Campaign India Team
Jul 24, 2017

V Shantakumar joins Pitchfork Partners board

Former chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi India, V Shantakumar joins Pitchfork Partners as senior strategist and board member

V Shantakumar joins Pitchfork Partners board
Brand and marketing veteran, V Shantakumar, has joined Pitchfork Partners Strategic Consulting as a senior strategist and board member.
 
Shantakumar will work closely with co-founders Sunil Gautam and Jaideep Shergill to support its aggressive growth and diversification plans. Shantakumar has been involved with the agency for more than two years as a consulting partner on several assignments. The new role will take his relationship to the next level.
 
Shantakumar is a veteran of more than four decades in marketing and advertising. He retired as chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi India in 2008, and was an advisor to the worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi Network till 2010. That year, he founded an independent strategy advisory service called Doing Think focused on helping create sustainable business advantage using a proprietary process.
 
Gautam and Shergill said: “We are excited to have Shanta join us. His credentials are impeccable and his ability for creative thinking and strategy are par excellence.”
 
Shantakumar added, “Although I have been involved over the past two years, the relationship today is more solid and allows me to contribute to my fullest.”
Source:
Campaign India

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