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Melt Update | 27 Sep | L&K Saatchi & Saatchi Appoints Noorbanu Qureshi as VP & MORE

Ritwika Gupta, September 27, 2021

Meanwhile, Havas Creative Group India has appointed Debopriyo Bhattacherjee as EVP & Planning Head – North.

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Top News:

1. L&K Saatchi & Saatchi Appoints Noorbanu Qureshi as VP
L&K Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Noorbanu Qureshi as vice president. As reported by campaign India, she will be based in New Delhi and report to Atin Wahal, EVP (North and East), L&K Saatchi & Saatchi. Qureshi moves from Publicis India, where she was AVP.

2. Debopriyo Bhattacherjee Joins Havas Creative Group India as EVP & Planning Head – North
Havas Creative Group India has appointed Debopriyo Bhattacherjee as EVP & Planning Head – North, effective immediately. In his new role, Debopriyo will be responsible for providing strategic guidance to Havas Creative with a special focus on all brands of Reckitt and a portfolio of brands from the Dabur stable. He will be based out of the Gurgaon office and will be reporting to Neeraj Bassi, Chief Strategy Officer, Havas Group India.

3. Eugene Cheong Named Chief Creative Officer, DDB Asia
Eugene Cheong has joined DDB to become its chief creative officer for Asia, according to campaign India. In his new role for Asia, Cheong teams up with DDB Asia CEO David Tang to specifically support its offices in China, Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore. With over 30 years in the industry, Cheong is best known as Ogilvy Asia Pacific’s lead creative for a decade, from 2009 until 2019, when he was replaced by Sonal Dabral and Reed Collins.

4. Sandeep Dahiya Quits Times Group
Sandeep Dahiya, CEO – Times Lifestyle Enterprise, and director – brand extension, BCCL, has decided to move on from the company. Dahiya worked with the Times Group for eight years. As per campaign India, he will continue to work with the company till mid-November.

5. WATConsult Bags Expanded Mandate for India Circus
WATConsult has won the expanded mandate for end-to-end commerce duties of lifestyle brand, India Circus. As per the mandate, the agency will manage India Circus’ e-commerce marketplace strategy and execution in addition to the existing D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) performance marketing duties.