MUMBAI: Mudra Max has appointed Samir Khanna as the media head -- west.

Prior to this appointment, Khanna was in-charge of Mumbai clients for Mudra India.

Khanna will be looking after Mumbai and Ahmedabad clients and will be based out of Mumbai. He will report to Mudra Max CEO Pratap Bose and will also work closely with the other unit heads of Mudra Max.

Mudra Max has recently integrated all the mass media teams as a single unit media in the West as Mudra Max Media.

Khanna has over 13 years of professional experience in media. He started his career with HTA and agencies such as Lodestar, TME and Madison. He has managed HUL brands, ITC, Kodak, Godrej, Parle among others.

Bose said the consolidation of the mass media services will enable us to portray scale and cohesiveness to the industry. “It will leverage our volume of media buys more effectively to add value to existing clients and help us in the acquisition of new businesses. With the new structure, we hope to make Mudra Max Media a force to reckon with in the industry. I wish Samir and the Mudra Max media team loads of success in the year ahead.”

Khanna added, “This is an exciting time at Mudra Max. The consolidation of the mass media offering gives us the required width and we look forward to providing truly integrated media solutions to our clients. I look forward to working closely with the heads of our experiential and non-traditional media offerings to take media from a pure awareness generation role to a function that builds increasing levels of engagement with the consumer at each step of a brand’s marketing efforts.”