Jitender Dabas is set to join Omnicom Advertising India as BBDO Group CEO after his stint as CEO at Cheil X (Cheil SWA Group), where he has been leading the agency’s business operations, strategic direction and client growth across the India market since May 2025.
Before that, he has spent over 14 years at McCann Worldgroup, where he has most recently worked as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at McCann Worldgroup India from March 2020 to April 2025 in Gurugram.
Earlier, he held the role of Chief Strategy Officer from January 2016 to March 2020 and Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy at McCann India from February 2011 to February 2016, contributing to strategic leadership and agency growth across key accounts.
Before his tenure at McCann, he worked at JWT as Executive Planning Director and Vice President from March 2005 to February 2011. He has earlier served as Group Head – Strategic Planning at Grey Worldwide from May 2003 to February 2005, and began his strategic planning career as Senior Account Planner at DRAFT FCB ULKA from June 2000 to May 2003, building foundational expertise in brand strategy and communications planning.
