Jan 2019
Leo Burnett India strengthens its senior account management team with 3 new appointments in Mumbai - Ashima Mehra joins as Senior Vice President, Maninder Bali joins as Senior Vice President and Sarina Baretto as Vice President.
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Aug 2019
Leo Burnett strengthens its creative team by bringing on board Mayuresh Dubhashi and Sonal Chhajerh as Executive Creative Directors.
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Sep 2019
Leo Burnett Orchard has announced Gaurav Dudeja as Executive Vice President & Branch Head and moved to Bangalore. Gaurav was previously working with the Leo Burnett Delhi team.
Apr 2019
Leo Burnett India has announced two key elevations in its senior leadership. The agency has elevated Dheeraj Sinha and Rajdeepak Das to Managing Directors. Dheeraj and Raj currently serve as the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett South Asia, respectively. Read more about their appointment here.
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Aug 2017
Leo Burnett India has strengthened the senior leadership in its North operations. The agency has appointed Gaurav Dudeja and Saraswathi Laxman as executive vice presidents. The duo will report to Samir Gangahar, president- North, Leo Burnett India. Leo Burnett India has made these key hires at a time when the New Delhi operations are undergoing a strategic restructuring to leverage the strength of Publicis Groupe's Power of One strategy. Gaurav comes in from Fortis Healthcare where he was the Head of Brand and Marketing, while Saraswathi's last role was as the Head of Marketing at ABP News.
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Feb 2017
Rakesh Hinduja, who has been with Leo Burnett India since 2014 as the EVP, has been given a new role. Speaking about heading the Mumbai operations, he said, “The Mumbai office has to play a key role in our ambition to be amongst the top 5 agencies in the world. My mandate is to build on our momentum as an agency and partner our clients to help them achieve a larger share of the future. With Leo Burnett Mumbai’s solid Humankind approach and Burnetters’ innovative thinking, we are on our way to reach for the stars!
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Jan 2017
Prashanth Challapalli has joined Leo Burnett India as the Chief Integration Officer, South Asia. His mandate focuses on working with leaders across Publicis Communications to drive integration. His role includes operationalizing and scaling up Leo Burnett's unique methodology, PLAY, which puts context at the heart of creating content. Additionally, he will also be a key bridge between Publicis Communications and Publicis.Sapient, responsible for bringing the best of Publicis.Sapient to all Publicis Communications clients.
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Dec 2017
Publicis Communications has announced the appointment of Saurabh Varma as CEO of Publicis Communications India. Varma’s appointment comes on top of his existing responsibilities as CEO of Leo Burnett’s South Asia operations, and he will be based in Mumbai. In the Indian sub-continent, Publicis Communications comprises Leo Burnett, Publicis India, Law & Kenneth | Saatchi & Saatchi, Orchard India, MSLGROUP, Publicis Ambience, Publicis Capital, Indigo iStrat and Publicis Beehive.
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