Guruprasad Rao of GroupM to join Network Advertising as Head of Media, separate arm on cards

Guruprasad Rao, Business Director at GroupM and Head of Motivator, is set to join Network. Confirming the news, Vinod Nair, CEO of Network Advertising, said Rao will join in the first week of October as Vice-President, and will head media. Rao will report to Vinod Nair.

by exchange4media Staff
Published: Sep 30, 2005 12:38 PM | 1 min read

Guruprasad Rao of GroupM to join Network Advertising as Head of Media, separate arm on cards

Guruprasad Rao, Business Director at GroupM and Head of Motivator, is set to join Network. Confirming the news, Vinod Nair, CEO of Network Advertising, said Rao will join in the first week of October as Vice-President, and will head media. Rao will report to Vinod Nair.

Said Nair, “Guruprasad Rao has been very successful in media. I am sure his expertise and experience will benefit Network and its clients.”

Rao has spent three years at GroupM. About his decision to join Network, he said, “I have spent three years with GroupM now. I will be joining Network Advertising from October 3, and will head media there.”

Even as Nair and Rao are not divulging details at the moment, informed industry sources say that Network is in the process of setting up a separate media arm to handle media duties of its clients. The structure is not yet clear but is believed to be taking shape.

Network Advertising is a 15-year-old full service agency and among its clients are HDFC, Jet Airways and Cipla.