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  • Suresh has the right combination of passion, talent and commitment to partner our creative and account management teams to take our creative product to the next level, says Rohit Ohri, Executive Chairman, DentsuIndia

    Suresh Mohankumar is National Planning Head @ Dentsu

    By A Correspondent

     

    Continuing with the series of senior-level appointments, the Dentsu India Group has announced the appointment of Suresh Mohankumar as National Planning Head, Dentsu Communications

     

    Based out of Bengaluru, Mr Mohankumar will lead strategic planning and brand management at Dentsu Communications across its offices inNew Delhiand Bengaluru. A seasoned planner with nearly two decades of experience, Suresh joins Dentsu from MudraIndiawhere he was Senior Vice President and Head of Planning – Mudra South.

     

    Welcoming Mr Mohankumar to Dentsu, Rohit Ohri, Executive Chairman, DentsuIndiasaid: “I’m really happy to have Suresh as a part of the leadership team of Dentsu Communications. Suresh has the right combination of passion, talent and commitment to partner our creative and account management teams to take our creative product to the next level.”

     

    Taira Kimura, Chief Operating Officer, Dentsu Communications said: “Suresh brings on board strong experience across brand, categories and regions. I have great confidence in his abilities and expertise to add value to our service deliveries and up the ante at Dentsu Communications.”

     

    On joining Team Dentsu, Suresh Mohankumar, National Planning Head, Dentsu

    Communications said: “The communications business is at a crossroads as convention increasingly gives way to real consumer engagement. That integration and media-neutral planning is the way forward and it is exactly what Dentsu believes in and I believe that Dentsu is uniquely structured to deliver that. Also as part of an organization at the cusp of an exciting transformation, I am very excited about my journey ahead and look forward to my mandate at Dentsu Communications.”

     

    Mr Mohankumar started his career in Account Management with RK Swamy/BBDO in Chennai. He worked with Contract and Lowe inBangalore. He switched to Account Planning in 2000 when he moved to Mudra Chennai. As a strategic planner he then worked with Contract and JWT in Chennai.

     

    Tanishq, BPL, Ford, Volkswagen, Carbon, MRF, Lotte, TI cycles, Henkel, Fa, Reynolds, McDowell’s, Johnson & Johnson and Lipton are some of the brands that he worked on. He cites his experience while working on Tanishq’s ‘karatmeter’ campaign as something that motivated him to become a strategic planner.

     

    A commerce graduate, Mr Mohankumar completed his MBA with a dual specialization in Marketing and Finance from T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) in 1993.

     

  • CP Arora has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer, and Suprotim Day as Chief Films Officer.

    Dentsu India Group makes key senior level appointments

    By A Correspondent

     

    Dentsu India Group on Wednesday appointed Suprotim Day as Chief Films Officer and CP Arora as Group Chief Financial Officer.

     

    Mr Arora (popularly known as CP) takes on the mantle of Group Chief Financial Officer from Nobuki Sakai, who was seconded to Dentsu India early last year. A qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with nearly twenty years of experience in financial management, Mr Arora joins Dentsu from JWT, Delhi where he was the Vice President and Executive Commercial Director. As Strategic Business Partner with JWT, Delhi at both, the corporate and business unit level, he tracked financial efficiency and profitability, risk management, legal and compliance and overall financial operations for JWT Delhi Office.

     

    As Group Chief Financial Officer, Mr Arora will now be responsible for the financial plans, P&L management, policies, and accounting practices of the Dentsu India Group. He will also lead the accounting, budgeting, fund management, and financing functions of all the Dentsu India Group companies.

     

    In his last assignment, Suprotim Day (known as Tim) was Head of Stink, London’s operations in India. Stink,Londonis amongUK’s leading production houses and he was instrumental in setting up a JV between Stink and QED Films inIndia. The production house serviced agencies such as JWT, McCann Erickson, Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, Lowe, Publicis and Cheil Communications among others.

     

    On these key appointments, Rohit Ohri, Executive Chairman, DentsuIndiasaid: “CP and Suprotim are seasoned professionals. They will partner me in our endeavour to significantly strengthen our service quality delivery to clients.”

     

    With over 25 years of experience in the production and direction of commercials, Mr Day is one of the most sought after and respected Film Heads in the business. He has been in the forefront of producing large scale advertising films for clients like PepsiCo, Airtel, Sony, Nokia, ESPN, Hero Honda, Frito Lays, Samsung, Electrolux, Mitsubishi, Dabur, McDonalds and Nestle to name a few.