Mindshare South Asia chief Andre Nair is gradually unvieling his gameplan for the media powerhouse in India. His main task has been bringing in professionals to head the various ventures which he sees as being part of the MindShare network in India. First, ex-Star India marketing and former Coke marketing head Vikram Sakhuja hopped on as managing director of MindShare-Fulcrum.

Now, Nair has lured M.Suku who used to buy media for Levers in the early nineties and then went on to work with ABCL and later Reliance Entertainment. His role according to industry sources is to head non-traditional media services under BroadMind. The job was his because of his wide-ranging exposure to media, and the entertainment business. Suku was not available for comment but sources indicate that he will be joining MindShare on 1 February.

BroadMind, according to the MindShare website, offers specialist services in: sponsorship and sports marketing, event/personality marketing, advertiser-funded programme supply/barter and consultancy services. The projects MindShare has handled include: The Ford European Champions League Soccer BskyB Sports Sponsorship The Rugby World Cup, The Sony Playstation The Champions League Euro 2000, The Shell Ferrari Challenge, Kellogg's Frosties Challenge 2000 Training Camp, Amateur Swimming Association Awards Scheme Age Group Championship, The Nestle Birthday Club on Cartoon Network Smarties on GMTV's Diggit, and Generation Girls ITV's Sabrina the Teenage Witch for Mattel.

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