Mumbai: VML has announced the appointment of Rakesh Chawla as CEO of VML Enterprise Solutions Hub (ES Hub), India, marking a strategic move to strengthen the company’s global technology leadership and drive innovation-led client outcomes. The appointment underscores VML’s focus on delivering transformative, scalable, and intelligence-driven business solutions powered by cutting-edge engineering and emerging technologies.
As the new leader of one of VML’s fastest-growing technology hubs, Rakesh will spearhead efforts to further elevate the ES Hub’s world-class capabilities across engineering, delivery excellence, and next-generation technologies, including agentic and generative AI. The Hub plays a pivotal role in enabling global clients to accelerate performance by integrating creativity and technology to unlock new business opportunities and deliver measurable impact.
Functioning as a global center of excellence, the Enterprise Solutions Hub works seamlessly with strategists, creatives, and technologists across VML’s worldwide network. This integrated model ensures that clients—across sectors and geographies—benefit from scalable, future-ready, and tailored solutions aligned with their growth ambitions.
Rakesh Chawla brings extensive experience leading high-performing technology organizations for global brands such as Microsoft, Amazon, Sears, and IBM. With a proven track record in establishing Global Delivery Centers and building human-first engineering cultures, he is expected to deepen client partnerships with an approach focused on speed, scale, quality, and innovation.
Commenting on the leadership transition, YiChung Tay, CEO, VML APAC, said, “With Rakesh at the helm, our clients can expect even greater access to the latest technology and creative thinking—delivered with speed, scale, and precision. His leadership will ensure we continue to set new standards for client partnership and business impact across every market we serve.”
Sharing his vision for the role, Rakesh Chawla, CEO, VML Enterprise Solutions Hub, added, “I am excited to partner with our clients to help them move faster, innovate boldly, and realize their most ambitious goals. By combining VML’s creative vision with the Hub’s engineering excellence, we will deliver solutions that truly make a difference for our clients’ businesses and their customers.”
Highlighting the Hub’s client-centric mission, Symon Hammacott, Chief Experience Officer, APAC, commented, “Our clients are looking for partners who understand their challenges and can deliver meaningful, measurable results. By putting people and innovation at the center of everything we do, we help our clients turn bold ideas into business growth.”
