MUMBAI: Webchutney, part of Dentsu India Group, has appointed Benny Augustine to head their finance team. The agency hopes to scale new levels of growth with Augustine‘s appointment.

Speaking on the appointment, Webchutney CEO and co-founder Sidharth Rao said "The year 2013 has been a remarkable year for us, especially with the Dentsu partnership. We have been working with the team at Dentsu India to chart out an accelerated growth plan for the agency for the next few years. On the basis of my interactions with Benny prior to his appointment, I realised that we both shared a common vision for Webchutney."

Prior to this, Benny was working as VP, finance with Contract Advertising and has over two and a half decades of experience in the fields of commercial functions involving budgeting, profit and loss management, cash flow management, fee negotiations and management information systems (MIS).

"I am really delighted that Benny has joined Webchutney. His extensive experience will provide the right direction to the Webchutney Finance team. He will closely work with me, Sidharth and other key management team members. I am looking forward to his partnership in this exciting new phase of growth at Webchutney," said Dentsu India Group CFO CP Arora.On his transition to Webchutney Beeny said, "I am delighted and excited to be part of Webchutney, the no.1 digital agency of India. Webchutney is a vibrant agency with a bunch of very young people. Apart from managing finance my task would be facilitate the synergies between Webchutney and Dentsu."