Mumbai : The CEO of Hindi GEC Colors of Viacom18 Raj Nayak has been unanimously elected as president of The Advertising Club of Bombay, following its annual general meeting (AGM) on 16th September. Nayak replaces Pratap Bose, chairman and cofounder, The Social Street.
The new officers who were elected to the Club, includes, Bhaskar Das, group chief executive officer of Zee Media Corporation as the vice-president, Vikram Sakhuja, senior media and marketing professional as the secretary, Ajay Kakkar, chief marketing officer, Aditya Birla Group, financial services as the joint secretary , Ajay Kakkar, chief marketing officer, Aditya Birla Group, financial services as the joint secretary and Shashi Sinha, CEO of IPG Mediabrands India, as the treasurer.
Sources in the Managing Committee disclose that Nayak was slated to take over from October. But following the huge security lapse at Emvies awards held by the Club on 11th September, where a journalist was assaulted by a desultory attendee the committee decided that Nayak should take over immediately.
Ramesh Narayan, founder, Canco Advertising had been Co-Opted to the Managing Committee. Prasoon Joshi, CEO of McCann World Group India and Chairman (Asia Pacific), has been inducted as special invitee and creative adviser to the Ad Club. Satyaki Ghosh, Director-Consumer Product Division L’Oreal India, has also been inducted as a special Invitee.
