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Euro RSCG Worldwide named the Global Agency for 2006
MUMBAI: Euro RSCG Worldwide, integrated marketing communications agency, has been recognised as the best global agency in the industry by two leading advertising trade publications – Advertising Age in the United States and Campaign in the United Kingdom.
Advertising Age announced that Euro RSCG Worldwide is the 2006 Global Agency of the Year. The agency was selected based on several criteria, including international business growth, thought leadership and innovation by agency management, and creative and effective marketing campaigns for their clients.
Last month, Campaign selected Euro RSCG Worldwide as its choice for Advertising Network of the Year, also highlighting the agency’s strong leadership by its senior management, and impressive streak of new business wins around the world, informs an official release.
“2006 was a terrific year for the agency and it is extremely gratifying to be recognised by the media on both sides of the Atlantic,” said Euro RSCG Worldwide Global CEO David Jones. “We believe that it’s possible for an agency to be both truly global and highly creative and I think these accolades are support for that point of view.”
In the past 18 months, Euro RSCG Worldwide has experienced $3 billion in new business growth in the form of competitive new business pitches and existing business expansions.
The fall 2005 win of the global Jaguar account started off a winning streak for Euro RSCG, which included the global accounts for Veolia, Reckitt Benckiser, and Sanofi-Aventis, as well as EDF Energy in France, Alcatel-Lucent, Danone, Disney Theme Parks, LG, Harley Davidson, and Dell. The Benefiber (Novartis) and Vivendi accounts both expanded as well, adds the release.
Jones added, “I would especially like to thank all of our clients, as the awards are a reflection of the work we’ve done in partnership, and our staff of 11,000 around the world for their dedication and commitment.”
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.
