MUMBAI: Bates 141 has appointed Sagar Mahableshwarkar as national creative director for the India and Bangladesh region.

Currently Rediffusion Y & R chief creative officer, Mahabaleshwarkar is serving his notice period.
 
At Bates 141, he will partner chairman and regional creative director Sonal Dabral and CEO Sandeep Pathak in furthering the creative agenda.

“It’s like coming back home. I have worked with Sonal before and happy to be in that place again. In both Dabral and Pathak, I found shared passion and vision to create great work and I am confident that it will be a successful partnership. Bates 141 has a good portfolio of clients, on which we can up the creative ante immediately,”says Mahableshwarkar.
 
Bates 141 chairman and regional creative director Dabral said, “Bates 141 is going through a renaissance right now. We are putting great work at the centre of everything we do. Mahabaleshwarkar’s passion and his hunger for great ideas will be critical in helping realise this vision.”
 
Mahableshwarkar started his career with Ogilvy and was with the agency for 16 years. He has worked on brands including Airtel, Tata Nano, Colgate, LG, Sleepwell, Taj, Kingfisher and SugarFree.