As the year progressed, several senior-level appointments reshaped the leadership landscape across advertising agencies, PR firms, and corporate communications. Here’s a roundup of notable movements:

FCB Group India
Creative Digital Partner: FCB Kinnect’s NCD, Kartikeya Tiwari, assumed this newly created role.
CEO: Ashima Mehra, previously at Leo Burnett, joined as CEO in April.
Chief Creative Officer (CCO):
Mayuresh Dubhashi moved from Leo Burnett Group.
Neville Shah transitioned from Ogilvy after a decade-long tenure.
Hemant Shringy, previously with BBDO India, took over at FCB Ulka.
CEO, FCB Interface: Gaurav Dudeja was promoted to CEO.
Global Partner Retirement: Rohit Ohri retired after an eight-year stint as Chairman and CEO of FCB Group India.
Dentsu India
Chief Strategy Officer: Narayan Devanathan returned as President and CSO.
CCOs:
Abhijat Bharadwaj was appointed at Dentsu Creative Isobar.
Surjo Dutt was promoted at Dentsu Creative Webchutney.
CEO, Posterscope: Imtiyaz Vilatra was elevated to this role.
Dual CEO Role: Abhirup Datta took charge of Sokrati alongside leading the performance practice.
Ogilvy
Chairperson: Hepzibah Pathak became the agency’s first female chairperson.
Leadership Additions:
B Ramnath returned as Chief Client Officer.
Kalyani Srivastava joined as Associate President.
Kapil Aroa moved to Ogilvy Indonesia as COO.
82.5 Communications
CEO: Kiran Ramamurthy succeeded Kapil Aroa.
Leo Burnett
CEO: Amitesh Rao transitioned from McCann Worldgroup.
CCOs: Vikram Pandey and Sachin Kamble were promoted.
Chief Strategy Officer: Anirban Roy joined from Wieden & Kennedy India.
The Womb
CEO: Anurag Gupta joined from Ada.
Joint COOs: Heval Patel and Dhaval Jadwani assumed these roles.
Havas India
Group CEO: Rana Barua expanded his role to oversee India, South East, and North Asia.
CSO: John Thangaraj, formerly of FCB Group, joined as Chief Strategy Officer.
Enormous
Fractional CMO: Joy Chauhan moved from Wunderman Thompson (now VML).
CSO: Kunal Joshi joined from Lowe Lintas India.
Creativeland Asia
Group CEO: Poran Malani transitioned from S4 Capital.
Group CCO: Azazul Haque, formerly of Media.Monks, joined the agency.
CSO: Divya Agarwal took charge, also heading the Crossbow research and insights division.
VML
CEO: Babita Baruah assumed leadership after serving as Executive Director at VMLY&R.
Cheil
COO Departure: Sanjeev Jasani exited after nearly a decade.
Corporate Communications and PR
Edelman: Rakesh Thukral succeeded Warren Fernandez as APAC CEO.
PepsiCo: Amit Kumar Nanchahal was elevated to Head of Corporate Communications for India and South Asia.
Microsoft India: Pallavi Walia joined as Director of Communications for India and South Asia.
Google: Priya Dhawan took charge of YouTube APAC Communications.
Tata Communications: Mansi Tiwari Somvanshi was appointed AVP and Global Head of Corporate Communications.
Royal Enfield: Nikhil Gulati, formerly at Amazon, became Head of Communications.
Hero MotoCorp: Bharatendu Kabi transitioned to JSW as EVP and Group Head of Media and Communications.
These appointments highlight the dynamic shifts in the industry, reflecting both growth and strategic realignments.

Author: Sonali kamble