Anand Bhadkamkar, CEO of Dentsu India, has quit the firm. His last day in the office is today, August 31.
Ashish Bhasin, CEO, APAC, and Chairman India, and Peter Huijboom, Global CEO, Media, and Global Clients will assume interim, day-to-day leadership of Dentsu India. At the same time, the business completes its search for a successor to Anand Bhadkamkar, said the company statement.
The statement further read, “To stay ahead of the growth opportunities and potential we see for our clients and our teams we are moving forward into dentsu India 2.0. This is crucial to realizing our global ambition of becoming the most integrated network in the world. In the last year, and despite the pandemic, we have started to optimize our portfolio of brands into six global leadership brands, making us more agile and simpler for our clients to access our world-class capabilities and talents. To accelerate this transformation, Ashish Bhasin, CEO, APAC, and Chairman India, and Peter Huijboom, Global CEO, Media, and Global Clients will assume interim, day-to-day leadership of dentsu India while the business completes its search for a successor to Anand Bhadkamkar, who leaves dentsu on August 31.”
The statement further read, “With this new structure, we are well-positioned to unlock higher levels of business performance, innovation, and solution-led strategies for our people and for our clients. Our ambitions and goals are interconnected, and this is the beginning of dentsu India 2.0’s new and transformed path to success.”
