WPP’s newly rechristened agency- VML India has appointed Abhinav Kaushik as its new Managing Partner- West and Growth Partner.
He took to LinkedIn to announce the same and mentioned, “Any new position comes in with a whole lot of challenges and responsibilities, and ideally when you get into the trenches and understand the business by deep-diving in totality, only then you have the right to tell the world about what’s new in your work life and what are you really embarking upon. The road is never paved with gold dust, you need to create your own path and your own future by taking everyone along.”
Further, he wrote, “By converting vision into action and action into results. With a shared dream, with a shared belief, with a shared culture, and with a shared work ethic. Yes, I’m very happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Managing Partner – West & Growth Partner – VML India at VML!”
Prior to this role, he was associated with FCB Group India as President. In this role, he was responsible for leading all business operations and resources of FCB INDIA and driving Profitability, Managing P&L.
Between May 2013 and August 2022, he served as the Executive Vice President and Head of Office at Taproot Dentsu, a part of Dentsu India.
From December 2006 to May 2013, Kaushik was associated with J Walter Thompson (JWT) as its Vice President and Client Services Director.
He worked as Account Director at M&C Saatchi London (formerly Dhar & Hoon) and held the position for over four years, starting from November 2002 to December 2006.
Before this, he served at Contract Advertising as Account Manager/Account Executive from 2001 to 2002. In the past, he was also associated with GE Capital-SBI Cards as Area Sales Manager/Management Trainee, holding the position for one year from 2000 to 2001.
