Ashish Khazanchi to head business at Publicis Ambience

In the major development going on in Publicis, some senior level changes have also taken place. Aniruddha Banerjee, president and chief operating officer and Ashish Khazanchi, national creative director have been promoted to chairperson and vice-chairperson respectively.

After Ashok Kurien, as a chairperson about three years ago. No one has taken the position. According to the reports, Ashish will now handle the business development at the agency, along with overseeing the creative output. Ashish joined Publicis Ambience in 2007 and started as the creative director at Rediffusion Y&R.

Aniruddha will continue to handle his duties as president and COO. Aniruddha started his career with Contract followed by Clarion and Leo Burnett.

He joined Publicis in 2007.