Ashish Bhasin, chairman & CEO South Asia, Dentsu Aegis Network Media India has been elected as the president of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2018-19.
Anupriya Acharya, CEO, Publicis Media India, was elected vice president of the AAAI.
Other members of the executive committee include: C V L Srinivas, WPP India, Kalyan Sarkar, Standard Publicity, Kunal Lalani, Crayons Advertising, Pranav Premnarayen, Prem Associates Advertising and Marketing.
Past president, Nakul Chopra will be the ex-officio member of the new AAAI Executive Committee. Bhasin said “It is an honour and privilege for me to be elected as the President of AAAI, a position that has been occupied in the past by some of the biggest stalwarts of our industry. I will endeavour to promote the interests of the advertising industry to the best of my abilities and make AAAI a stronger Association.”
Nakul Chopra said, “I have been privileged to lead AAAI for two years. My sincere thanks to all my fellow members for their support. Ashish is not only a key influencer in our industry but also a AAAI veteran. I am sure that AAAI will only grow from strength to strength under his tutelage.”