Gautam Talwar appointed executive vice-president, Rediffusion Y&R

09 Jun 2010

Rediffusion Y&R has appointed Gautam Talwar as executive vice-president, new business development and projects, reporting to group CEO Mahesh Chahan.

Talwar has over 10 years experience in the advertising and entertainment industry and has worked with Grey, Ammirati Puris Lintas and Lowe.

He headed the creative and business departments at Kaleidoscope Entertainment before joining Rediffusion Y&R.

In the course of his career, he has worked on major client accounts such as Johnson & Johnson, Diageo, Elf, Akai, Cadbury Schweppes, Unilever hair franchise.

He was also the strategic planner on Fair & Lovely and Population Services International (PSI) and handled the Unilever business for Lowe in the MENA region for three years.