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  • Desai has been an integral part of GREY for over 20-years and has worked in Grey Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka and Colombo

    Ketan Desai named Group COO at Grey India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ketan Desai

    Grey group has announced that Ketan Desai, President North & West, Grey Group India, will be taking on the role of Group Chief Operating Officer (COO).

     

    Said Nirvik Singh, Global COO and Chairman & CEO, GREY group AMEA: “I strongly believe that data-driven digital solutions powered by creativity, in a unified structure -is the way forward. Ketan is a seasoned and trusted leader who consistently delivers results and is uniquely qualified to drive our strategic vision focused on growth and creativity by aligning our creative, data and best-in-class digital offering.”

     

     

  • Yashaswini Samat – current CEO of GREY India will be relocating to Singapore to take up a Senior integrated role for WPP/GREY. She will continue to report to Singh

    Grey rejigs top deck. Merges Grey with Autumn Grey. Anusha Shetty is Chairman & Group CEO. Sandipan Bhattacharyya is MD & CCO

    By A Correspondent

     

    Grey group has announced a new structure and go-to market strategy in India. The creativie agency Grey Group has been merged with Autumn Grey. Anusha Shetty, CEO Autumn Grey, has been appointed Chairman & Group CEO, Grey Group India. Yashaswini Samat – current CEO of GREY India will be relocating to Singapore to take up a Senior integrated role for WPP/GREY. She will continue to report to Singh.

     

    Anusha Shetty

    Prior to this, Shetty has held progressive assignments in agencies like Lowe and Euro RSCG, working on multiple brands including; Intel, Titan, Unilever, Honeywell, to name just a few.

     

    Shetty will work closely with Nirvik Singh to ensure a seamless transition of leadership as they combine the creative strength of Grey with data-driven digital solutions from Autumn Grey, to create a future-facing agency model and framework.

     

    Sandipan Bhattacharyya

    Meanwhile, Sandipan Bhattacharyya, CCO, has been promoted to Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer, Grey group India. Bhattacharyya has over 20 years of experience in advertising, prior to GREY he has worked at BBDO India, Enterprise Nexus and Saatchi & Saatchi.

     

    Said Nirvik Singh, Global COO Grey Group and Chairman & CEO, GREY AMEA: “Anusha is one of those unique talents who possesses a rare combination of digital & social media knowledge along with entrepreneurial flair & business acumen. She is a natural-born leader who along with her team, will bring ideal digital, creative and business solutions to clients across various industries. I think with her wealth of experience she is the right person to take the agency to the next level. This is very much a game-changing moment for Grey India. Sandi (Sandipan Bhattacharyya) is extremely talented and has been instrumental in taking Grey’s creativity to a global level. His creative direction & storytelling expertise is a conversation starter and his campaigns are found in the middle of pop culture. With a dual approach of Creative and Digital working in unison, Grey is in the right place to create more ground-breaking, famously effective work for its clients.”

     

     

  • Singh will retain the position of Chairman and CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa and will be in Singapore.

    Nirvik Singh is Global COO, Grey Group (scooped by MxM on Jan 30)

    By A Correspondent

     

    Nirvik Singh
    Nirvik Singh

    We told you so. On January 30, 2019, MxMIndia scooped the news that Nirvik Singh was to be Global COO. We had heard then the news was to be revealed in a few weeks (Do see: https://www.mxmindia.com/2019/01/exclusive-nirvik-singh-to-be-worldwide-coo-grey-group/

    ). Add a few dozen weeks, and Michael Houston, Worldwide CEO of Grey group, has announced the appointment of Singh as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Grey Group, a new global position.

     

    A thirty-year veteran of Grey Group and having started his career in Grey India, Singh has served as Chairman and CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa since 2016, a post he will retain, headquartered in Singapore.

     

    As COO, Singh will lead the development of Grey’s borderless integrated marketing model; identify acquisition targets and new capabilities to enhance the agency’s best-in-class offering and build its future-facing digital, social, shopper marketing and design practices, notes a communique.

     

    Said Houston: “For three decades, Nirvik has been a prime mover in Grey’s growth and development in Asia, and most recently, in the Middle East and Africa.  I know he will bring the same single-minded dedication and achievement to his expanded responsibilities.  He will work closely with me to broaden our reach and resources for the future.”

     

    Added Singh: “I am looking forward to implementing Grey’s global strategic plans and working with diverse talents and teams from across the different regions.  We have seen success in pulling in our collective resources for our borderless strategy, which encompasses agility and seamless creativity.  There are ample opportunities to leverage the agency’s centers of excellence and promote collaboration across all our offices.  We are always thinking of how best to serve our clients, and I am excited and motivated to be a part of this journey.”

  • According to sources, an announcement on this has been made internally and the media will be informed in a few days

    Exclusive: Nirvik Singh to be Worldwide COO, Grey Group

    By A Correspondent

    Nirvik Singh

    India is indeed shining on the global advertising industry map. Senior advertising and marketing services professional Nirvik Singh is said to be taking charge as Worldwide Chief Operating Officer of the WPP-owned Grey Group. Singh has served as Chairman & CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific since 2009. In December 2016, Singh was promoted and given the additional responsibility as Chairman & CEO Middle East and Africa, in addition to his current role of Chairman & CEO Asia Pacific.

    He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Raymond Apparel and on the Board of retail gian Shoppers Stop.

    According to sources, an announcement on this has been made internally and the media will be informed in a few days.

     

     

  • Samathas been Grey for 25 years, having joined the agency as an Account Director on Pantene

    Yashaswini Samat takes charge as Chairman & MD of Grey. Sunil Lulla exits, rumoured to be joining Balaji as Group CEO

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    Yashaswini Samat
    Sunil Lulla

    The winds of change are blowing at Grey India. Or have blown already, one may say. Yashaswini Samat, who has been leading P&G, Grey’s biggest clientfor the AMEA region, will be adding to her current responsibilities and has been promoted to Chairman and Managing Director, GreyGroup India. Based in Mumbai, she will work closely with Nirvik Singh, Chairman& CEO, Grey Group Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, to grow the business and address current client needs. Samat takes over from Sunil Lulla who joined the agency to helm it since 2014. Lulla, it is rumoured, is likely to join Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms.

     

    Yashaswini (Yash), an alumnus of IIM Kolkata, has been Grey for 25 years, having joined the agency as an Account Director on Pantene. She has led and mentored large teams across different geographies (Europe, Asia and North America), diverse disciplines and cultures. Before moving back to Asia, Samat was Global Brand Agency Leader for Pantene based out of New York.

     

    Nirvik Singh

    Said Nirvik Singh, Chairman & CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa on the tranisition: “Sunil has done a tremendous job with all aspects of the agency – the creative work and accolades, the working culture and environment and his winning ways which has landed us so many high-caliber clients. Grey is among the few major agencies in India which has demonstrated growth in 2017. It has continued to add strong clients to its already premium roster and with Yash at the helm I am confident we will build exponentially on this success.”

     

    Added Samat in a statement: “I wish Sunil the very best and want to thank him for all that he has done at the agency to bring it to where it is. I am excited to be heading the Grey Group India business and will continue to make strategic decisions which will benefit our clients. The nurturing Grey culture, one which recognizes, supports and encourages women to reach the very top of their game is one of the many reasons why I have been with this company for so many wonderful years. Grey has given me many opportunities during my working career and I am as motivated and keen to make an impact now, as I was when I first joined.”

     

     

  • MÃ¥nsTesch comes on board in the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer for Grey Group Asia Pacific

    Grey Group strengthens its Singapore and APAC leadership teams with new hires

    By A Correspondent

     

    Grey Group has unveiled a set of triple hires in a move to bolster its leadership core in Asia, with a special focus on Grey Group Singapore. The trio will play an instrumental role in deepening Grey Group Singapore’s creative offerings and creative processes, as well as drive the ongoing digital transformation of the company, across the region. The senior appointments demonstrate Grey’s commitment to design a path for repositioning and expanding its services, in order to focus on growth as well as meet clients’ needs.

     

    MånsTesch comes on board in the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer for Grey Group Asia Pacific in order to lead the strategy teams and set the strategic direction across the region and to oversee Grey’s continued immersion into the areas of innovation, mobile and social.

     

    MarthinusStrydom has been appointed to the role of Global Creative Leader, Team GSK, Grey Group Singapore.  He will work closely with Ali Shabaz (Chief Creative Officer, Grey Group, South East Asia) to set the overall creative direction for Grey’s GSK operations. In line with the agency’s reputation for creative excellence, he will be responsible for fostering an even-deeper culture of creativity and accelerate Team GSK’s digital transformation. Over the span of his much-lauded career, Marthinus’ work has been recognized at the D&AD, Webby, Cannes, One Show, Effies, and has been featured on the Gunn Report and other prominent industry publications.

     

    The two appointments follow that of key senior hire, Neil Cotton, who has joined in the dual role ofGlobal Strategy Director for GSK and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for Grey Group Singapore.His career has seen him collaborate with many exciting brands such as Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Heineken, Audi, IBM, and Nokia, amongst others.

     

    On the hiring for Grey Group Singapore, Nirvik Singh, Chairman & CEO, Grey Group Asia Pacific, Middle East, & Africa said: “In order to enhance Grey’s core leadership team, we continue to hire world-class talents in Neil Cotton and MarthinusStrydom. They have deep knowledge and proven track records in their specific areas of expertise and their roles are directed towards delivering our very best for our clients.”

     

  • He will oversee Grey Middle East and Africa in addition to current Asia Pacific role

    Nirvik Singh takes on expanded role of overseeing Middle East & Africa

     

     

    Nirvik Singh, Chairman and CEO of Grey Asia Pacific since 2009, will take on the additional role of Chairman and CEO for Grey ‘s Middle East and Africa region.  A 27-year industry veteran of the New York City-headquartered Grey Group, Singh has played a key role in the growth and development of the network’s offerings across Asia.

     

    Said Jim Heekin, Chairman and CEO, Grey Group (Global): “Nirvik has been a prime mover in our dynamic growth and development in Asia.  He has been relentless in building our geographic footprint with premier acquisitions, accelerating our offerings in a host of disciplines including digital and shopper and raising the creative bar. He has won every major professional award in Asia.  I know he will bring the same single-minded dedication and achievement to his added responsibilities”

     

    In his newly elevated role, Singh will continue to work closely with Jim Heekin, Chairman and CEO, Grey Group, and Michael Houston, Global President of Grey.

     

  • The annual advertising festival is scheduled to be held in Singapore from September 16-18. P&G Asia is 'Advertiser of the Year

    Prasoon Joshi, Nirvik Singh to speak at Spikes Asia 2012

    By A Correspondent

     

    Prasoon Joshi

    The finishing touches are being added to the annual Asia-Pacific Awards and Festival for creative excellence in advertising and communications – Spikes Asia – is set to happen in Singapore from September 16-18.

     

    With a record number of entries and delegates expected, Spikes Asia 2012 is set to be an exciting and outstanding event, the organizers say. Said Terry Savage, Chairman of Lions Festivals: “There is a huge amount happening at Spikes Asia this year with many different elements combining to create a massive creative hub where regional work will be celebrated and admired, industry issues will be discussed and debated and creativity will be ignited. With early indications showing that both entries and delegates will be at an all-time-high, Spikes Asia continues to build and reflect, remaining at the forefront and therefore making it an invaluable date on the industry calendar.”

     

    As many as 30 seminars focusing on creativity and learning and The Forum where attendees the chance can interact with speakers specific themes are on anvil. Some of these are: the creative future of media; creativity in mobile advertising; consumer insights and understanding people; creativity in branded content and entertainment; and the creative future of technology. Prasoon Joshi and Nirvik Singh are among the speakers invited from India. Indian stand-up artist Papa CJ is scheduled to perform. Details can be accessed at www.spikes.asia

     

    Meanwhile, Spikes Asia will present this year’s Advertiser of the Year 2012 award to P&G Asia.

     

    Freddy Bharucha, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia P&G, who will be presented with the award.