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Melt Update | 26 April | Leadership Changes At BBH India and MORE

melt, April 26, 2022

Meanwhile, Consulting giant Accenture has renamed Accenture Interactive, its advertising and marketing services arm, as Accenture Song.

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Top News:

1. Leadership Changes At BBH India
Publicis Groupe India has appointed Dheeraj Sinha as Chairperson of BBH India. Sinha will continue as CEO & CSO of Leo Burnett South Asia. Russell Barrett will serve as CEO and CCO, BBH India, while Subhash Kamath will continue in an advisory role.

2. Creative Leadership at Sideways Consulting
Sideways Consulting has announced the appointment of Nilay Moonje as Creative Head. It has also elevated Sameer Sojwal, its Creative Lead, as Creative Head. Both Moonje and Sojwal will jointly lead the creative team at the agency.

3. Accenture Interactive rebrands as Accenture Song
Consulting giant Accenture has renamed Accenture Interactive, its advertising and marketing services arm, as Accenture Song, and will merge all of its agency subsidiaries with the exception of flagship creative shop Droga5.

4. The One Show 2022: 55 Indian finalists
Indian companies with finalist entries include Dentsu Webchutney, Ogilvy India, DDB Mudra Group, FCB India, Early Man Film, Lowe Lintas, VMLY&R Commerce and Byju’s India.

5. Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s takeover proposal
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock.