Harshad Hardikar returns to OgilvyOne

Ogilvy has announced that Harshad Hardikar has returned to the agency.  Harshad has been appointed Senior Vice President, Ecommerce & CRM Practice, OgilvyOne India. 

 

Harshad returns to Ogilvy after one year at rediff.com. At rediff.com, he was responsible for Rediffshopping. Prior to that Harshad was with OgilvyOne for 4 years as Mumbai Head. A postgraduate from MET  IMS, Mumbai, Harshad has over fifteen years experience in CRM/Loyalty that he garnered during his work years with Select Direct, iContract, ICICI Bank and OgilvyOne. He launched India’s first coalition loyalty programme called iMint (now Payback).

 

Harshad Hardikar, Senior Vice President, Ecommerce & CRM Practice, OgilvyOne India:  I am glad to be back at OgilvyOne. We are witnessing unprecedented growth for Ecommerce and ECRM in India.  Our clients are actively looking for solutions to sell online as a cost efficient revenue stream.  My mandate at OgilvyOne is to lead this practice nationally and manage our clients Ecommerce/CRM needs end to end.

 

Kunal Jeswani, President, OgilvyOne India:  The best service we can do for our clients is to bring in talent that can make a difference to their business. Harshad represents just that, the best available talent in CRM and Ecommerce. Someone who understands the intricacies of digital relationship marketing and can use it to demonstrate a real impact on our clients businesses.