Ranjan taught us all to play the changing game: Piyush Pandey

In a touching tribute, Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman, Ogilvy South Asia, remembers Ranjan Kapur, Chairman WPP India and former Managing Director Ogilvy India, who passed away on January 27, 2018. 

“Ranjan served Ogilvy for 37 years in different parts of the world. In 1994, he returned from Singapore to head Ogilvy India. Ranjan was determined to make Ogilvy India the biggest and the best agency in the country on the back of great creative work that solved our clients’ problems and opened new opportunities. 

Ranjan led by example, sleeves rolled up, always willing to get his hands dirty, no matter how small the job. He taught us all to play the changing game and played alongside us. He shared and celebrated successes with us. He coined the phrase “we evaluate our success by the level of laughter in the corridors”. 

I have had the opportunity to know him, to have worked with him, and to have learnt from him, for 36 years. There are stories and more stories – of working hard, playing hard and celebrating harder.”