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  • The mandate is for the Indian subcontinent with a total media value of Rs 200 crores

    MediaCom bags Parle Agro mandate

    By A Correspondent

     

    Following a competitive multi-agency pitch that lasted for well over three months, beverage major Parle Agro has awarded its media mandate to MediaCom India. The account has been serviced by OMD.

     

    As the full form AOR for Parle Agro in India, MediaCom will be responsible for the media strategy, planning, buying and implementation for all media including its key brands – Frooti, Appy & Appy Fizz in India. The mandate is for the Indian subcontinent with a total media value of Rs 200 crores.

     

    Said Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director and CMO, Parle Agro: “We are happy to have MediaCom on board. As Parle Agro gears up for the next level of growth, our strategic partnership with MediaCom will help drive our aggressive targets through innovative and disruptive media strategies.“

     

    Commenting on the win, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Group M South Asia, added: “First, massive congratulations to MediaCom on the Parle Agro business win. It’s a very special moment for us. It is a fantastic opportunity to work on the portfolio of iconic brands across the Parle Agro group. And am confident Navin and his team will continue to bring in their collective experience and leverage our network’s strengths to deliver the best for Parle Agro’s portfolio of brands.”

     

    Added Navin Khemka, CEO, MediaCom South Asia: “Parle Agro has a long and illustrious history – it has established leading household beverage brands by creating innovative and iconic products for over 34 years. We are completely in sync with their philosophy – and what makes this partnership even more exciting is that pursuing growth is our primary target, which calls for an extremely dynamic association. We are looking forward to creating an unmatched brand experience for our consumers. ”

     

    The account will be managed and supervised from the MediaCom Mumbai office. MediaCom will begin working on the account from December 2019.

     

     

  • The 300+ cr account was won following a multi-agency pitch

    m/Six bags media mandate of Emami

    By A Correspondent

     

    m/SIX, a unit of GroupM, has bagged the AoR media mandate of key Emami Group businesses such as Emami Ltd, Emami  Agrotech Ltd, and Emami Cement Ltd. The account will be handled by the agency’s Mumbai and Kolkata offices and the scope entails the television buying and implementation responsibilities.

     

    Harsh Agarwal

    Said Harsh Agarwal, Director – Emami Limited: “We are happy to have m/SIX on board and look forward to the value-add they promise to bring to servicing of the mandate.  We are confident that with the very dynamic and fast changing media scenario, m/SIX with their global presence and wide experience and expertise will be able to develop a robust strategy for our media buying to add impetus to all our marketing initiatives.”

     

    Prasanth Kumar

    Added Prasanth Kumar, CEO GroupM South Asia: “It’s a great win for m/SIX and we are excited and delighted to partner with Emami. Emami Limited, Emami Agrotech and Emami Cement are great brands and these wins are the testament of great efforts and solutions that the team brings on to the table for our clients.” He added, “These wins motivate us and we will continue to work with our partners to deliver the best.”

     

     

  • IAA Leadership Awards inducts Kaushik Roy into the IAA Hall of Fame and recongises industry leaders and CMOs

    IAA India conducts leadership awards

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India chapter of the International Advertising Association inducted veteran mediaperson Kaushik Roy into the IAA Hall of Fame. Roy was recognised at the sevent edition of the annual IAA Leadership Awards held in Mumbai on Friday.

     

    Other awards presented were Media Agency Leader of the Year to Prasanth Kumar, GroupM; IAA TV Anchor of the Year to Rahul Kanwal of the India Today Group, IAA Media Person of the Year to Sanjay Gupta, Star India and IAA Media Game Changer of the Year to Virendra Gupta  and Umang Bedi of  Dailyhunt.

     

    Also recognised in the evening were a variety of industry leaders. See List below

     

    Said Punit Goenka, President, IAA India, MD & CEO, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd: “The IAA India Chapter has been working relentlessly to enhance the stature of our marquee properties to enrich them with engaging and thought provoking conversations, and celebrate the commendable work being done by leaders across sectors. The 7th  edition of the IAA Leadership Awards was one such exceptional evening that celebrated and applauded true leaders who have positively contributed to the economy, changed the landscape of the M&E industry and created global brands. The support received from the guests present at the event reinforces our commitment to keep working towards creating initiatives that benefit the M&E industry.”

     

    Added Dr Bhaskar Das, Group President, Republic TV, Co-Chairperson of IAA Leadership Awards: “ IAA Leadership Awards is a humble attempt to honour industry doyens in the fields of Marketing, Advertising and Media, who have made enormous professional contributions and delivered business success to their companies. Because only we know the challenges, the hardships, the dilemma of ethics, the sacrifices and the tough decisions that go into making a leader – to stand tall, to stand true.”

     

    A panel discussion was moderated by CVL Srinivas, Country Manager-WPP India, on “Platform is critical. Content be dammed” with panellists from across the media ecosystem: Punit Misra, CEO- Domestic Broadcast Business, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Sameer Nair, CEO-Applause Entertainment, Nandini Dias, CEO-Lodestar UM, and  Pooja Jauhari, CEO –The Glitch. The panelists discussed how content, platform and the consumer are interlinked and how content and platform is a function of time and how data driven insights are helpful in generating timely content.

     

    Srinivasan Swamy, Chairman and World President IAA, who was also present on the occasion, said: “We can now trace the progress of Chapters geographically”. The second being to promote education across.

     

    In his acceptance speech, Kaushik Roy who is President Brand Strategy & Marketing Communication at Reliance Industries Limited, said: “It is a great honour that doesn’t come easy, especially from IAA that has been a global body for 80 years. One must keep the fire in the belly alive: To Grow – Stay Hungry”.

     


    Winner List – 7th Edition of the IAA Leadership Awards 2019

  • PK, as Prasanth Kumar is better known, will take up the CEO role with immediate effect

    Prasanth Kumar takes over as GroupM CEO

    By A Correspondent

     

    GroupM Asia Pacific announced the elevation of GroupM South Asia COO, Prasanth Kumar, to CEO. Sam Singh is leaving the GroupM CEO role in a little over a year after taking charge. While Singh will leave GroupM at the end of June. PK, as Prasanth Kumar is better known, will take up the CEO role with immediate effect.

     

    Said Mark Patterson, CEO, GroupM Asia Pacific: “PK has performed to the highest levels for 15 years in GroupM and agency leadership roles. He is uniquely and perfectly positioned to take on the CEO role, working closely with myself and CVL Srinivas (our WPP Country Manager), our local leadership team, clients and media partners. We have ambitious plans to continue to leading growth in the market as we help our clients fulfil their ambitions. It’s an exciting time for India, and the region and the future is bright. PK has been very much a part of our success to date and will be in the years to come in his new role. I’d like to thank Sam for his hard work and leadership and wish him all the best in his new role. No doubt, we will work closely with him and his new team in the future.”

     

    Added Srinivas: “PK has contributed immensely to the success of GroupM in India and South Asia through the various roles he has enjoyed since joining us back in 2004. His passion for the business, never say die attitude and a strong commitment to our clients and partners have earned him a great deal of respect across the board. I have enjoyed working with him and am excited to see him lead GroupM South Asia. I’d like to thank Sam for his leadership and wish him the very best”.

     

    Said Sam Singh: “Heartiest congratulations to PK on his promotion. It has been an absolute privilege working with GroupM this last one year. The friends that I have made, are friends for life. First hand I’ve seen the excellence and passion that the GroupM people bring to work every day; and the bonds that they have with their clients and the passion for their brands. I wish GroupM all the success. To ensure a smooth transition, PK and I will be closely working together.”

     

    And this is what PK said on his new role: “I am humbled at the opportunity to take on the CEO role for GroupM in one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing markets in the world. When it comes to advertising and media, India has made its mark on the global stage and success with our consumers is of vital importance to some of the world’s biggest advertisers.  It’s been thrilling to be with GroupM as we’ve led the way and there is much more to come”

     

     

  • India is the fastest ad market in the world, notes GroupM’s TYNY report

    GroupM forecasts 14% adspends growth

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, announced its advertising expenditure (AdEx) forecasts for India for the year 2019.  As per the ‘This Year, Next Year’ (TYNY) 2019 report, India tops the list as the fastest growing major ad market in the world. TYNY forecasts India’s advertising investment to reach an estimated Rs. 80,678 crores this year. This represents strong estimated growth of 14%, for the calendar year 2019 (approx 2x of the GDP growth).

     

    India will be the third highest contributor to the incremental ad spends, only behind China and USA and the tenth fastest growing country with respect to ad spends across the globe.

     

    The Cricket World Cup and Elections in 2019 are expected to boost adspends. FMCG, Auto, Retail, e-commerce, Tech/Telecom are expected to contribute to 2/3rd of the AdEx. According to GroupM, the special events of the year (World Cup Cricket and Elections) will add around 3 per cent to the 11 per cent organic growth forecast for the year.

     

    Speaking on the TYNY 2019 report, Sam Singh, CEO – GroupM South Asia said: “While we are estimating the global advertising expenditure to grow at 3.6%, India would be witnessing the fastest growth at 14% and reach an estimated Rs.80,578 crores. This would be approximately 2x of the estimated GDP growth in India. This also makes India the third largest adex growth to the worldwide ad spends. We expect sustained and stable media investment growth across categories in India”

     

    This year 37% of incremental ad pends will go towards digital advertising including mobile. The scale at which we are witnessing this digital transformation, GroupM estimates the Digital Adex to continue to grow by 30% in 2019 to Rs. 16,038 crores.

     

    Added Prasanth Kumar, Chief Operating Officer – GroupM South Asia: “Indian adspends CAGR between 2014-2018 is at 13% and 2019 expected to witness a higher growth. India is unique among key markets and will witness growth in all media segments and not just digital. Offline media is poised to continue to grow and will contribute to being around 80% of ad spends in 2019.”

     

    Television will continue to grow at a steady pace. This year, the growth rate for TV is estimated to be 15%.

     

    Print is estimated to grow by 2.2% and the share of print to all media is expected to be at 23%. While it is expected for both English and regional languages to grow, regional will see slightly higher growth. Vernacular will continue to thrive on both TV and print.

     

    This year radio is expected to grow at 15% which is higher than the last couple of years. Cinema will grow at 25% in 2019, as 2018 saw more titles winning audience at the box office. In 2019 GroupM expects cinema to shift from title-based advertising to continued advertising through the year. Lower tax on cinema tickets is expected to drive more footfalls to theatres.

     

    GroupM also presented some of the biggest trends that will shape the media Industry in India in 2019. The trends presented were around emerging technology, data, content creation and distribution put the consumer at the center and underline the theme of digital driving the change across all formats of media. The trends touched upon the TRAI tariff order implementation as well its potential impact of increasing original programming and investments on content across broadcaster networks.

     

    Said Tushar Vyas, President Growth and Transformation – GroupM South Asia: “With the surge of technology, better insights and relevant engagement across different platforms, we are expecting marketers to build superior consumer connections for brands. 2019 will witness a faster growth in digital and we are expecting digital to be at 20% media mix. As we are witnessing one in every three Indians digitally connected, we can expect the convergence of data, digital and content to deliver seamless and powerful solutions to brands as well as constantly adding inventive practices into the market.”  ESP Properties head Vinit Karnik also spoke on the occasion.

     

    TYNY 2019 Media Handout

  • Prasanth Kumar is COO – S Asia, Tushar Vyas, President Growth & Transformation, S Asia , MAPS is CEO, Mindshare & Amin Lakhani, COO, Mindshare

    On R-Day eve, GroupM rejigs top deck

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    Okay, the Republic Day reference was just for effect. It’s just a coincidence. Also, the news has been doing the rounds for a bit.

     

    After announcing a new CEO in Sameer ‘Sam’ Singh last year, GroupM South Asia has announced a significant restructuring in its leadership. Effective immediately, Prasanth Kumar (PK) is named Chief Operating Officer, South Asia, and Tushar Vyas is named President Growth and Transformation, South Asia. Both are new roles in the organisation, notes a commuique.

     

    Meanwhile, Parthasarathy Mandayam (Maps) is named Mindshare’s CEO for South Asia and Amin Lakhani is named Mindshare’s Chief Operating Officer in South Asia.

     

    Now here’s what the communique adds:

     

    As Chief Operating Officer, PK will be responsible for operational excellence, i.e. ensuring client expectations are reliably met by continuously improving processes ensuring clients are successful today. He will guide and lead the teams across OpCos, Trading and Specialised Units to execute the same more consistently and reliably to drive client delight while fortifying partnerships.

     

    Most recently as Mindshare’s CEO, PK oversaw Mindshare’s rapid expansion in the market, bringing it to a market-leading position and winning numerous global awards. During his tenure, he developed a record for the most number of new business wins by a single market and created a tradition of external accolades, including a Glass Lion at Cannes, a Grand Prix at WARC and an average of over 250 external awards per year. Mindshare India was also recognized globally as #2 in the Gunn report. Prior to Mindshare, he led the GroupM Central Trading Group across South Asia and championed exciting partnerships in digital and traditional media.

     

    Tushar Vyas will take over the role of President Growth and Transformation. In his new role, Tushar will drive digital transformation and focus on building GroupM wide capability focusing on Digital, Data, Analytics, and Content, and working across GroupM to ensure our clients are ahead of the curve for tomorrow.

     

    Before taking over his current role of the Chief Strategy Officer at GroupM, Tushar launched the Digital Media Agency business unit (Interaction) for GroupM India and built a 600+ member team by expanding services in areas like content, search, programmatic buying, mobile, digital activation, social insight and digital analytics. Today, GroupM’s digital media practice is the largest digital media solution provider with more than 500+ active clients. Under his leadership, the digital practice was a regular at all the major digital and media awards. He was also part of SureWaves start-up team focused on Media technology.

     

    Speaking on the new appointments, Sam Singh, CEO, GroupM South Asia said: “PK and Tushar are passionate leaders with high integrity and proven ability to envision and deliver successful outcomes in a challenging environment. As we become a more data-centric organization, there is a need to drive transformation and build future capabilities with a focus on Digital, Data, Analytics, and Content. We must work across GroupM to drive organizational transformation and operational excellence. The new team structure is another step in this direction.”

     

    He added, “I am also sad to announce that Lakshmi Narasimhan, our Chief Growth Officer for GroupM South Asia, has decided to step down from his current role effective January 31, 2019, to pursue personal interests. I thank him for his contributions over the years and wish him all the best. We will miss him as we continue to build upon his hard work and passion. Lakshmi was instrumental in building our strong trading community with solid practices”.

     

    Parthasarathy Mandayam (Maps) will take over the role of Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Mindshare, South Asia effective February 1, 2019. Maps takes on the role from PK, who will be moving to his new role within GroupM.

     

    Maps has spent 10+ years with Mindshare in various leadership roles – Data, Insights, Analytics, Strategy, Client Leadership and Business Unit leadership. He will report into Sam Singh, CEO GroupM, South Asia, Prasanth Kumar – COO – GroupM South Asia and Amrita Randhawa, CEO Mindshare Asia Pacific.

     

    Going forward, Amin Lakhani will take on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Mindshare South Asia.

     

    Lakhani has over 20 years’ experience in various roles in Mindshare and GroupM and is currently leading Client leadership at Mindshare. He will continue to be based out of Mumbai.

     

    Talking on the latest developments, Prasanth Kumar, the new GroupM COO, said: “Our industry is an ever-mutating one, so we have to also continue to evolve and adapt. With Maps and Amin now at the helm of Mindshare, we have leaders with a proven track record of consistently achieving clients’ business goals. They will continue cultivating client relationships at the highest level and delivering great results.”

     

    With investment in data, technology, and diverse talent, GroupM aims to shape the future and transform business challenges into opportunities for clients.

     

     

  • The 30-plus account wins include Unilever Digital business, SBI Life Insurance, Disney, Pharmeasy, Clubfactory, Intarem, IHG, Coverfox, Group SEB, Brussels Airlines, Urban Clap, Heritage Foods, Frankfinn, Mobiistar, Unibic, Hindware, Specmakers and Saloni Oil among others

    Not the #1 at Emvies, but Mindshare boasts of eventful year – 30+ new wins worth 1.1kcr

    By A Correspondent

     

    It may have lost the #1 slot to sibling Wavemaker but the largest media agency network has posted a healthy report of how it’s doing. New business aggregating up to Rs 1,100 cr in the last nine months of 2018 from 30-plus new account wins which include the Unilever Digital business, SBI Life Insurance, Disney, Pharmeasy, Clubfactory, Intarem, IHG, Coverfox, Group SEB, Brussels Airlines, Urban Clap, Heritage Foods, Frankfinn, Mobiistar, Unibic, Hindware, Specmakers and Saloni Oil amongst other.

     

    Prasanth Kumar

    Speaking on the new account wins, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia, Africa and MENA said: “2018 has been a very exciting and rewarding year for all of us at Mindshare. Every account win or bagging of an award is a milestone and motivates us to do better and exciting work for all our clients. Winning these from across our offices is what makes it even more special. To add to it, we are happy that all our disciplines including digital, integrated business have been able to contribute to this success. We feel humbled and encouraged with every win or appreciation received from our clients and it adds to the motivation for us to do more for our clients with stronger focus and services.”

     

     

  • SBI Life is one of the largest Life Insurance players in the category

    SBI Life appoints Mullen Lintas & Mindshare

    By A Correspondent

     

    SBI Life in its effort to establish a deeper connect with its consumers has appointed Mullen Lintas as creative agency and Mindshare as its media agency, following a closely contested multi agency pitch.

     

    Ravindra Sharma

    Said Ravindra Sharma, SVP & Chief of Brand & Corporate Communication, SBI Life: “In today’s landscape where new marketing tools and techniques are launched every other day, staying imprinted on the minds of consumers is a continuous challenge. As a brand SBI Life is building a culture to connect with consumers emotional motivations, which are deep-rooted in their need for protection. In this context the strategic thought process and approach presented by Mullen Lintas and Mindshare aligned with our brand ethos reinforcing our confidence to bring them on board.” He further added. “We look forward to see both agencies jointly deliver on developing a unique refreshed communication for SBI Life, which will create a deeper emotional connect with our consumers”.

     

    Amer Jaleel

    Said Amer Jaleel, Chairman at Mullen Lintas: “The (SBI Life) brand has created some really memorable work in the past which we hope we can build on to take the brand higher. I am personally excited at coming back into the life insurance space again. I have a lot of fond memories of working at Lowe with Balki on the category and am really excited for this new journey,”

     

     

    Prasanth Kumar

    Commenting on the win, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare, South Asia, MENA and Africa noted: “Being one of our esteemed client partners, this is a joyous moment for us that SBI Life is continuing our relationship. We appreciate the renewed opportunity by SBI Life as we now look forward to strengthening our delivery across brand strategy coupled with insightful data, engaging content and innovations to contribute to the brand’s success.”

     

     

  • CEO South Asia Prasanth Kumar 'PK' to also head MENA & Africa. Amrita Randhawa is CEO – APAC

    Mindshare elevates PK, Amrita Randhawa

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    Mindshare, the global media agency network from WPP’s GroupM stable, has today announced two major leadership changes.

     

    Amrita Randhawa is promoted to Asia Pacific CEO. Randhawa, who was previously the CEO for Mindshare Greater China will remain based in Shanghai, where she will continue to manage Mindshare China as its Executive Chairperson, in addition to her overall Asia Pacific duties.Prasanth Kumar (PK) is promoted to the position of CEO for MENA and Africa in addition to his current role as the CEO for South Asia. It may be recalled that Ravi Rao, earlier CEO South Asia, held the role of CEO, Mindshare MENA. Although we do not have any official word on this, according to the information we’ve received, Rao will take charge of a new cluster.

     

    Randhawa has been with the agency for over 12 years working across elhi, Mumbai, Beijing, Shanghai and APAC Regional office in Singapore. During her time, as Greater China CEO she oversaw the elevation of the agency to its current dominant position in China topping every league in the market including the RECMA qualitative and quantitative leagues, R3 AgencyScope and making the China office the global lead contributor to Mindshare’s new business wins. She has also since taking on the remit of Greater China last year worked with the leadership in both Taiwan and Hong Kong to transform both markets. Randhawa’s leadership has been recognized at several forums including the inaugural Women Leading Change Awards, Campaign 40 under 40, Ad Age China’s Women to Watch and Campaign’s Greater China Agency Leader of the Year.

     

    In her new role she will focus on the agency’s product, especially delivering the balance of brand and demand services for marketers and ensuring that Mindshare adapts and evolves in line with client’s needs first and not agency agendas.

     

    Commenting on the appointment Randhawa said: “We often say Mindshare has an Asian heart with our first office being in Taiwan. Asia is the star of our network and I take this responsibility with an incredible sense of humility. Sitting at the crossroads of data, content, technology and analytics, this is the time for the media agency. Working with the incredible leadership team we have in each of the APAC clusters especially in Himanshu, Katie and PK, our focus will be to ensure that Mindshare is ahead of the pack and charts the path for what is possible for media agencies today and tomorrow. The media landscape is changing in every corner of Asia at an incredible speed and working with the amazing breadth of talent we have in this region to create our future is a phenomenal opportunity.”

     

    PK has been CEO for South Asia, where he oversaw rapid expansion in the market bringing the agency to a dominant position according to RECMA.  During his time as the Mindshare India CEO he developed a record for not just the most number of new business wins by a single market, but also a tradition of external accolades, which included such highlights as a Glass Lion at Canes and an average of over 250 external awards per year.

     

    Commenting on his appointment, PK said: “This recognition in the context of the strong talent profile we have built in the purple family means a lot to me as it reflects our commitment to focus, serve and collaborate with our clients fueling their business growth. Marketing is morphing and so are we in terms of how we think, act and behave for our clients and their business outcomes. This expanded role gives me the opportunity to widen my perspectives and cross-pollinate our learning and initiatives for smarter, faster, better practices for our clients and our purple talent. I am thrilled and excited to be working with the new markets – Middle East and Africa, as these markets along with India and South Asia are probably the fastest growing economies on the planet. I am very proud and confident of my team. Together we will make the purple flag fly newer heights!”

     

    Randhawa and PK in their new role will continue to work with Ashutosh Srivastava, the Executive Chairperson & CEO for Growth Markets, comprising of APAC, MENA, Africa & Russia/CIS.’

     

    Commenting on the appointments, Srivastava said, “Amrita and PK represent the very best of Mindshare. They have both been transformative in their leadership approach to two of our biggest markets and have made Mindshare the dominant force it is today. These two represent the future of Mindshare for some of our most important markets globally. I look forward to them continuing to transform Mindshare’s vast network of offices in this region to stay relevant and highly valued business partners to their clients.

     

    Both roles are effective immediately.

     

     

  • The move is intended to help Mindshare expand its offerings and grow its presence in the industry

    Mindshare India solidifies leadership team to drive business

    By A Correspondent

     

    Mindshare has announced further organisational restructuring.

     

    Ruchi Mathur who was responsible for growth with Mindshare – North now has an expanded remit as Senior Vice President, Client Leadership, Mindshare North & East. Mathur will work with Amin Lakhani, President – Client Leadership India in her new role.

     

    Meanwhile, Saket Sinha will work with Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia, and lead m/six India as Senior Vice President, Client Leadership, m/Six India, focusing exclusively on growing and leading the brand.

     

    Speaking on the elevations, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia, said: “Ruchi and Saket are both dynamic leaders with strong networks in the market, as well as with consumers and clients. We are very excited with the opportunities across the landscape and we are sure that the army of leadership we have in the organisation will produce great results to our clients and therefore a successful journey for us.”

     

     

  • Premjeet Sodhi joins Mindshare to head Fulcrum. Amin Lakhani, Anita Kotwani elevated in Mindshare South Asia top deck recast

    Mindshare upgrades top deck

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    Mindshare has announced an organisational restructuring exercise that mirrors the agency’s ambition to become collaborative in client success and navigate their marketing agenda with intelligence and agility.

     

    Amin Lakhani has been elevated and has taken on a larger role as President, Client Leadership, Mindshare India. In his new role, Amin is responsible to further strengthen client relationships and drive client growth in a cross media market. He will manage core client capabilities across all offices in the country. During his 14 years at GroupM and Mindshare, Amin has grown from strength to strength and will continue to be a key growth contributor in the new role.

     

    Anita Kotwani, Leader, Mindshare West has been promoted to Senior Vice President, New Business responsible for new business development across the market. In addition to this, she will also drive horizontality, and work closely with the larger marketing ecosystem.

     

    Meanwhile, Premjeet Sodhi will join Mindshare South Asia as Senior Vice President, Mindshare Fulcrum, South Asia, and will lead Team Fulcrum across South Asia. Sodhi has been with IPG Mediabrands for a while and has last been Chief Operating Officer at Initiative/ BPN where he handles strategy and new business development for the company. He manages clients such as Amazon, Reckitt, Gionee, Kraft Heinz, Infoedge and Bajaj Auto. Sodhi takes charge effective March 2018.

     

    Speaking on the elevations and appointment, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia said: “As we enter 2018, we are accelerating ‘transformation’ which is true to our DNA. We are clear on our strategic priorities, strengthening our connections with a growing universe of clients, consumers, brands and partners in the marketing ecosystem. To be able to do so, we now have the leadership and structure within our organization to continue our path to greater success, and our renewed focus on creating a disruptive Mindshare with Speed, Provocation, Teamwork.”

     

     

  • The mandate involves handling the media strategy, planning and implementation across all media in India

    Unibic awards media duties to Mindshare

    By A Correspondent

     

    Unibic has awarded its media duties to Mindshare, after a competitive multi-agency pitch. The mandate involves handling the media strategy, planning and implementation across all media in India. The account will be handled out of the Mindshare Bangalore office.

     

    Said Nikhil Sen, Managing Director, Unibic Foods: “We were looking for a seasoned and versatile partner who will work towards building our brand and taking it to the next level. Mindshare is a reputed agency and comes with high recommendations. We are confident that together we will be able to reach our desired goal.”

     

    Commenting on the win, Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia said: “We are delighted to work with premium cookie brand Unibic. We look forward to working with the team on their strategic marketing initiatives to deliver their business outcomes and strengthen the brand’s position in the cookie category.”