Percept restructures the Advertising business

Percept has restructured its Advertising business to merge MASH Advertising with IBD India with effect from April 1, 2014. The restructure will enable Percept to offer better synergies, streamline operations and efficiencies between the two agencies, and provide a greater array of services & solutions to stakeholders.

Rahul Gupta has been elevated to Managing Director of the merged business wef. April 1, 2014. Rahul set up ByDesign in 1994 to offer strategic brand services based on superior creativity, and in 2007 ByDesign entered into a JV with Percept–Hakuhodo to form IBD India Pvt. Ltd. Today IBD India offers a complete 360-degree approach in 

Amitabha Lahiri has been elevated to Chief Executive Officer of the merged business effective April 1, 2014. Amitabha has been associated with the Percept Group in different leadership roles for over seven years. He joined as Senior Vice President, Hakuhodo Percept India and was later elevated to the position of COO during which Hakuhdo Percept witnessed a series of prestigious business wins including Wagon R, Grand Vitara & A-star from Maruri Suzuki, Carrier, Toshiba, Daikin, Unicharm, Sukam and Hindware. In 2011 Amitabha became CEO of the newly incepted MASH India – a subsidiary of Percept/H, and within a span of 2 years attained a diversity of prominent businesses including Carrier, Toshiba, Haier, Philips, Kyocera Mita, DLF and Parsvnath. His proficiency on a wide array of businesses will enable to take the newly merged entity to the next level of success.