MUMBAI: Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) has promoted Anand Badami to group MD of its Malaysia office. This is in addition to his current responsibilities as regional business development director for Nestle.

Anand will shift base from Singapore to Malaysia and take over the position from Andre Nair later this month. Prior to this, Badami was Ogilvy & Mather, Indonesia country head.

Anand will oversee the growth and development of the Malaysian office as well as partner with the agency‘s key clients which include Maxis, Nestle, MAS, Shell, IBM, Guinness, BAT, Coke, Goodyear and Pizza Hut.

"We are delighted that Anand has accepted this new challenge and are grateful to Andre for his commitment to strengthening the agency during his two-year tenure. Malaysia is key to our Southeast Asia growth strategy and an agency we‘ll continue to invest in," said Ogilvy & Mather ASEAN Regional Director and president, Ogilvy Action, Asia Pacific John Goodman.

Badami had joined Ogilvy in India where he played an instrumental role in launching Dove. During his 15-year career with the network, he has worked across multiple Asian markets on clients portfolios that include Unilever‘s Dove and Ponds, Nestlé‘s MILO and UPS.