BBDO India appoints Sangeet Pillai as planning director

BBDO India has appointed Sangeet Pillai as planning director.  In his new role, Pillai will be based in Mumbai.   Pillai comes from BBDO New York where he was the senior vice-president/senior account planner for the past three and a half years. 

In New York, Pillai held a global planning role on Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand and was also a lead planner on the AT&T/Cingular Wireless account.  Before BBDO, Pillai spent eight years with the Leo Burnett in Chicago and Singapore where he led the planning and strategy development for clients like Disney Corporation, Coca-Cola Asia-Pacific, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Telecom and Heidelberg.

Chris Thomas, chairman and CEO, BBDO & Proximity Asia Pacific, said, “Sangeet’s appointment is another great example of leveraging talent across the BBDO network. He has a deep understanding of the network, solid global planning skills and is highly experienced in leading developing markets. Sangeet will lead the global planning for emerging markets on Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand while managing the planning for other projects in Mumbai”.

Josy Paul, chairman and NCD, BBDO India, said, "We are thrilled to have Sangeet on board. He has experience working with some of the world's greatest brands and will bring with him global disciplines and cross cultural learnings. Sangeet’s appointment signals exciting times for BBDO India as we move towards offering our clients and their brands a more progressive and distinctive path”. 

Pillai said, “I am very excited about my transfer to BBDO India.  I’m looking forward to establishing an exceptional planning team and delivering world class work that builds our clients’ business and gets international recognition”.