MUMBAI: Lintas Initiative SVP Ankur Bhartiya has decided to move on from the agency to join Vizeum India as EVP. According to industry sources, Bhartiya is currently serving his notice period at Lintas Initiative and will be joining Vizeum in the first week of August.

Bhartiya started his career in 1997 when he joined the erstwhile Mudra Communications as a media trainee. He then took up the same profile at TBWA Anthem in 1998, before joining Ogilvy&Mather in October 2008. In 2002, he joined Mindshare as media manager. He joined Lintas Initiative in 2003 as senior vice president.

In the course of his career, Bhartiya has worked closely with brands across sectors like automobile industry, consumer electronics and travel portals. Some of the brands he has been associated with include JK Tyres, American Express and Dabur Amla Hair Oil.