MUMBAI: Shekhar Banerjee, the erstwhile COO at Madison Media, has joined Wavemaker India as managing partner with immediate effect.
Banerjee will be filling the vacant chair of Anand Chakravarthy, who was appointed as the managing director of Essence India.
At Wavemaker, Banerjee will report to Wavemaker India MD Kartik Sharma.
Banerjee had joined Madison in 2004 as COO and handled key accounts such as Asian Paints, ITC and Marico.
Last year, GroupM Wakemaker was created from the merger of Maxus and MEC. The agency is number two in India in terms of size and has over 700 employees with a service portfolio of clients including FMCG giant ITC and L’Oréal.
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