Cheil Worldwide SW Asia appoints Rahul Nanda as SVP - New Business, Digital

Cheil Worldwide SW Asia (Cheil India) has appointed digital domain specialist, Rahul Nanda as Senior Vice President – New Business, Digital.

Nanda, moves from Web Chutney, where he was Partner & President, until its sale to Denstu India. A digital domain specialist he comes with 19+ years of experience and expertise across various sectors including Digital Marketing, Application Development, Mobile Communications, DTH including an ISP.

Reporting to Rajesh Bhatia, Nanda will lead the growth and expansion of the agency’s integrated media offering as well as enhance its internal digital capabilities.

Confirming the appointment, Hari Krishnan, COO, Cheil Worldwide, SW Asia said, “Cheil India is growing exponentially and with digital being a key quotient for new business acquisition, Rahul’s coming on board reflects this momentum. I am positive that his entrepreneurial genius will work in furthering our digitally-integrated vision.”

“With the scale and skill of our digital offering today, I believe, we are rightly positioned to aggressively take our proposition to a much wider audience base. And we needed someone of the stature and pedigree of Rahul to fulfill that agenda. Am delighted with his coming on board,” said Rajesh Bhatia, SVP & Head Digital, Cheil Worldwide, SW Asia.

Commenting on his joining, Rahul Nanda, SVP– New Business, Digital, Cheil Worldwide SW Asia, said, “I find this new role to be about Future-proofing the Agency and creating a truly ‘Digitally-integrated’ Agency.”

Nanda started his career with the National Informatics Centre as a Management Analyst, during the early Internet days in India. He then joined Avaya GlobalConnect as Head of eBusiness and looked after the India, APAC & Australia operations. As Partner & President of Webchutney, the leading Digital Agency that they sold to Dentsu India, he handled a variety of responsibilities. These included Finance, HR, Administration, IT to Client servicing and Business Development. Major clients that he was responsible for were Airtel, Barclays, HP, among others. Prior to the sell-off, he started the Mobile Initiative focusing on mobile Apps &Games and VAS content.

Aside of his work schedule, Nanda guest Lectures at Business Schools such as ISB, 9.9 SoC, FMCC, Amity and LBSIM. He has also been a presenter and panelist at numerous Digital Media Conferences & Forums like iMedia, TiE, E4M, Google, Gov2.in events. He has also been a Mentor at Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad Initiative. In addition, he has judged and been a member of the jury for Award events like Power of Ideas, PCWorld Digital Media, Career Launcher IWSB, etc.

This techie at heart is an Economics Graduate from Delhi University, and holds a Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in IT from FORE School of Management.