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Euro RSCG expands Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper Partners
NEW YORK: Integrated marketing communications agency Euro RSCG Worldwide has announced that Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper will merge with Partners BDDH. The combined agency Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper Partners, will serve as the advertising unit of Euro RSCG Partners, which was formed earlier this year by Euro RSCG Worldwide’s Power of One strategy. This brought together a single executive management team integrated under one financial reporting structure.
Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper is the UK agency of Euro RSCG Worldwide, and part of the Havas group. Its clients include Peugeot, Argos, and Cadbury, and the agency has recently won the Vision Express & Cap Gemini accounts. Partners BDDH is also part of the Havas group previously had been in the Arnold Worldwide network. The agency has clients like Citroen, BMI & Evening Standard. They recently added McDonald’s, Travelodge, and Anti-Smoking.
Partners BDDH’s chief executive Nigel Long will become Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper Partners chief executive. Euro RSCG’s Adam Leigh and Partners BDDH’s Simon Toaldo will become the agency’s joint MDs. Euro RSCG Worldwide chairman and CEO, Havas president and COO Bob Schmetterer said,”This merger applies Euro RSCG’s Power of One strategy on a new and exciting level. It shows true integration between both the Havas and Euro RSCG organisations, bringing together two of the UK’s strongest agencies with a complementary fit of people, skills, and clients.”
The merger correlates with Havas’ strategic reorganisation announced last month, where the organisation shared its plans to drive revenue growth and significantly improve profitability. The group is actively pursuing integration by applying Euro RSCG Worldwide’s Power of One strategy, which was launched in the US in May 2002 after a year of preparation and research. Since then it has been introduced in France, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, and in Euro RSCG’s healthcare markets.
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Raghu Rai passes away at 83, leaves behind iconic legacy
Padma Shri-winning photographer documented history across 5 decades.
MUMBAI: The lens may have stilled, but the stories it captured will never fade. Raghu Rai, one of India’s most celebrated photojournalists, passed away on April 26, 2026, at the age of 83. He breathed his last at a private hospital in New Delhi after battling cancer and age-related health issues.
His son, Nitin Rai, revealed that Rai had been diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago, which later spread to the stomach and, more recently, the brain. Despite multiple rounds of treatment, his health had declined in recent months.
Born in 1942 in Jhang, Punjab (now in Pakistan), Rai entered photography in his early twenties, inspired by his elder brother, photographer S. Paul. Beginning his career in the mid-1960s, he went on to build a body of work that spanned more than five decades, contributing to global publications such as Time, Life, GEO, Le Figaro, The New York Times, Vogue, GQ and Marie Claire.
His global recognition took a decisive leap in 1977 when legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson nominated him to join Magnum Photos, placing him among the world’s most respected visual storytellers.
Rai’s lens chronicled both power and poignancy. He photographed towering figures such as Indira Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Bal Thackeray, Satyajit Ray and Mother Teresa, while also documenting defining moments like the Bhopal gas tragedy later captured in his book Exposure: A Corporate Crime.
Over the years, he published more than 18 books, building an archive that blended journalism with artistry. His contributions were recognised early when he was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972 for his coverage of the Bangladesh War and refugee crisis. In 1992, he was named “Photographer of the Year” in the United States for his work in National Geographic, and in 2009, he was honoured with the Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
Rai is survived by his wife Gurmeet, son Nitin, and daughters Lagan, Avani and Purvai. His last rites will be held at Lodhi Cremation Ground in New Delhi at 4 pm on Sunday.
With his passing, Indian photojournalism loses not just a pioneer, but a patient observer of history, one frame at a time.
