Campaign India Team
Aug 23, 2013

GroupM ropes in Atique Kazi to head Xaxis India

He joins the agency from Yahoo London

GroupM ropes in Atique Kazi to head Xaxis India
GroupM has brought in Atique Kazi as director for its audience-buying arm, Xaxis. Kazi joins GroupM from Yahoo, where he led the planning and strategy division for Y!Studio in London. 
 
Kazil will report to Prasant Kumar, heading of trading, GroupM India, and Tushar Vyas, head of digital, GroupM India. He has also worked with The Economist and The Times of India in past assignments.
 
On the appointment, Kumar said, "Atique brings with him a decade of experience traversing sales, strategy, partnerships and new media technologies. His international experience coupled with his passion for digital and brands will help us scale Xaxis and make it a truly new age company. Atique experience in International markets and leading large teams will be an advantage to Xaxis and help achieve our mission.”
 
Kazi added, "I look forward to an exciting and enriching career at Xaxis. My priority is to leverage my International exposure and digital experience to enhance GroupM’s vision. I would like to have each and every client to see a marked increase in the quality of work they receive from Xaxis and help them lead in their field.”
 
Source:
Campaign India

Follow us

Top news, insights and analysis every weekday

Sign up for Campaign Bulletins

Related Articles

Just Published

1 day ago

OpenAI hires creative leadership from Google and Apple

Julia Hoffmann and Andrew McKechnie join the ChatGPT parent in new roles.

1 day ago

Why L’Oréal’s CMO is betting on startups to keep ...

To maintain its leadership in the rapidly evolving beauty tech space, L’Oreal is partnering with startups to accelerate innovation, deliver personalised beauty experiences, and pioneer new technologies.

1 day ago

Schneider Electric’s case for being a local global ...

Global marketing director Richa Khera explains how the India-born ‘Green Yodha’ platform scales globally by tightening cultural guardrails and letting employees, not brand scripts, carry sustainability narratives.

1 day ago

How brands can have their (plum) cake and eat it too

A recent Kantar analysis found that very few festive ads succeed in delivering both cultural warmth and clear brand impact.