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Genesis BCW wins national PR mandate for IndiaFirst Life Insurance
NEW DELHI: Genesis BCW has been appointed as agency on record for IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd (IndiaFirst Life), following a multi-agency pitch.
Genesis BCW will strengthen IndiaFirst Life’s core brand value of being a trusted business leader in the life insurance and pensions sector, leveraging through an integrated communications approach combining strategic counselling and communication, media advocacy, crisis preparedness and driving thought leadership in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) space.
“We are delighted to announce Genesis BCW as our communications partner as we take our #CustomerFirst philosophy ahead,” said IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd deputy CEO Rushabh Gandhi. “By leveraging Genesis BCW’s expertise and long-standing experience, we aim to enhance IndiaFirst Life’s brand visibility and connect among all our stakeholders. We are confident this partnership will help us communicate our purpose as a brand and build on our vision of securing lives and creating value.”
“This is an exciting opportunity for us to support one of the youngest and fastest growing life insurance companies in the country in its communications journey,” said Genesis BCW CEO Deepshikha Dharmaraj. “We are living in a world of heightened ambiguity, and IndiaFirst Life aims to give their customers assurance in these challenging times. We look forward to spreading their message of #LifeIsFullOfCertainties and help them build strong relationships with their stakeholders based on trust and values.”
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Publicis Brazil’s creative chief Mauro Ramalho lands the jury chair at Abby Awards 2026
Mauro Ramalho brings 25 years of global advertising firepower to the new creative commerce, use of data and B2B category at Goafest
GOA: The Abby Awards 2026, powered by The One Club and The One Show, has appointed Mauro Ramalho, chief creative officer of Publicis Brazil, as jury chair for its newly launched creative commerce, use of data and B2B category. The announcement, made on 18 March, signals the awards’ intent to bring serious international muscle to a category that sits squarely at the intersection of creativity and commercial performance.
Ramalho is not a name that needs much introduction in global advertising circles. Over 25 years spanning three countries, he has worked at some of the industry’s most creatively restless addresses. At AKQA in San Francisco, he worked across McDonald’s, Nike, Fox, Target, Kraft Foods and GAP, and helped lead “The Lost Ring” for McDonald’s, one of the first alternate reality campaigns and among the most awarded projects of its era. He later moved to Organic in Toronto, bridging the Detroit and Toronto offices on Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler, before spending over a decade building CUBOCC into one of Brazil’s most iconic and innovative independent agencies, which subsequently joined the IPG network.
A stint at FCB followed, where Ramalho led integrated work bridging online and offline, before he joined R/GA São Paulo as vice-president and executive creative director, stitching together the São Paulo office with New York, London, Portland and California on global clients including Verizon, Google, Meta, Samsung, American Express and Heineken. He now heads Publicis Brazil as its chief creative officer.
His trophy cabinet includes Clios, Effies, TikTok awards and MMA Smarties, and he has served on juries at the Andys, TikTok and the Lisbon Awards.
The Abby Awards 2026 is scheduled to take place at Goafest 2026 on 20, 21 and 22 May in Goa.
For Indian advertising, landing a jury chair of Ramalho’s calibre for a category built around data-driven creativity and commerce is a statement of ambition. Goafest just raised its own bar.
