Indiantelevision.com Team

(10 October 2007 9:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Starcom Worldwide has promoted Nikhil Rangnekar to the position of executive director, India-West.

Rangnekar, currently general manager in charge of the Procter & Gamble account, will continue to report to Starcom Worldwide MD India-West and South Manish Porwal and assume his new role before the end of the year.

Nikhil Rangnekar

Porwal said, "Most of our client companies are witnessing dramatic business growth. They are full of optimism about their future and are scaling up their marketing investments. In addition, some of Mumbai's biggest account shifts this year have been in our favour, including Jet Airways, JetLite, Tata Housing, Mirae Assets, and Kotak Mahindra. Nikhil's elevation to the new role adds depth to our management bandwidth and will help us engage our clients better and further consolidate our service offering."

Starcom MediaVest Group CEO-South Asia Ravi Kiran said, "Nikhil is a true blue Starcomer, having spent his entire media career in our organization. He understands the DNA of Starcom in its entirety and is loved as a coach and a mentor by our people. I am happy that he is taking a larger and business role in the organization and congratulate him heartily."

Rangnekar, who is a business management post graduate from Welingkar Institute, Mumbai University, joined Starcom from campus.

Over the first three years he spent at the agency, he worked on almost all of the agency's key accounts - Procter & Gamble, Heinz, Balsara, Fiat amongst others.