Prasanth Kumar, CEO, South Asia of GroupM Media (India) Pvt Ltd, has been elected because the president of the Promoting Companies Affiliation of India (AAAI) at its annual common physique assembly.
Rana Barua, group CEO of Havas Group India, was elected vice-president of the affiliation. Anupriya Acharya, outgoing president, would be the ex-officio member of the AAAI board for 2022-23.
“I’m extraordinarily honoured to be elected president of this prestigious affiliation. Promoting is a dynamic and idea-driven {industry}. Collaboration with {industry} organisations will enable us to form the {industry} in a progressive approach that advantages everyone. I sit up for constructing synergies with like-minded individuals and organisations and I imagine that we will obtain our objectives if we work collectively,” Prasanth stated on the event.
He’s a GroupM veteran with greater than 25 years of expertise having labored throughout the {industry}. He has additionally labored at Pepsi, The Hindu, The Media Edge & McCann Erickson earlier than becoming a member of GroupM. He has additionally been vp of AAAI from 2020 – 2022.
Acharya stated it has been “a privilege to carry the workplace of president and tackle the obligations that include it for the final two years”.
The AAAI, a not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed commerce affiliation of promoting businesses, was shaped in 1945.
Different elected members of the board:
Vishandas Hardasani (Matrix Publicities and Media India Pvt Ltd)
Kunal Lalani (Crayons Promoting Pvt Ltd)
Rohan Mehta (Kinnect Pvt Ltd)
Chandramouli Muthu Maitri (Promoting Works Pvt Ltd, Cochin)
Sridhar Ramasubramanian (Beehive Communications Pvt Ltd)
Shashidhar Sinha (Initiative Media India Pvt Ltd)
Okay Srinivas (Sloka Promoting Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad)
Vivek Srivastava (Innocean Worldwide Communications Pvt Ltd)