Span Communications ropes in Asad Jamal as COO, media

Asad Jamal has been appointed as the chief operating officer, media, at Span Communications. Jamal will be based in the Delhi and will report to the agency's chief executive officer, Naresh Kheterpal.

He joins from MEC, where he was the business director.

In his new role, Jamal will be in charge of the agency's overall media business and will drive the business expansion at Span Communications. He will also be responsible for managing all the agency clients.

Jamal, who has been involved with media planning all through his career, started his career with Chaitra Leo Burnett and has been associated with Triton Communications, DraftFCB Ulka, Starcom Worldwide and MPG.

He has worked on brands like LG India, Samsung and Sony Electronics, lifestyle and consumer brands such as Mother Dairy, TAG Heuer watches and Benetton.

Span Communications had recently bagged the IndiaBulls and GFive Mobile handsets accounts.