Cheil's Naresh Gupta moves to iYogi as Chief Strategy Officer

The movement has been confirmed to Adgully by Gupta.

Gupta's joined Cheil Worldwide in December, 2010, prior to which he worked as Director, Strategic Planning for Dentsu Marcom. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Sukhadia University, Udaipur and has completed MBA in Marketing from the R A Podar Institute of Management.

Gupta started off his career in research with Mudra's research agency, Samir, in 1988. In 1991, he joined Maharaja International as Marketing Services Manager. Later, in 1993, he joined Jagajit Industries as product manager on the liquor brands.

In 1996, he moved to MAA Bozeil as a planner, post which he joined Contract Advertising as Account Director, Planning. In 2002, he moved over to Grey Worldwide as Account Director, and quit Grey India, Gupta as the Head, Planning, South Asia. He then joined Publicis India where he took the role of Executive Vice-President, Strategic Planning.

iYogi provides subscription-based tech-support services for personalised computer support to consumers, as well as small businesses in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. The company is now looking at expanding into other countries.