Havas Media strengthens team to match its growth

Havas Media Group India in keeping with its growth pace and new business acquisitions since the beginning of 2013 has made some senior management appointments.
In the light of the recently acquired LG business, the Havas Media Arena team has been strengthened with 2 key appointments:

Love Guglani – who joins as Vice President and Saurabh Bhatnagar who joins as Group Account Director-Digital. Their main mandate is to manage the LG business in keeping with the philosophy of being ‘Digital at the core’.

Besides this, Havas Media Delhi has appointed Roopali Sharma as Vice President, to manage key clients like MTS which are on their growth phase.

Commenting on the appointments Anita Nayyar, CEO, Havas Media Group India & South Asia said, “Our growth strategy needs the right people. All three have had illustrious careers and collectively bring in huge wealth of knowledge and experience.”

Love has 12+ years of experience across Carat, Starcom, Maxus and Loadstar Universal. He has worked on some of the big local brands (TATA, Hero Honda) as well as global brands (Intel, Sony). He has straddled across planning, buying and implementation roles. He has won a number of media awards on TATA Docomo, Hero Honda and Reebok.

Saurabh comes with rich experience of 12+ years, most of which have been with digital. He was previously Business Director, Dentsu Digital. He has also worked with Sapient Nitro, Quasar Media, BC Web Wise. His portfolio of clients include include Hero Honda, 7up, GSK - Jr. Horlicks, ITC Welcom Group, ICI Dulux, SanDisk, DELL, Canon, DS Group and Monster.com.

Roopali also has over 13 years of experience which spans across strategy, planning and buying. She also had a stint on the client side when she worked with LG. She was previously VP Buying at Zenith Optimedia. Cheil Media, Maxus India and Carat were other agencies where she worked in senior roles Her battery of clients includes Reckitt Benckiser, Toshiba, Uninor, Yatra.com, OLX, Dabur and Samsung amongst others.

“Havas is looking at an aggressive growth path in India so I am glad to be here. I have worked with Anita Nayyar in the past - her passion and support is a fantastic proposition to drive a business, in addition to the working wavelength we share. My mandate presents opportunities and challenges. I look forward to giving brands, global or local a meaningful voice to further their business plans in India”, said Love Guglani.

“Havas is a great opportunity and I am thrilled to be associated with great minds. I look forward to institute a richer, multi level digital experience for the clients and create new business associations in India. The expectations and challenges are big and I consider them as motivators to achieve greater results and growth”, said Saurabh Bhatnagar.

"I look forward to an exciting and enriching career at Havas. My role and responsibility is to further strengthen our quality of work and lead the clients to more strategic directions helping them achieve their business goals. I look forward to working in this exciting and inspiring work place under the inspiring and always motivated leadership”, said Roopali Sharma.