Satbir Singh takes entrepreneurial plunge, sets up ad agency 'Thinkstr'

Singh quit FCB Ulka in December after a year-long stint as Chief Creative Officer. Prior to that he had led creative at Havas Worldwide for almost a decade

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | January 6, 2016

Satbir Singh

Another senior creative professional has gone the entrepreneurial way. Satbir Singh, who quit FCB Ulka as its Chief Creative Officer last month, has just announced the launch of his own advertising agency, 'Thinkstr'. Singh confirmed the news to BestMediaInfo.com.

Singh had joined FCB Ulka from Havas Worldwide in January 2015. He had joined Havas Worldwide in April 2005, and nearly completed a decade at the agency. During his stint with FCB Ulka, Singh led some memorable work across brands like Snapdeal, Tata Salt, Zee, etc.

Singh has journeyed 20 years in diverse and noteworthy agencies such as Grey, Leo Burnett and Ogilvy, besides his stint with Havas Worldwide. He had joined Havas in 2005 when it was known as Euro RSCG, as Executive Creative Director of the Delhi branch. Prior to which he was Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather for five years (2000-2005). From 1998-2000, Singh was Associate Creative Director at Leo Burnett.

Over the years, he has worked on memorable brands across categories like Daewoo Automobiles, Volvo, LML, Panasonic, Voltas, LG, Reckitt Benckiser, among others, and has led and authored memorable and award winning campaigns like Incredible India! for India Tourism and Bajate Raho for Red FM.

Singh has won accolades and awards at all important national and international forums including Cannes, One Show and D&AD. He is a blogger and twitterati of repute and was named amongst India's 100 most digitally influential people last year.

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