Media Contacts rejigs South Asia team
23 Nov 2010
Media Contacts, the digital arm of Havas Media, has reorganised its corporate team and strengthened operations in South Asia.
Arnab Mitra has been promoted from director to regional director and will look after the agency's operations in South Asia.
Mitra will report to Anita Nayyar, CEO, Havas Media, South Asia and Rajeev Bala, managing director, Media Contacts, South-East Asia and India. He joined Media Contacts in 2009 and has worked with UK-based Purple Media.
In addition to this, Ravi Kabra, managing director of Media Contacts SEM and SEO operations, Ecselis, based in Hyderabad, has been appointed as director of new business for South and South-East Asia. Kabra will continue to report to Rajeev Bala.
The agency has also relocated Ruth Martin from the agency's Spain operations to spearhead the SEM unit in Hyderabad. Besides, Magali Brisolary from GroupM Search in France and Dileep Raj Singh from Google India have joined the team in Hyderabad.
Mahepreet Singh has been appointed the business director of the Delhi arm of Media Contacts. Singh joins the agency with 10 years' experience and has worked at eBay, Indiatimes and Khojle.
Sameer Pancha and Mitesh Desai had recently joined the India operations as senior leads in creative and technology.
