Paresh Chaudhry named next CEO of Madison PR

He will take over from Veena Gidwani who is retiring on June 30 after 12 years of leading the agency

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | June 4, 2012

Madison PR has announced the appointment of Paresh Chaudhry as its new CEO. He will take over from Veena Gidwani, current CEO of Madison PR, who will retire on June 30, 2012. Chaudhry will be based in Mumbai.

Chaudhry has over 24 years of brand communication and reputation management experience across industries and key global markets. He has been a business communication professional with Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Ranbaxy and Wockhardt. His last assignment was as Group President - Corporate Communications, Reliance Industries, reporting to Mukesh Ambani. Prior to Reliance, he was Head of Communications at HUL & Communications Leader, Unilever South Asia.

From building the corporate brand of  Ranbaxy in North America, Europe and India, to aligning regional communication country teams to bring alive “the transition to one Unilever brand" and driving the  corporate name change from HLL to HUL, to putting together systems and processes for effective global                (internal & external) communications at RIL, Chaudhry has experience and expertise in all areas of corporate communications.

An MBA (Marketing) with a Public affairs diploma from Hong Kong University, Chaudhry is the founder President of Indian Forum Of  Corporate Communicators (IFCC).

Said Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison World, “I am delighted to have Paresh join us. His cross-client category and cross-country experience should help him add great value to our FMCG clients. Veena has done a wonderful job in building Madison PR into a specialist brand PR consultancy and meeting the professional needs of our over 40 clients in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune and I wish her a very happy and  fulfilling life ahead.”

Chaudhry said on his joining Madison, “I am delighted with the opportunity to work with Madison PR which has carved out a distinct and distinguished niche within the industry and is known for its strong values and relationships with some of the best known companies in India. I look forward to working with Sam and his team of professionals to take Madison PR to the next level.”

Madison PR is a 12-year-old image management company specialising in innovative brand building techniques and campaigns, servicing  blue chip clients like Procter & Gamble, Britannia, Godrej, Levis, Café Coffee Day, Titan Fastrack, Parle Agro among others. It has offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune.

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