. One can’t choose a hot lunch over  work. This innovation lets you have a piping hot lunch at any hour. The film brings this eternal conflict alive, where the boss represents work and the wife, lunch. Now one can keep both happy.’’

     

    Said Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “In today’s high-pressure work environment, small pleasures, like having a warm meal, often get sacrificed. A meal is best enjoyed when it is had warm, if not piping hot! The new Milton microwavable lunch box commercial is a simple product demo film that makes it easy to work when you need to and eat a hot meal whenever you have the time to.”

     

     

  • Shemaroo continues to redefine itself to respond to the disrupting consumer environment

    Ogilvy Mumbai wins creative mandate for Shemaroo Entertainment

    By A Correspondent

     

    Shemaroo Entertainment has awarded its creative duties to Ogilvy Mumbai. Said Hiren Gada, Director – Shemaroo Entertainment Limited: “We are delighted to have Ogilvy on board. We met multiple advertising agencies and while all of them had their own strengths, we were impressed by Ogilvy’s holistic thinking. We also found two very strong similarities between Shemaroo and Ogilvy and that is, the zeal to continuously innovate and value long term partnerships. We are really looking forward to an effective partnership.”

     

    Added Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “All brands go through cycles of evolution. Today, Shemaroo is perfectly poised to leverage its market insight, domain expertise and fantastic array of content to build its next cycle of brand value. Ogilvy is proud to partner with Shemaroo on this journey as a new age agency, building real brand value for our clients.”

     

     

  • Ajay Gahlaut has been named CCO, Ogilvy North & Deputy CCO, Ogilvy India

    Ogilvy India restructures for new Integrated Creative Leadership

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ogilvy India has announce anew, Integrated Creative Leadership structure.  This will be effective August 1 as follows:

    :: Ajay Gahlaut has been named Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy North and Deputy CCO, Ogilvy India

    :: Sukesh Nayak, Kainaz Karmakar and Harshad Rajadhyaksha have been named Chief Creative Officers, Ogilvy West

    :: Mahesh Gharat and Azazul Haque are named Chief Creative Officers, Ogilvy South

     

    Ajay Gahlaut
    Kainaz Karmarkar
    Harshad Rajadhyaksha

    All CCOs will report directly to Sonal Dabral, Group CCO and Vice Chairman Ogilvy India.They will lead the newly integrated creative departments across Ogilvy’s offices in India, bringing advertising and digital creatives together into cohesive, integrated units to serve our clients better.

     

     

     

    Sukesh Nayak
    Azazul Haque
    Mahesh Gharat

    Said Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and Creative Director, Ogilvy South Asia on the elevations:  Every Ogilvy office in India has fantastic young creative leaders at the helm. Their work speaks for them. Ajay, Sukesh, Kainaz, Harshad, Azaz and Mahesh will lead the new integrated creative culture in each of our offices with positivity and freshness. They have the maturity and sensitivity to partner the senior talent we have in each office, and lead them as a team. New energy is essential to keep creative cultures vibrant and the new integrated mandate will lead to deeper integrated, better work across our clients.

     

    Added Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India:  “Ajay, Sukesh, Harshad, Kainaz, Azaz and Mahesh represent the best of Ogilvy creative leadership. The work each of them has championed over the last few years is already new age, integrated work for our biggest clients, and is clearly head and shoulders above the best in our industry. Ogilvy is the epitome of divine discontent, constantly striving to produce better, more creative and more effective work for our clients. Putting these creative leaders in integrated creative leadership roles is both a recognition of their talent and a reflection of our commitment to driving creative excellence across every consumer touch point.”

     

  • And this is what Ogilvy CEO Kunal Jeswani said: We don't create work to win awards. We just bring our best game to every client and every brief. That's how we win

    Young people at Ogilvy India have done us proud: Piyush Pandey

    By A Correspondent

     

    Outside of the rich pickings by McCann Health, for more conventional advertising work, Ogilvy India bagged nine metals – Two Golds, two Silvers and five Bronzes.

     

    Here’s what Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & Creative Director, Ogilvy South Asia said: “I am very happy for the young people who work at Ogilvy India and have done us proud.  My congratulations to all other agencies in India.” Added Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India:  “People often ask me what differentiates Ogilvy. As consumers move seamlessly from one platform to the next and agencies and marketers struggle to keep up, what should clients look to Ogilvy for?  What is the one thing that we rally our people and services around, that defines us and sets us apart?  It is the ability to tell great brand stories and build brand love.  The nine Lions we picked up at the 2017 Cannes Festival is recognition from one of the toughest competitions in our industry, that we do this incredible well.  Great clients and great teams partner to create great work at Ogilvy every day.  How do we do this consistently? We don’t create work to win awards.  We just bring our best game to every client and every brief. That’s how we win.”

     

    Said Kainaz Karmakar and HarshadRajadhyaksha, the creative leaders on Savlon Chalk Sticks which is possibly the second most awarded campaign at 2017 Cannes (after McCann’s Afghanistan ministry of health):  “Savlon’s Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks is simple, surprising and effective,  That is the reason why juries from around the world have thought it to be worthy of such heavy metals, in such large numbers. Beauty Tips by Reshma also got us the highly regarded Lion for Creative Effectiveness. The honesty of this campaign cuts through the clutter and goes straight to the heart,  We are beyond happy and we share this glory with our rockstar teams and our brave clients. “

     

  • As many as five Black Elephants and 96 Blue Elephants were awarded this year

    Ogilvy maxes Kyoorius Creative Awards yet again

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Kyoorius Creative Awards 2017 were presented in Mumbai on Saturday in the fourth edition of the event. A total of five black elephants and 96 blue elephants were awarded across Advertising, Digital and Media categories in an event that was presented with style, as the awards night has been over all its four editions.

     

    While Ogivly won the maxium number of blue elephants, the five black elephants winners were:

    1.Ogilvy & Mather for Savlon Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks

    2. Early Man Films Pvt. Ltd. for The Hindu

    3. Kinetic Worldwide for Mukhota – The life saving mask

    4. FCB Interface for World’s 1st Streets Named after Street Kids

    5. Response India for Fat Feed Fashion | Instagram to Insta-fashion

     

    Said Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “What a great night for Ogilvy India at the Kyoorius Awards. Nothing makes me happier than to see such a fantastic width of Ogilvy talent creating so much great work across so many of our clients. There is no shortcut to great work. You need the best talent in the house. You need them to push their own limits, constantly reinvent themselves and play as a team. And you need great clients who trust you and partner you. Today, I am thankful that we have all three.”

     

    Added Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia on his agency winning six Blue Elephants: “It’s very encouraging to witness a greater number of elephants being won across clients. Being a platform that celebrates creativity, it is a great recognition for all the disruptive work done across wins. These wins certainly motivates us to do better in the coming years.”

     

    Commenting on the awards, Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder & CEO, Kyoorius said: “This year again has been a successful year for Kyoorius Creative Awards. I am happy with the response that we have got for having a transparent open jury process and we shall continue to do so.”

     

    A total of 1823 entries were received from 304 entrants. The total number of in-book winners were 307, with a total of 88 blue elephants awarded and five black elephants. There were eight Colors awards presented. The winner of the Times of India Power of Print award was JWT with the runners-up being FCB Interface and Havas Worldwide.