Arvind Sharma, chairman and CEO of India subcontinent, Leo Burnett (TLG India), was elected president of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2012-2013 at its annual general body meeting held on 31 July.
M G Parameswaran, executive director and CEO-Mumbai, Draftfcb+Ulka Advertising, was elected vice president of the Association.
Other elected members of the executive committee for the ensuing year are Ganesh Baliga (Fifth Estate Communications), Ashish Bhasin (Aegis Media India), Nakul Chopra (Publicis Communications), Tanya Goyal (Dentsu Marcom), Kunal Lalani (Crayons Advertising), Vinod Nair (Network Advertising), Pranav Premnarayen (Prem Associates Advertising & Marketing), Sridhar Ramasubramanian (Matrix Publicities and Media India), Vikram Sakhuja (Group M Media India), Umesh Shrikhande (Contract Advertising India) and Srinivasan K Swamy (R K Swamy BBDO).
Immediate past president Nagesh Alai, director, Interface Communications, will be the ex-officio member of the new AAAI executive committee.