There’s a change of guard at WPP-owned JWT India’s three offices. Agency veteran and head of JWT South, Rajesh Gangwani takes charge of the Mumbai office, while Himanshu Saxena, who was serving as president at JWT Group Companies, Colombo, succeeds Gangwani as senior vice president and managing partner, JWT South. And finally, Joy Chauhan replaces Saxena as president of the Colombo office. All three will report to Colvyn Harris, CEO, South Asia, JWT.
There’s a change of guard at WPP-owned JWT India’s three offices. Agency veteran and head of JWT South, Rajesh Gangwani takes charge of the Mumbai office, while Himanshu Saxena, who was serving as president at JWT Group Companies, Colombo, succeeds Gangwani as senior vice president and managing partner, JWT South. And finally, Joy Chauhan replaces Saxena as president of the Colombo office. All three will report to Colvyn Harris, CEO, South Asia, JWT. How will this rejig affect India’s largest advertising agency, especially its flagship Mumbai operations?
Watch Storyboard’s editor Anant Rangaswami in conversation with Harris and Gangwani, to understand the rejig better.
Anant Rangaswami was, until recently, the editor of Campaign India magazine, of which Anant was also the founding editor. Campaign India is now arguably India's most respected publication in the advertising and media space. Anant has over 20 years experience in media and advertising. He began in Madras, for STAR TV, moving on as Regional Manager, South for Sony’s SET and finally as Chief Manager at BCCL’s Times Television and Times FM. He then moved to advertising, rising to the post of Associate Vice President at TBWA India. Anant then made the leap into journalism, taking over as editor of what is now Campaign India's competitive publication, Impact. Anant teaches regularly and is a prolific blogger and author of Watching from the sidelines.
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