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Ants Digital appoints Sai Krishna as South branch head
Mumbai: Ants Digital, a Gurugram-based tech-led marketing agency, has appointed Sai Krishna as branch head for the southern region. Krishna will be based out of Hyderabad and overlook the operations for all the key markets in the South, said the agency.
Krishna comes with over 15 years of experience in the field of marketing, creative and advertising and has worked extensively across the corporate, social, and government sectors. He joins Ants after working at E&Y where he was responsible for strategic business consulting. In the past, he was associated with Ogilvy, where he worked on crafting key communication for the state of Andhra Pradesh through creative, digital, and electronic media.
Commenting on the new appointment, Ants Digital CEO Sanjay Arora said, “Ants has been consistently moving forward and with his appointment, the company will reinforce its operations in the southern region. Sai brings a good understanding of the South market and has vast experience in digital, creative strategy, and planning, which will add immense value to our clients and the team while exceeding service levels and client delivery. The South region has great potential and our current client base has given us a lot of confidence to invest more in this market. For Ants, both North and West markets have been performing very well and now South is emerging as a potential market to grow.”
A post-graduate from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Krishna has also worked for the Government of Andhra Pradesh scaling up the communication initiatives to give a fillip to the medical technology sector in the state.
Speaking on his new role, Krishna said, “Ants has been scaling its business in the South market and I am really excited to build and grow this further. South has some very interesting brands and corporate houses. The digital prowess and unique mix of service offerings of Ants will bring value to clients here.”
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
