Dentsu Comm picks Rajesh Mathew Sr. VP

Continuing with the series of senior-level appointments, the Dentsu India Group today announced the appointment of Rajesh Mathew as Senior Vice President, Dentsu Communications, Mumbai.

 

An ad-man throughout, spanning over 17 years in Advertising, Rajesh was Managing Partner at Doosra Brand Communications, Mumbai (Part of the Aegis Media Worldwide network, since December 2011) prior to joining Team Dentsu.

 

Welcoming Rajesh to Dentsu, Arijit Ray, CEO, Dentsu Communications said, “Rajesh's induction into Team Dentsu Communications is part of our on-going impetus on strengthening and consolidating the talent profile. I am sure Rajesh's diverse experience across brands over so many years across markets, will help enhance our value proposition amongst our key business portfolios. I wish him a great innings at Dentsu!”

 

On joining Team Dentsu, Rajesh Mathew, Senior Vice President, Dentsu Communications said, "I look forward to the exciting challenge and opportunities at Dentsu Communications; given the ambitious growth plans that are set, I couldn’t ask for a better timing than this, to come on board!” 

 

A passion for great ideas and a proven record of building brands and strategic business consulting best describes Rajesh’s career spanning from 1995 to date. Starting with MAA Bozell in Bangalore, Rajesh went on to work with some of the multinational network advertising agencies in India and an international stint in Muscat, Oman, for a year (as GM and Head of Office). 

 

Among the agencies Rajesh has worked for in India include Saatchi & Saatchi Direct (Bangalore), Ogilvy & Mather (Bangalore), Lowe Lintas Worldwide (Chennai - as Brand Services Director), Rediffusion DYR & Wunderman (Chennai - as GM for both the Agencies), Contract Advertising (Chennai - as Senior Vice President & Manager), Ogilvy & Mather (Mumbai – as Vice President & Business Head) 

 

Rajesh has worked on a wide spectrum of Clients like – Star TV Network (India’s largest TV network), Mitsubishi Motors (Lancer, Cedia, Pajero, Outlander, Montero)  NIIT (Schools business), SunDTH – HD, Muthoot Fincorp Ltd – (MP Group) Kochi, Kerala, Odyssey India, Editions – Pens of the world, Saint-Gobain Glass, Avestha Good Earth Foods (Breakfast cereals & Nutri-bars), United India Insurance, Grundfos, Hindustan Unilever (Deluxe Green Label Coffee), Hewlett Packard, Wipro, Infosys – (Corp & BFSI products), Texas Instruments, Mico-Bosch, BankMuscat, Oman Tourism, Oman Oil, The Intercontinental Hotels, Cuticura (Talc & Deo), Airtel, Citibank, The British Council, Tilaknagar Industries, Timeout Magazine, to name a few. 

 

A keen interest in motorsports (used to participate in rallies), travelling, music and reading are among Rajesh’s other areas of interest.