Yasushi_OgataGrey Group Japan welcomes Yasushi Ogata as new Senior Creative Director.

Ogata brings with him a wealth of experience, as he has worked on a huge number of internationally-renowned brands, including P&G, Unilever, Lipton, Philip Morris, McDonald’s, Nichirei, Alfa Romeo, Volkswagen, Northwest Airlines, Amex, Financial Times, Motorola, IBM and SAP. He reports directly to Tatsuhisa Nakajima, VP, Executive Creative Director of Grey Group Japan.

Ogata joins Grey Group from DDB Japan, where he was Senior Creative Director. Prior to that he worked in agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather Japan K.K. and Beacon Communications K.K., which is part of Leo Burnett Japan. He is an experienced creative with a raft of awards to his name, including recognitions from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, London International Festival, New York Festivals, Yomiuri Advertising Award, Tokyo Copywriter’s Club Awards, Japan Radio & Television Commercial Confederation Awards, Dentsu Advertising Awards and Nikkei BP Advertising Award.

 


 

Opera-logo-JPGOpera just announced that it has completed its purchase of mobile video advertising platform AdColony.

The acquisition of AdColony will enable Opera to deliver the highest-quality mobile video advertising experience on smartphones and tablets, since AdColony is specializes in delivering TV-like HD mobile video uninhibited by latency and slow load times. In addition, Opera will increase the reach of its mobile ad subsidiary, Opera Mediaworks, to more than 700 million global consumers.

Will Kassoy, CEO of AdColony, will continue to run day-to-day operations at AdColony in addition to taking on a new role as CMO of Opera Mediaworks.

This acquisition under the Opera Mediaworks umbrella is aimed at strengthening Opera’s mobile advertising offerings to publishers and advertisers around the world. Not only will AdColony’s technology and expertise in the mobile video business be integrated into Opera’s mobile ad business, including its programmatic offerings, but the team will also work to consolidate its mobile video technology across Opera’s consumer and operator products.

 


 

Anurag-PatnaikVserv.mobi, an award winning mobile advertising exchange, announced the appointment of Anurag Patnaik as Senior Vice President - Product.

Anurag Patnaik, a proven strategist in the mobile and digital sector joins Vserv at a pivotal juncture as a catalyst to the company’s aggressive growth trajectory. In his role, he will bring his comprehensive experience to fortify Vserv’s proven track record of delivering pioneering product technologies and strategically augment its award winning mobile solutions.

With over 17 years of multi-disciplinary experience across digital advertising, mobile, media & big data, Anurag has guided various marquee technology companies in the US to create data driven audience experiences. His repertoire of innovative product technologies is demonstrated by his contribution to 19 patents in the areas of advertising, proactive business intelligence, telephony/IVR and mobile data.

Previously, he has been associated with segment defining organisations such as Nielsen/McKinsey Co., OpenWave Inc., Yahoo! and Disney to name a few. In his last assignment, he spearheaded the next generation digital ads business on Jio 4G.

 


 

photoCare.com, the world's largest online destination for finding and managing family care, announced that it has named Caroline Sheu Chief Marketing Officer for the company. The announcement was made by Care.com Founder and CEO, Sheila Lirio Marcelo to whom Ms. Sheu will report.

As Chief Marketing Officer, a new position at Care.com, Ms. Sheu will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive marketing strategy that draws on both data-driven marketing metrics and emerging media trends to drive business growth and customer engagement, and enhance the Care.com brand equity. Specifically, Ms. Sheu will oversee outbound marketing and member communication; acquisition and retention marketing; product marketing; online and offline advertising; event marketing; creative design; public relations and communications; and overall corporate positioning and branding.

Ms. Sheu joins Care.com from Disney Interactive where she had served as Head of Global Marketing since July 2012. During her tenure at Disney, she launched seven #1 iPhone apps, and the console and toy game, Disney Infinity, among many other accomplishments. Prior to Disney, Ms. Sheu spent two years as Vice President, Global Marketing for Sony Network Entertainment, the Sony division charged with delivering digital entertainment content to all of Sony's Internet-enabled devices. Earlier, Ms. Sheu held various senior marketing positions during five years at Electronic Arts. Her career began with roles at both Adobe Systems and Walmart.com.

A member of the Advisory Board of iProspect, Ms. Sheu received her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1995), her M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley (1996), and her JD/M.B.A. from the University of Chicago (2000).

 


 

Havas Media Group India has won the integrated digital duties of Businessworld (BW), India’s largest and most respected business magazine known for its incisive writing and independent opinions, in a multi-agency pitch. BW has spotted key trends in economy and business for three decades. Such as, rise of the IT sector in the 90s or more recently the Social Media, healthcare and e-tail boom. It is a brand that most professionals of today have grown up reading. The magazine now embarks on a new journey to create an international standard digital platform that will bring an enriching experience to its readers and customers across geographies. Havas Media recently also won the integrated media duties of Yepme.com and digital mandate for Xolo mobile.

 


 

Nutchanun_Chiaphanumas-thumb-380x352-158070Dentsu Media Thailand hired Nutchanun Chiaphanumas as the company’s first ever Executive Creative Director.

Nutchanun (Nut), who has already started in his new role, will be leading the creative efforts for the 11 year old Bangkok based media agency, which is a member of Dentsu Aegis Network with its team of 70 staff.

Nut, a Thai native, most recently worked as Group Creative Director for Ogilvy & Mather Beijing. Prior to that, he had stints at agencies like Leo Burnett Hong Kong, BBDO Bangkok and McCann Erickson Thailand. His work has been lauded many times throughout his career, including, but not limited to, two Gold Lions, 13 Gold and one Best of Show Awards at AdFest and a Gold Award at Spikes.

 


 

Rory_Sutherland_and_Sonal_NarainOgilvy & Mather (O&M) is further expanding the global footprint of #ogilvychange, a Behavioural Sciences Practice born in London in 2012 that utilises the latest thinking in cognitive psychology, social psychology and behavioural economics to influence people's behaviour and purchase decisions in the real world. Singapore is the third city globally to launch the Practice following Prague, and marks the first in Asia Pacific.

Building on the behavioural economics agenda long championed by O&M UK’s Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of #ogilvychange Rory Sutherland, the Practice has the largest, most active community of behavioural experts in the world, available exclusively for Ogilvy clients. O&M Asia Pacific’s Regional Planning Director, Sonal Narain, will oversee the practice in Singapore along with Sutherland and Jez Groom, also Co-Founder of #ogilvychange and Director of Strategy Integration, O&M UK.

Partnering with leading professors from institutions such as Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in Singapore or the London School of Economics and Warwick University, a dedicated #ogilvychange resource works alongside agency and client teams to educate, stimulate and experiment with new and interesting ways to ‘nudge’ people to make better decisions in their daily lives.

Continuing activities for the Singapore launch of #ogilvychange, Ogilvy UK’s Jez Groom will facilitate a series of Behaviour Change workshops for clients in Singapore in August 2014.

 


 

Grey Group Hong Kong expanded its account management team with the hires of Katherine Wong as Business Director and Christina Kwok as Group Account Director.

KatherineWong brings with her 15 years of experience in the advertising industry, focusing on beauty & personal care category for the Greater China market. She has worked on internationally-recognised brands such as Neutrogena, Pantene, Kao, Wella, Pampers, as well as consumer electronic brands such as Samsung.

Prior to Grey, she has worked in numerous international agencies including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis and DDB. She has a strong track record of developing holistic campaigns to help clients turn around their businesses and bring about sustainable business growth. This has led her to handle blue-chip accounts such as P&G, J&J, L’Oreal and Kraft (across the Greater China market).

ChristinaKwok graduated at the Queen’s University, Canada, in Art Conservation. But the world of the advertising industry pulled her and she gave up her original thought of being a book conservator. More than 10 years later, Kwok has served in several top agencies such as BBDO, McCann-Erickson and DDB Group Hong Kong. She has worked as a business partner with local and international clients and has managed countless brands including Watsons, Nestle, Vitasoy, Abbott, San Miguel, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Hang Seng Bank, MasterCard, Huawei, The Venetian, PCCW and Microsoft.

Wong will report directly to both Desmond Chan and Keith Ho, Managing Partners of Grey Group Hong Kong, and Kwok reports directly to Chan.

 


 

BSABSA | The Software Alliance selects Bite as India communications partner to run integrated campaigns that promote compliance programs and growth in the digital world. Bite’s brief for BSA in India includes strategic planning, content development, influencer outreach and running integrated campaigns using traditional public relations and digital channels.

Active in over 60 countries with a roster of some of the world’s leading software publishing and hardware firms as its members, BSA tasks itself with an elaborate charter to promote a safe and legal digital world and in promoting the interests of its members. It’s current India priorities include working with industry forums to educate enterprises and small-to-medium businesses on the benefits of using licensed software, advocating the adoption of Software Asset Management (SAM) as a means to better utilise licenses (and in avoiding security and operational risks). Cloud computing is another significant thrust area for BSA and it believes that India can benefit tremendously from the opportunities cloud computing presents provided strong policy mechanisms are in place. A consistent set of intellectual property rules (IPR) according to BSA are vital for software firms to thrive.

 


 

21Vianet Group, Inc., the largest carrier-neutral internet infrastructure services provider and the sole operator of Office 365 and Microsoft Azure in the Chinese Mainland market, and GigaTrust, the market leader for Microsoft-based email and document protection software solutions for mobile devices, have signed an exclusive partnership agreement for the China market.

Pursuant to the agreement, 21Vianet will market and sell the portfolio of GigaTrust security products to enterprises and Office 365 cloud subscribers in China. This partnership will provide Office 365 enterprise customers in China the ability to protect and render secure emails and documents from anywhere using Android and iPhone mobile devices.

21Vianet has more than 15 years' experience in internet infrastructure services, with its core businesses covering data center management, managed network service, content distributed network service and cloud computing. The Company worked with Microsoft to successfully launch Office 365 services this April, delivering for the first time the familiar Office productivity suite, now equipped with more advanced communication and collaboration tools, as a local cloud service to business and government customers throughout China.

According to Forrester Research, China is one of the fastest growing markets for public cloud services in the world and forecast to grow from $300M in 2011 to $3.8B by 2020. With the availability of GigaTrust's secure mobility products, 21Vianet will provide Office 365 customers with a comprehensive security solution for both Android and iPhone devices, enabling highly adaptable cross-platforms and cross-devices experience. Subscribers of Office 365 in China will be able to protect and consume protected emails and documents (Office docs and PDF formats) from anywhere securely to or from the mobile device. In the past two years, smartphone sales in China have quadrupled, making China one of the world's largest Smartphone markets in the world according to research firm IDC. Today, China has nearly 1 billion mobile phone users with roughly 40% or 400 million currently using smartphones, forecasted to reach 800 million by 2020.

 


 

Capillary Technologies, the market leader in cloud-based retail customer engagement management, announced that it has closed a $14 million Series B round of venture financing. This new investment adds to the $17 million of Series A funding received in 2012, providing a sizable balance to fund continued growth. Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) led this round.

The funding will be used to enhance Capillary’s cloud-based integrated marketing platform and grow its partnership ecosystem, which already includes Blue Label Engage in South Africa and the American Express US Global Merchants Services group.

Capillary’s insights-driven, integrated marketing platform helps retailers to quickly and easily manage their customer data, gain insights and personalize engagement across multiple channels, driving a significant increase in sales and loyalty. Capillary’s Intelligent Customer Engagement™ (ICE) suite of software solutions incorporates everything that retail marketers require to engage with their customers, weaving social and mobile experiences into any e-commerce platform or point-of-sale device from legacy terminals to the latest POS devices, mobile tablets, and online shopping platforms.

With the announcement of funding also comes the announcement of a new partner - Agilysys, a leading developer and marketer of proprietary enterprise software, services and solutions to the hospitality industry and operates extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia and new customers such as Marks & Spencer, KFC Singapore, Lacoste or Courts.

 


 

MHI Global, the world’s largest dedicated sales-performance company formed by the merger of Miller Heiman, AchieveGlobal, Huthwaite, Impact Learning Systems and Channel Enablers, announced the launch of its Asian operations with its regional headquarters based in Singapore.

Harnessing the combined resources and expertise from five customer-focused companies, MHI Global offers businesses globally and across Asia an end-to-end approach to driving customer management excellence and business growth throughout the customer lifecycle.

Collectively, more than 500 employees and contractors worldwide, in more than 40 countries, now deliver the voice of MHI Global, reporting to Sam Reese, CEO of MHI Global.

Greg Moore, formerly managing director of Huthwaite Asia, will lead MHI Global’s regional go-to-market strategies and operational performance as managing director for Asia. Moore’s immediate remit is to drive business integration to form one formidable entity that aims to be the undisputed resource for sales leaders and customer-focused organisations across the region.

As the largest dedicated sales-performance company in the world, MHI Global provides all of the key components of a multi-dimensional and interdependent sales system, based on the central belief that everything starts with the customer.

The company’s tagline and promise to empower growth signify its goal to help sales leaders optimise their time, effort and potential to better create and manage customer relationships, while achieving business goals. MHI Global provides the following resources:

• Core management strategies that help organisations create opportunities, manage customer relationships and improve the effectiveness and professionalism of every customer interaction;

• Adjacent centres of excellence that offer solutions, such as leadership execution, customer service and channel sales;

• Strategic analysis and decision-making tools; and

• Proprietary research focused on understanding and codifying the best practices of the world’s top sales organisations.

With regional headquarters in Singapore, MHI Global has direct presence across Asia, including Southeast Asia, India, Greater China, Korea and Japan. It plans to leverage Singapore’s standing as a leading regional sales and services hub for regional expansion, through offering specialised in-country knowledge with global best practices and best-in-breed solutions that span the entire customer lifecycle to both enterprises and smaller businesses. MHI Global’s regional customers include Citibank, DBS Bank, KPMG, Roche and SingTel.

 


 

TO THE NEW is launching 'Entrepreneurs At Work', a one of its kind entrepreneurship leadership program. It plans to hire 20 young professionals, expose them to challenging assignments across its group companies, train them over the next two years, and then let them take on entrepreneurial leadership roles across businesses and geographies, both existing and new.

The group selected for the 'Entrepreneurs At Work' program will consist of candidates who have graduated from premier management and technical institutes from across India, ASEAN and China, with 3 to 5 years of work experience. The program will place these candidates in high impact roles in business development, product management, product development and technology in the various TO THE NEW companies across Asia. Over the next two years, these candidates will operate in impactful roles and undergo intensive training programs, to help them take on entrepreneurial leadership roles across its companies.

TO THE NEW is an Internet products company that is accelerating the disruption in the digital marketing and video space in Asia with its social and mobile first approach in analytics, social CRM, digital video, content and influencer marketing areas. Its unique blend of freemium products that are versioned in local languages in Asia has helped it grow to a 600+ people company in 8 markets in Asia Pacific in a short span of two years.

TO THE NEW is accepting applications at www.tothenew.com/eaw and the last date to apply is 15th August 2014.

 


 

Hans_MathewsHavas Media India has appointed Hans Mathews as Executive Director of its West India operations.

Hans will manage the agency’s Mumbai office and be based there. His key mandate will be to drive growth for the group in the Western region.

Hans joins with seventeen years of experience in the industry, having worked with international agencies in India, MENA and Malaysia.

Most recently he was the Chief Client Officer at Mindshare Malaysia where he led Ford's regional APAC media team managing partnerships with digital and content partners. He was also responsible for managing brands like UL, Maxis, Kraft, Nestle and HSBC.

Prior to this Hans has held leadership roles at Mindshare India, Zenith Optimedia and other leading agencies.

 


 

Founder and Group Chairperson Yoly V. Ong has handed over the reins of the Philippines’ operations, Campaigns & Grey, to Boboy Consunji and Cherry Gutierrez starting July 2014.

Ong, who set up Campaigns, Inc. in 1986 and had since led it to become one of the top communications organisations in the Philippines, stated, “The time has come for me to pursue fresh challenges and satisfy my curiosity about what else is out there.”

Consunji and Gutierrez will take over as Joint CEOs, with equal authority and responsibilities. Both will oversee the operations for Campaigns & Grey’s extensive portfolio which include mainstream advertising, digital, public relations, activation, shopper marketing, design, government work, advocacy, and operations in Visayas and Mindanao.

BoboyConsunji cut short his law studies to join Campaigns, in its early years, as an account manager. He spent more than a decade managing projects and launches for Grey’s global and prestigious local clients including Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Sun Cellular, Universal Robina Corp., Emperador Distillers, Lamoiyan and Rockwell Land. In 2005, he set up Neuron, Campaigns’ second agency, and steered it to become one of the group’s most profitable business units. In 2013, he was promoted to Campaigns & Grey’s COO.

CherryGutierrez’s career in advertising was fated from the day she won a college scholarship from the Philippine Board of Advertising. She was immediately offered a job to join a top local agency upon graduation. In 1992, Gutierrez joined Campaigns as Management Supervisor where she steered successful launches of Procter & Gamble’s Joy and Downy, and San Miguel’s beer business. She was also the longtime leader of Del Monte Philippines’ canned juice and fruits, and sauces business. In 2013, she was promoted to Managing Director. Thirty years since that scholarship, Gutierrez remains as an accomplished steward of key clients such as Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth and Boehringer Ingelheim.

 


 

OMD has appointed Agnes Yee as General Manager for Malaysia.

Agnes_YeeShe will be working closely with the management team at OMD to develop new business opportunities, enhance client service and mentor talent.

Agnes joins OMD with over 10 years of experience in senior leadership roles across the media and marketing industry. Prior to her appointment, Agnes was the Group Planning Director at Zenith Media, responsible for strategic planning, talent management and leading multiple key accounts in the telecommunications and luxury sector. In the course of her career, Agnes has been credited with increasing profitability and operational efficiency for the clients she has worked with.

Agnes reports to Margaret Lim in her new role, and her position is effective immediately.

 


 

Vserv.mobi bolsters the Southeast Asia management team to further strengthen market leadership

Riding on the backdrop of the rapid mobile user growth and fast adoption of mobile advertising in the emerging markets, Vserv.mobi, an award winning mobile advertising exchange, recently announced a series of senior appointments across the Southeast Asia region, including Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand.

The new hires form the core leadership team for the region to capture the next wave of opportunities and to further accelerate the company’s continued expansion, including:

Eva-SoputanEva Soputan, Country Manager, Indonesia

As a media industry veteran, Eva brings with her 15 years of experience in the areas of advertising sales, business planning and development. Having worked in both traditional (broadcast and print) and digital advertising with global leading companies such as Telkomsel and Exponential Interactive, Eva has equipped herself with comprehensive skill sets in advertising strategy and content.

As the Indonesia Country Manager, Eva is responsible in establishing and reinforcing Vserv.mobi’s position as the leading mobile ad exchange in Indonesia through revenue generation and continuously strengthening publisher relationship.

Rovy-VservRovy Rivera, Business Director, Philippines

Rovy has more than 14 years of digital marketing, sales, customer service and business development experience in a wide array of sectors including Telco, FMCG, Beauty and Cosmetic, Consumer Electronics and Entertainment. His previous experience with Adz Central, Exponential Interactive and Benny D. Antiporda equipped him with great understanding and knowledge in digital and mobile marketing. As a digital sales veteran, he was among the industry pioneers who successfully introduced new digital solutions into the Philippines market.

Rovy joins Vserv.mobi as a Business Director. He will helm the business development and sales functions in Philippines.

Tony-Kan-VservTony Kan, Business Director, Malaysia

Tony brings 12 years of media sales, business development and consulting experience with leading local and international media owners in Malaysia, including Catcha Media Berhad and Asia Media. His experience covers various sectors such as Technology, Airlines, FMCG, Financial, Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Luxury, Automobiles, Beverages, Telecommunications, Educations, Retails and others.

At Vserv.mobi, he will steer the Sales and Marketing strategies for the Malaysia market and drive the business direction to ensure Vserv.mobi to be the top of mind as a one-stop mobile advertising partner.

Suwaree-VservSuwaree Yeesunyem, Business Development Director, Thailand

Having worked with broadcast company BBTV New Media and online and mobile content provider Sanook Online, Suwaree is well-versed in both mobile and advertising content. Over ten years of experience in digital and advertising media industry make her a right fit at Vserv.mobi.

As the Business Development Director, she spearheads business development with local premium Publishers helping accelerate Vserv.mobi’s penetration with mobile content providers in Thailand. Thailand remains a lucrative market for premium mobile content and she will work with local mobile content players to help them market their products via the Vserv.mobi exchange.

RatiRati Otrakul, Sales Director, Thailand

Rati has over 13 years of experience in the media industry, having worked with MCN Asia, Admax Network, Inmobi and other leading media companies. She specialises in marketing, sales and business development, and has strategic understanding of integrated media engagement of Offline media (Prints, TV, events) and Digital Media (Social media, Online and Mobile Media). Rati has been successful in implementing various innovative media and monetization business projects.

As the Sales Director, Rati is responsible in building and further reinforcing the market awareness of mobile advertising.

The new appointments will contribute to Vserv.mobi’s overall strategy to grow its Southeast Asia team strength by more than three times by the end of 2014.

 


 

RockwellRockwell Automation, a leading provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions, has appointed Servo Dynamics Engineering Co. Ltd. as its authorized distributor in Vietnam. Servo Dynamics Engineering is a subsidiary of the Servo Dynamics Group, one of the leading automation and industrial solution providers in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of the Rockwell Automation limited distribution strategy, this appointment will help to better serve customers in Vietnam.

Customers in Vietnam will be able to transition to Servo Dynamics Engineering for order placement, fulfillment, inquiries, full technical support and customer service. Servo Dynamics Engineering will provide added focus and value to customer relationships. Servo Dynamic Engineering’s coverage and capabilities will improve Rockwell Automation’s limited distribution performance, which is a critical component of its business model. Moreover, the relationship supports the Rockwell Automation Growth and Performance business strategy, which consists of enhancing market access, expanding its served markets and extending its geographic reach in this important region.

 


 

Sunil_LullaGrey Group announced the appointment of Sunil Lulla as Chairman & Managing Director for Grey Group India.

He joins Grey Group from Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd where he was President, Corporate Development. Prior to that, he was Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Times Television Network.

Sunil is a 30-year media and communication veteran with proven expertise in building stellar brands and creating enduring, successful businesses. His experience spans across communication, media, consumer goods and the digital space, as well as across geographies of India, Taiwan and China with companies including John Walter Thompson, MTV, Diageo, Sony and The Times Group.

He will report to Nirvik Singh, Chairman & CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific.

Jishnu Sen, out-going Chief Executive Officer for Grey Group India is leaving the network for personal reasons.

 


 

KaMobext, the mobile marketing arm of Havas Media Group, has appointed Kat van Zutphen as General Manager for Singapore.

Kat will be responsible for managing the Mobext Singapore operations with a special focus on developing the mobile product across paid, owned and earned media. She will work closely with the offline and specialist digital teams at Havas Media Group Singapore to develop business opportunities from existing and new clients.

With more than 20 years of experience in the mobile industry, Kat is passionate about human centred design, and the user’s experience (UX) in the mobile space. She has spent the past several years working with international businesses and clients to devise innovative digital channels for making financial services accessible to people not served by conventional banks.

An engineer by training, Kat successfully ran a team that planned and built a mobile operator in Brazil. She has also worked with Grameen Foundation’s Technology Centre to develop and implement need-based technology across Asia and Africa to empower the bottom of the pyramid, while partnering with micro-finance institutions, international development organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Kat holds undergraduate degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering and has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business in USA.

 


 

STRATA, a leader in media buying and selling software, hired Jamie Donnenfeld as Vice President of Digital.

A seasoned media professional with over twenty years of experience, Donnenfeld will lead and manage the development of STRATA's new programmatic buying solutions for video and audio. She will also provide insight and direction for STRATA's digital ad buying module along with cross divisional digital initiatives, and take an active role within STRATA sales teams to expand digital partnerships within the industry.

Donnenfeld comes to STRATA from ZUUS Media where she was the Vice President of Ad Operations and Analytics and was responsible for the agency's advertising operations and analytics platforms along with day-to-day operations. At ZUUS, Donnenfeld played a crucial role in integrating networks with ZUUS' ad server and video player. Prior to that she led advertising and operations teams at Canoe Ventures, where she successfully launched the first National iTV and VOD campaigns. She was also a Vice President at other pioneering start-ups, including Massive Incorporated and Joost, where she served the first dynamic advertisement within video games, on-line video and mobile devices.

 


 

Pranay_SinghHavas Media Group announced the appointment of Pranay Shah Singh as Head of Strategy for Indonesia.

In his new role, Pranay will be responsible for strengthening the strategic output on key clients including, XL Axiata, Danone, AXA, LG Electronics and Kakao Talk. He will also work closely with account leads, innovation and new business teams to drive the adoption of group’s proprietary Meaningful Brands Research and Meaningful Connections Planning Process that helps brands connect with people and create shared value for brands and consumers.

Pranay joins the agency with ten years of experience in the dynamic Indian media industry, where he developed an expertise in strategic planning, media research, consulting and content marketing, working with multinational media agencies and boutique consulting. His last stint was with ZenithOptimedia India, where he led communications planning for FMCG companies like Reckitt Benckiser and Nestle. His involvement in social initiatives like Dhriti and recognition as a rising media star in India by Brand Equity magazine, are testamant to his interest in the evolution of communications, and how it impacts society and culture.

He will report jointly to SK Biswas, Chief Strategy Officer of Havas Media Group APAC and Riadi Sugihtani, CEO of Havas Media Group Indonesia.