DDB Mudra Group announces Group - Executive Board, Creative & Strategic Planning Council

DDB Mudra Group has announced the re-constitution of its Executive Board and the creation of the Group Creative Council and the Strategic Planning Council. The announcement was made on 25th July 2014 in the presence of top bosses of the Group and informing publications that the news was embargoed till 28th July 2014. 

The Group Executive Board, will now consist of (in alphabetical order):-
• Aneil Deepak, Head of Ideas, DDB MudraMax
• Anurag Bansal, CFO, DDB Mudra Group
• Deepak Nair, COO, 22feet Tribal Worldwide
• Madhukar Kamath, Group CEO & Managing Director, DDB Mudra Group
• Mandeep Malhotra, President, DDB MudraMax – OOH, Retail & Experiential
• Rajiv Sabnis, President, DDB Mudra West
• Sathyamurthy Namakkal, President, DDB MudraMax – Media
• Sonal Dabral, Chairman & CCO, DDB Mudra Group

Given the new order of business and marketing challenges and increasing conversations and demands from a wide spectrum of clients for more collaborative and integrated solutions, the DDB Mudra Group, with its 10 Agencies & Operating Units (DDB Mudra West, DDB Mudra South & East, DDB Mudra North, DDB MudraMax – OOH, DDB MudraMax – Experiential, DDB MudraMax – Media, TracyLocke, 22feet Tribal Worldwide, RAPP and DDB Remedy) offering a range of specialist solutions,  is perhaps in a unique position to meet these demands.

Said Madhukar Kamath, Group CEO & Managing Director, DDB Mudra Group, “Today we sit at the intersection of humanity, creativity, and technology. It is the age of Influence and it is an exciting time with enormous potential for brands and their future.  With DDB Mudra Group’s legacy, there really isn’t any other company in India that has the capability of delivering influential creative solutions through all marketing touch points. And with the Executive Board we aim to deliver just that.”

The Creative Council will consist of (in alphabetical order):-
• Aneil Deepak, Head of Ideas, DDB MudraMax
• Brijesh Jacob, Joint MD, 22feet Tribal Worldwide
• Rahul Mathew, Creative Head, DDB Mudra West
• Sambit Mohanty, Creative Head, DDB Mudra North
• Vipul Thakkar, Creative Head, DDB Mudra South & East

Said Sonal Dabral, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group, on the creation of the Group Creative Council “Bill Bernbach said "Creativity is the most powerful force in the business". As we go about living our vision of being the most influential communications company in India,it is of paramount importance that we constantly evaluate and celebrate our creativity, our work. Our Creative Council will help us deliver just that. Creative leaders of the group coming together sharing work and ideas and helping each other become better and stronger every single day. In turn shaping DDB Mudra Group to be the very best”.

The Strategic Planning Council will consist of (in alphabetical order):-
• Aditya Kanthy, National Strategic Planning Head, DDB Mudra Group
• Amit Kekre, National Strategic Planning Head, DDB Mudra Group
• Pradeep Ramakrishnan, Head Strategy & Insights, TracyLocke India
• Ramraaj Raghunathan, Business Development, 22feet Tribal Worldwide

Said Sonal Dabral, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group, on the creation of the Strategic Planning Council, “Our founder the legendary Bill Bernbach believed that creativity can never just be for creativity's sake. Powerful solutions are always based on human insights. Strategic planning has always been a core part of our product offering. Our Strategic Planning Council brings together our planning leaders across our diverse businesses. Powerful insightful minds coming together helping our product become robust and our creative solutions deeply influential. Working towards making us the most influential communications company in India.”

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