Senior level changes at Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick has recently expanded its national management structure. Atul Ahluwalia has been elevated to President, while Dilip Yadav is now Executive Vice President. Along with CEO India Shiv Reddy, they would form a National Leadership Team. Following this, Pradeep Wadhwa has been promoted as General Manager for the agency’s Delhi operations.

Commenting on the appointments, Shiv Reddy, CEO, Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick, said, “Over the years, our agency has grown rapidly and has become a centre of excellence and globally acknowledged award winning work in public relations. As business leaders at our largest operation in Delhi, both Atul and Dilip have made an immense contribution to this success, Atul, with his great traction in leading new business pitches and passionate involvement with key clients, and, Dilip, with his rather uncommon ability to intertwine strategic and tactical prowess.”

“An expanded national leadership team would now allow us to drive our agency through the next growth phase, offering deeper strategic expertise and introducing new services in emerging areas for the benefit of our clients nationally,” he added.

Speaking on the development, Ahluwalia said, “I am truly delighted at the opportunity that my new role presents. My endeavour would be to extend Weber Shandwick’s novel advocacy approach for the benefit of our clients nationally, and introduce an expanded suite of services and grow our network in India.”

Yadav added, “The discipline of public relations is going through an exciting phase with rapidly evolving media dynamics. This requires new thinking and new solutions. In my new role, I am looking forward to blend our legacy knowledge with new thinking to offer in-line communication solutions to our clients that cut across platforms and networks.”

Ahluwalia joined Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick when the Delhi office was being set up. With his astute focus on client business outcomes and strong leadership, he rose to be the Head of the Delhi branch, and subsequently, Head of North & East India operations of the agency.

Yadav joined Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick as an Account Executive. He has more than 14 years’ public relations experience working with Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick in India. With his passion for innovative solutions to clients, he rose through the ranks to be the Head of the Delhi branch. He has been a winner of the Asia Pacific Leadership Award of Weber Shandwick, and has led several award winning PR campaigns.

Wadhwa has more than 12 years’ experience in corporate communications and marketing. His last assignment was as a Partner Associate at a leading global public relations firm. He has handled a diverse set of clients ranging from industry associations, IT and telecom majors, automobile companies, consumer brands, the BFSI sector, service businesses and infrastructure sector in his earlier assignments.

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick is the India joint venture of Weber Shandwick, a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies. Weber Shandwick is among the world’s largest public relations consultancies with presence in 126 markets in 77 countries, covering all major continents. Since its inception in 1986, the agency currently serves over 100 clients nationally and employs approximately 150 professional staff. The India network of the agency spans offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai, and representative offices in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Jaipur, and an expandable network to cover all major cities.