Mumbai: Havas Media’s flagship brand, MPG India, has appointed Soumya Sarkar as senior business director.

Based in Mumbai, he will report in to MPG - West India executive director Kunal Jamuar.

In his new role, Sarkar will be responsible for managing the planning function across all brands.

Sarkar said, "I am delighted to be joining MPG. The agency has diverse and exciting brands in its portfolio across different categories and I see an enormous potential not only in the offering but the highly energised team under Kunal."

MPG India MD Mohit Joshi added, "We are pleased to welcome Soumya in the MPG fold. He comes with a solid background in media planning having worked with number of blue chip brands. His presence will be an asset for the Mumbai operations."

Sarkar comes in with over 10 years of experience in media planning. His last stint was with MEC where he was working as senior business director and was handling clients like Nivea, Novartis and Cox & Kings. Prior to this he has also worked with Lintas Media Group, Starcom, The Media Edge and Carat.