Worldwide Media appoints Tarun Rai as new CEO
Mumbai, Feb 18 (UNI) Worldwide Media Pvt, a joint venture of BBC Worldwide and The Times of India Group, has appointed Tarun Rai as its new Chief Executive Officer to spearhead the company.
According to a release, Tarun Rai, previously Managing Partner at JWT, India's largest communications company, will start his new role at Worldwide Media from today.
Mr Rai has 18 years of experience in the advertising business, helping to build some of the world's most reputed brands. His clients at JWT included Unilever, Diageo, GlaxoSmithkline, Pizza Hut, Reebok, DeBeers, Nestle, Kellogg and Merill Lynch.
Mr Rai has worked across many JWT offices and has a very successful record of building strong teams and achieving aggressive business targets, the release said.
BBC
Magazines
Managing
Director
and
Chairman
of
Worldwide
Media,
Peter
Phippen
said,
''Worldwide
Media
is
the
magazine
gateway
to
India.
This
meant,
we
were
looking
for
an
outstanding
leader
for
the
CEO
post.
Mr
Rai
has
a
great
combination
of
commercial
and
creative
expertise
that
will
grow
the
company's
position
as
one
of
India's
largest
magazine
publishers
in
a
rapidly
expanding
marketplace.'' Mr
Rai
said
''India
has
a
high-growth
market
and
World
Wide
Media
is
well
positioned
to
exploit
this
potential
with
some
of
the
world's
best
magazine
titles.
I
am
incredibly
excited
to
be
working
on
leading
brands
such
as
Filmfare,
Femina,
Hello
and
Top
Gear,
and
launching
many
new
titles.''
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