Wunderman Thompson has roped in Shamsuddin Jasani as the Chief Executive Officer for South Asia, according to ETHRWorld report. Most recently, he served as Group MD Isobar South Asia & Taproot, Isobar india, Isobar Srilanka, Isobar Consulting.
He joins in place of Tarun Rai, who was the chairman and group CEO for South Asia at the agency.
Earlier, Wunderman Thompson announced Rai’s promotion to the role of executive director, strategic initiatives – APAC.
Shamsuddin has been in the digital industry for 20 years. He launched Isobar in India in August 2008, he has grown the agency’s billing size from zero to USD 250 million and staff number grew from four to 300-member strong team, the LinkedIn profile mentioned.
Under his leadership, the agency has been achieved the distinction of being the Digital Agency of the year for India for three years running from2015-2017 as well as south asia for two years which is given by Campaign Asia, Isobar has also won Digital Agency of the Year India Silver awards in 2012, 2014 and . Isobar also debuted at number 4 on top digital agencies in the Brand Equity Agency reckoner for 2017. He also oversees the AMNET operations in India. Shams is also a board committee of Dentsu Aegis Network’s Management in India as well as leading the charge on digital as a part of the Digital Council for Dentsu Aegis Network. it said.
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