Havas India has introduced the appointment of Manas Lahiri as chief progress officer. On this newly created position, Manas will work carefully with the chief management crew of Havas India, driving strategic progress initiatives, enhancing shopper partnerships, and spearheading progressive enterprise alternatives throughout Havas India’s ecosystem of 25 businesses throughout the nation. Manas can be based mostly in Mumbai and report back to Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas India, SEA, and North Asia (Japan & South Korea).
This marks Lahiri’s second innings with Havas India. Between 2018 and 2023, he served in a number of roles, together with managing director of Havas Artistic India (the erstwhile Havas Worldwide India). Most just lately, He was the chief progress companion at VML India, the place he performed a pivotal position in increasing the company’s presence and buying many key accounts.
Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas India, SEA, and North Asia, stated, “Manas’ return to Havas India comes at a vital time as we proceed our robust momentum as a confirmed built-in and future-facing community. With Havas India’s phenomenal transformation over the previous few years, we wanted a confirmed chief to scale our progress ambitions additional. Manas’ strategic acumen, intensive business expertise, and deep understanding of our community’s values make him the perfect option to tackle this position. He may even be pivotal in advancing our Converged technique, working carefully with Sanchita Roy and John Thangaraj – our respective chief technique officers of the media & artistic networks.”
Talking about his appointment, Manas Lahiri, Chief Progress Officer, Havas India, stated, “I’m thrilled to rejoin Havas India at such an thrilling juncture. Havas has all the time been near my coronary heart, and the community’s journey of transformation right into a consolidated, client-centric ecosystem is really inspiring. I sit up for contributing to this subsequent section of progress by driving significant partnerships, fostering innovation, and constructing on the robust basis created by Rana and the crew. I sit up for partnering all of the fabulous leaders on this journey.”
Manas Lahiri, an MBA from Bangalore College, brings over 20 years of numerous expertise throughout promoting, model advertising and marketing, and enterprise management. He has held senior roles in main businesses resembling VML India, Ogilvy, McCann, and Contract India, and has labored with manufacturers resembling Samsung, Lenovo, Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Reckitt.
Manas began his profession on the shopper’s aspect, working with manufacturers like Motorola & Samsung in gross sales & advertising and marketing, earlier than shifting to promoting which provides him a deep understanding of each worlds. Throughout his earlier tenure as managing director at Havas Artistic India, Manas performed a pivotal position in reshaping the company, driving key enterprise wins, and strengthening shopper relationships. His experience lies in fostering progress methods, constructing high-performing groups, and delivering built-in options that drive tangible outcomes.
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