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Dentsu empowers India, Ohri is part of unified management structure
MUMBAI: Dentsu is giving more powers to India and other developing markets. For the first time, it has combined all its overseas operations into one global team with a unified management structure under Dentsu Network.
Dentsu India Group executive chairman Rohit Ohri is among the key leaders from across Dentsu’s Global Network to be part of Dentsu Network’s global operations committee to help develop and drive Dentsu’s strategy, collective vision, values and motivation.
Dentsu is striving to accelerate global growth through this new formation. Says Dentsu India Group executive chairman Rohit Ohri, “This new organisation of our global operations has been designed for speedier decision-making, accelerated sharing of know-how across geographies, and more empowerment of developing markets like India. This structure will power Dentsu India Group’s skill and capability to be the best integrated communication solutions partner for our clients.”
Dentsu Network has been launched with 82 operations in 29 countries. Its aim: to make the company a more competitive and powerful global network.
Led by Dentsu Network President and CEO Tim Andree, the single virtual company will foster collaboration and share to serve more clients in more markets with innumerable capabilities more profitably, with innovative strategies and collaborative entrepreneurship.
Explains Andree, “Our goal as the newly formed Dentsu Network is to serve more clients, in more markets, more effectively through truly global collaboration. We have had the benefit of testing our growth strategy in the western hemisphere through our Dentsu Network West operation, and saw the rewards it has brought to all of our agencies and business partners. By combining our power in the East with our rapidly growing operations in the West, there is nothing stopping us from serving our clients in the most dynamic, nimble and resourceful way possible.”
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
