MUMBAI: Initiative India has named R Venkatasubramanian and Vishnu Sharma as senior vice presidents. Both Venkatasubramanian and Sharma will be based in Delhi.

Venkatasubramanian will oversee investments and sports while Sharma will be in charge of strategy and insights for all clients of the agency in Delhi.

Initiative India president Manas Mishra said, "These key appointments will help take Initiative into a superior level of delivering business and media solutions for clients. I look forward to welcoming Venkat and Vishnu as part of my leadership team."

Venkatasubramanian is returning to Initiative after two shorts stints at Maxus and MPG. He earlier worked worked with Initiative for almost a decade.

Sharma is presently national head of sales, strategy and business analytics at HT Media. He has experience of more than a decade working with national brands Airtel, Hero Honda, LG and others at Group M and Madison.