Arvind Sharma is AAAI president

Arvind Sharma is AAAI president

Arvind Sharma

MUMBAI: Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) has appointed Leo Burnett chairman and CEO of India subcontinent Arvind Sharma as president for the year 2012-2013 at its Annual General Body Meeting held today.

Draftfcb+Ulka Advertising executive director and CEO-Mumbai M G Parameswaran has been elected as the vice president.

Immediate past president, Interface Communications director Nagesh Alai will be the ex-officio member of the new AAAI Executive Committee.

The other elected members of the executive committee for the ensuing year are Fifth Estate Communications head Ganesh Baliga, Aegis Group chairman India and CEO South East Asia Ashish Bhasin, Publicis Communications South Asia CEO Nakul Chopra, Mogae Group executive director Tanya Goyal, Crayons Advertising chairman Kunal Lalani, Network Advertising MD Vinod Nair, Prem Associates Advertising and Marketing partner Pranav Premnarayen, Matrix Publicities and Media India’s Sridhar Ramasubramanian, Group M South Asia CEO Vikram Sakhuja, Contract Advertising CEO Umesh Shrikhande and RK Swamy BBDO chairman and MD Srinivasan K Swamy.