VML Enterprise solutions hub appoints Rakesh Chawla as CEO

VML has appointed Rakesh Chawla as CEO of VML Enterprise Solutions Hub (ES Hub), India in a bid to accelerate the agency’s focus on technology and business solutions that support client growth and innovation globally.

As the leader of one of VML’s fastest-growing technology hubs, he will prioritise ensuring clients benefit from the ES Hub’s engineering capabilities, delivery excellence, and emerging technologies, including agentic and generative AI. The Hub’s mission is to help clients achieve more, faster, by integrating creativity and technology to unlock new business opportunities and deliver measurable results.

Operating as a global centre of excellence, the ES Hub collaborates with strategists, creatives, and technologists across VML’s network. This approach is aimed to ensure that clients from any region or industry can access scalable, and high-quality solutions tailored to their specific challenges and objectives.

Chawla has built and led technology teams for brands including Microsoft, Amazon, Sears, and IBM. He has also established global delivery centres, focused on promoting a human-first engineering culture positions clients to gain speed, scale, and a strong focus on quality and partnership.

YiChung Tay, CEO of VML APAC, said, "With Rakesh at the helm, our clients can expect even greater access to the latest technology and creative thinking—delivered with speed, scale, and precision. His leadership will ensure we continue to set new standards for client partnership and business impact across every market we serve."

Chawla added, "I am excited to partner with our clients to help them move faster, innovate boldly, and realise their most ambitious goals. By combining VML’s creative vision with the Hub’s engineering excellence, we will deliver solutions that truly make a difference for our clients’ businesses and their customers."

Symon Hammacott, chief experience officer, APAC, commented, "Our clients are looking for partners who understand their challenges and can deliver meaningful, measurable results. By putting people and innovation at the centre of everything we do, we help our clients turn bold ideas into business growth."