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  • While Ahuja will be MD, 20:20 MSL, George will be MD of Publicis Consultants Asia

    Amrit Ahuja & Viju George elevated as Chetan Mahajan quits MSL

     

     

    MSLGroup India, the Publicis Group’ strategic communications and engagement firm, has announced the elevation of Amrit Ahuja & Viju George as Managing Directors of 20:20 MSL and Publicis Consultants Asia respectively. Meanwhile, Chetan Mahajan has left the group Amit Misra has also been elevated as CEO of MSLGroup’s India operations. It may be recalled that both Misra and Mahajan were appointed co-MDs in November 2014.

     

    Ahuja who heads the Technology Practice for MSL in Asia, has been promoted to lead 20:20 MSL as Managing Director, effective December 1. Also, Publicis Consultants Asia will now operationally work as an individual brand. George has been elevated to head Publicis Consultants Asia as Managing Director, also effective December 1. Ahuja and Viju fill the roles vacated by Mahajan, who is leaving the firm after 18 years to pursue opportunities outside of Publicis Groupe.

     

    Making the announcement, MSLGroup India CEO, Amit Misra said: “Amrit and Viju are fantastic colleagues with whom I have had the privilege of working over the past three-odd years. Their knowledge of the industry, market and understanding of our strategic regional and global vision are key assets that our clients value immensely. Under their leadership I see our brands growing from strength-to-strength,” adding: “Chetan has been a great partner and colleague. His hard work and passion to grow the firm’s business in India has been unfaltering. We thank him for his valuable contribution and wish him the very best for his future.”

     

    Added Glenn Osaki, MSLGroup Asia President, said, “2016 has been a banner year for MSLGroup in Asia, and India has led the way as one of our top performers globally. Amit Misra’srecent appointment as India CEO has galvanised the firm nationally and fulfilled the Publicis Groupe’s vision for the “Power of One.” Now the promotions of Amrit Ahuja and Viju George as MDs reporting directly to Amit are not only tributes to their immense talent, but also signify our commitment to a multi-brand strategy to serve the diverse needs of our clients and staff in the market.”

     

  • MSLGROUP Asia has promotes social media thought leader Gaurav Mishra to VP of Insights, Innovation and Social

    Gaurav Mishra now VP Insights,Innovation & Social for Asia @ MSL in Shanghai

    Gaurav Mishra

    By A Correspondent

     

    MSLGROUP Asia, Publicis Groupe’s flagship strategic communications and engagement company, has announced the promotion of Gaurav Mishra to VP of Insights, Innovation and Social in Asia.

     

    Reporting to both MSLGROUP Asia President, Glenn Osaki, and MSLGROUP Chief Strategy Officer, Pascal Beucler, Mr Mishra will relocate from Mumbai to Shanghai to deepen his focus on the dynamic Greater China market.

     

    He previously held the role of Asia Director for Social Media at MSLGROUP, supporting 1400+ staff across 38 offices in the region.

     

    Glenn Osaki, President MSLGROUP Asia commented, “Gaurav has helped grow MSLGROUP’s specialist ‘Social Hive’ team to over 100 dedicated staff in Asia. His expertise and industry reputation are second to none.”

     

    In his newly expanded role, Mr Mishra will continue to develop MSLGROUP’s Social Hive practice across Asia. He will also support Mr Beucler on selected global insights and innovation projects, including the People’s Lab (www.peopleslab.mslgroup.com) for crowdsourcing insights and innovations, and PurPle (Purpose + People) (www.purple.mslgroup.com) for catalyzing collaborative social innovation and grassroots change movements.

     

    “I’m delighted Gaurav will work more closely with the global team,” said Mr Beucler. “In everything we have partnered on in the last year, Gaurav has created true value for the organization. A true insights specialist, he’s also excellent at training staff and guiding clients with the highest level of strategy and insight.”

     

    Before joining MSLGROUP, Mr Mishra studied at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, held senior marketing roles at the Tata Group, taught social media at Georgetown University as the 2008-09 Yahoo! Fellow, launched a crowd-sourced election monitoring platform Vote Report India and co-founded the social media agency 2020 Social, which was acquired by Publicis Groupe in 2010.