As the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the 2019 Indian General Election continue to dominate headlines this past week, as we covered various analyses and reports for these mega-events. This week also witnessed several interesting people movements, including Rajan Anandan who stepped down from his role as VP for Google South East Asia and India to join Sequoia Capital India as a Managing Director. Vikas Agnihotri will take over the role of India Head for now.
Dentsu Aegis Network also expanded Anand Bhadkamkar’s role to CFO & COO South Asia. Taproot Dentsu's Agnello Dias has also been given the additional role of Creative Chairman, DAN India.
Isobar, the digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, also elevated Gopa Kumar to Chief Operating Officer and Anish Varghese to Chief Creative Officer, while MediaCom promoted Kate Rowlinson, Managing Director Worldwide Hubs, to Global EXCO along with Christine Fang, who recently joined the agency as Global Chief Financial Officer. In international news, Condé Nast named Roger Lynch as its first global CEO.
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Andhra Pradesh sees highest spends on political advertisements on Google
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Rajan Anandan of Google India steps down, to join Sequoia Capital as MD
Vikas Agnihotri to be interim Google India Head
Dentsu Aegis Network expands Anand Bhadkamkar’s role to CFO & COO South Asia
Taproot Dentsu's Agnello Dias takes on additional role of Creative Chairman, DAN India
Isobar elevates Gopa Kumar as COO, Anish Varghese as CCO
Condé Nast names Roger Lynch as first global CEO
MediaCom expands global executive leadership team
