Cheil appoints Nima Namchu executive creative director

Cheil Worldwide SW Asia has announced the appointment of Nima DT Namchu as executive creative director. He is currently senior vice president and executive creative director at Contract Advertising, and will join Cheil in August.

Alok Agrawal, chief operating officer, Cheil Worldwide SW Asia, said, “Cheil SW Asia has been growing at a rapid pace, gaining traction both on account of new business and current client portfolio. We have been steadily improving our creative product and the proof was the recent win at Cannes. Nima is a highly accomplished creative person and I am happy to have him on board. His joining completes the creative trilogy at Cheil India, and along with Varun and Ravi we will be a creative force to reckon with.”

Namchu has close to 19 years of experience in advertising. He started his career with Sistas (now Saatchi & Saatchi) as a copywriter, and has been part of creative teams at TBWA Anthem, Leo Burnett, Capital Advertising, McCann Erickson and Publicis India. He joined Contract Advertising in 2008.