MediaCom reshuffles Senior Management structure in Mumbai

Hemen Desai, Managing Partner, Team P&G, moves to Tokyo as MD of MediaCom Japan. New roles for Avinash Pillai, Ashwini Kamat and Deepa Jatkar

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | January 24, 2013

(L-R) Hemen Desai, Avinash Pillai, Ashwini Kamat and Deepa Jatkar

MediaCom has announced changes in key senior roles in its Mumbai office. Hemen Desai, Managing Partner, Team P&G, moves to Tokyo as MD of MediaCom Japan. He has been with MediaCom India since 2008 and has been instrumental in setting up the team that exclusively handles the P&G media mandate. Desai and his team were the architects of the celebrated Gillete WALS campaign that won MediaCom India a Gold Media Lion at Cannes.

Avinash Pillai who used to lead buying for MediaCom India, takes over from Desai as General Manager on the P&G business. Pillai has been with MediaCom for more than two years and has been directly involved with media partners on all key deals apart from playing an important role in the various new business wins of MediaCom.

Ashwini Kamat who used to lead the non-P&G businesses in MediaCom Mumbai (VW Group, HRI, Aegon Religare, Wyeth, Pfizer, Edelweiss, etc.) takes over from Pillai as National Buying Director of MediaCom India.

Deepa Jatkar who used to lead the VW business takes over from Pillai as General Manager in charge of the non-P&G businesses. Both Kamat and Jatkar together fashioned and managed the much talked about and well-awarded innovations on VW and Skoda.

Debraj Tripathy

Debraj Tripathy, MD MediaCom India, said about the changes, “These are very well deserved moves and I wish Hemen, Avinash, Ashwini and Deepa the very best in their new roles.”

Desai's move as MD of MediaCom Japan comes a week after the announcement of Anita Mookherjee's move from MediaCom Bangalore to Jakarta as the MD of MediaCom Indonesia. “This is in line with our endeavour to provide our top performers with bigger opportunities within the MediaCom network. MediaCom India continues to be the grooming ground for some of MediaCom's best managers in the region,” Tripathy said.

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