WPP Media has announced that Ajay Gupte (CEO, Wavemaker South Asia), Amin Lakhani (CEO, Mindshare South Asia), Navin Khemka (CEO, Essence Mediacom South Asia) and Priti Murthy (president, GroupM Nexus), have been handed the role of presidents - client solutions.
This comes after WPP had announced the rebranding of GroupM as WPP Media. At that time, the group's statement suggested that its agencies - Mindshare, Wavemaker and Essence Mediacom will continue to provide clients with dedicated teams as brands within WPP Media, leveraging common capabilities, technology and support functions.
Along with the roles given to Gupte, Lakhani, Khemka and Murthy, WPP Media has announced an executive committee and WPP Media Leadership Council. The four presidents - client solutions join the executive committee along with Prasanth Kumar, CEO, WPP Media South Asia, Vishandas Hardasani (CFO), Upali Nag (president, strategy WPP Media South Asia), Vishal Jacob (president, Choreograph, WPP Media South Asia), Ashwin Padmanabhan (COO, WPP Media South Asia), and Praseed Prasad (president - growth and marketing, WPP Media South Asia).
The leadership council comprises Ajay Mehta (Kinetic), Atique Kazi, Manini Chakraborty, Murali T, Namalie Herath, Parveen Sheik, Rohit Sule, Ruchi Mathur, Snehi Jha, Shekhar Banerjee, and Vinit Karnik.