Professional Public Relations (PPR) Worldwide has announced the launch of its India operations. A part of WPP, PPR is a full service consulting firm and has been in the public relations and strategic marketing communications business for more than 45 years. The consultancy is building on this experience as it establishes offices in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
“With a heritage of 45 years as Australia’s leading PR agency, and accolades such as ‘The Top 10 Fastest Growing PR Agencies’ by The Holmes Report as well as consecutively awarded the PR World Awards ‘World’s Most Innovative PR Agency’ in 2014 and 2015, we are incredibly excited to launch PPR’s South Asia presence. India is an important milestone in our international expansion given the potential for future growth in the marketing and communications industry here. We are confident that we will continue to build on our promise of being a creative and an integrated specialist that finds the right solutions for our clients,†said Richard Lazar, Managing Director and CEO of PPR Asia-Pacific.
The core start-up team at PPR South Asia comprises seasoned professionals – Vandana Sandhir, Country Lead; Bhuvnesh Chawla, Business Lead; and Mona Puri, Managing Partner – North.  Prior to taking over the PPR South Asia role, Vandana was the India Practice Chair, Corporate & Financial, at Genesis Burson-Marsteller wherein she led key client relationships across financial services, infrastructure, consulting, defence and aviation, travel, healthcare, loyalty programmes, manufacturing, automotive, energy, oil and gas and education.
“As a strong believer in the power of insights-based communications, we are excited to introduce PPR in India. We have the heart of a start-up: We are entrepreneurial in our culture and passionate about our clients’ business. We are putting together a mix of integrated communication capabilities that can deliver the right stories, to the right people, in the right places and at the right time,†said Sandhir.