MUMBAI: Havas Media’s flagship brand, MPG India, has promoted Mohit Joshi as the managing partner for India.
The agency has also appointed Gautam Rajagopal as vice president of investments for West India.
Joshi joined MPG India to handle the Reckitt Benckiser business in 2007 and was later promoted to the role of executive director of Delhi operations.
According to the agency, Joshi has played a key role in the acquisition of clients such as MTS, Hyundai, Clarks, M3M and Tulip.
Joshi has over 15 years of experience with a strong grounding in strategic planning and AOR management. He started his career with Mindshare (erstwhile HTA) and has worked with Universal McCann and ZenithOptimedia. Some of the accounts he has worked on include GSK, Pepsi, Dabur, Hero Honda, Nestle, Reckitt Benckiser and Hyundai.
Meanwhile, Rajgopal will report in to Kunal Jamuar, the newly appointed head of MPG’s West India operations.
Rajgopal has 16 years of experience in Broadcast Investment having worked in senior roles at agencies including OMS (a division of Mudra), Starcom and Carat. He was most recently the vice- president of media services at Beehive Communications.
Rajgopal’s stint at Starcom and OMS has seen him winning internal awards for increasing buying efficiencies and innovations and achieving financial targets. His career has seen him working across multiple categories for brands like HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, Parle, Bisleri, P&G, Heinz, Skoda, Bajaj and Cadbury.
MPG India and South Asia CEO Anita Nayyar said, “I have worked closely with Mohit for more than four years now and am constantly touched by his commitment and attitude towards clients and the brands. Mohit epitomizes everything the MPG brand stands for – cutting edge client servicing, solid strategic offering and focus on delivering value. It obviously gives me great pleasure to announce his well-deserved promotion.”
Nayyar also added that these changes at the Mumbai office underline the new momentum at MPG India. “We have aggressive plans for the year and with the capable team at the helm, we are looking at the fruition of these plans”, she noted
