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Waaree Energies awards creative mandate to Doosra
MUMBAI: Doosra has won the creative mandate for the solar power solutions provider Waaree Energies. It will be responsible for creating communication across media for Waaree.
Doosra managing director Zahir Mirza said, “Waaree was impressed with our non-traditional thinking on our client brands. Our task now is to make Waaree synonymous with solar energy.”
Waaree Energies manager – marketing communications Gaurav Chandidas added, “We were impressed with the thought process and creative solution presented to us by Doosra. We have ambitious growth plans and felt that a responsive agency with experienced professionals like Doosra would be an ideal communication partner to have on this journey.”
The Aegis Media India group comprises Doosra (Creative), Posterscope the global OOH sector leader, Brandscope, Hyperspace (Retail), PSI (Airports), Carat, the world‘s largest independent media communications specialist, Vizeum, Carat Fresh Integrated (Experiential), Isobar, the global communications agency with digital at its heart and iProspectCommunicate 2, the global leader in search and performance marketing.
Waaree Energies is a manufacturer of solar panels and solar-powered products, and offers consultancy in engineering, procurement and commissioning of solar power plants.
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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.
