Headline

Coach; General Manager; Leadership across Sales, Marketing and Operations in AdTech, E-commerce. (and Actor, Director, Playwright!!!)

About

I am an empathetic and accountability-driven leader with extensive experience driving growth and digital transformation across the advertising, e-commerce, and tech sectors. My background includes senior leadership roles at global organizations such as WPP and Google, where I have managed large-scale operations, agency partnerships, and revenue strategies. I am a lifelong learner and certified coach dedicated to mentoring teams, fostering high-performance cultures, and leveraging data-backed insights to solve complex business challenges. My professional approach is complemented by a deep commitment to continuous personal and leadership development.

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Work experience

President Growth & Marketing - South Asia at WPP Media, Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Lead overall new business agenda for WPP Media South Asia, including expansion into newer geographies, high-growth categories, emerging startups, SMBs. Also responsible for building the brand WPP Media with key stakeholders across the industry and the Corporate Communication for WPP Media, which includes internal comms and external comms to key stakeholders

Chief Growth Officer - South Asia at WPP Media, Jul 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, CGO for WPP Media (formerly GroupM), owning the overall Business Growth and Marketing mandate in the region. Responsible for building the brand WPP Media with key stakeholders across the industry and the Corporate Communication for WPP Media, which includes internal comms and external comms to key stakeholders

Career Coach at Self-Employed, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Remote, Leadership/life coaching, career coaching services, with Erickson certification on The Art & Science of Coaching [ICF (International Coach Federation) Accredited Level 1 program]

Head of APAC Partner Engagement at Google, Jun 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos, Singapore, Singapore, Leading the APAC Agency Sales business for Google Ads, with a team that managed Google's largest Agencies and Partners in the region, building and driving successful JBPs, creating growth strategies and IPs that build mutual value.

Head of Media Operations (GCC) & Product Specialists - Northern Europe at Google, Oct 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Running the Media Operations (Global Capability Centre - GCC) for Google Northern Europe's Large Customer Sales organisation, helping Advertisers successfully adopt Google's suite of Products and Solutions to meet their business objectives.

Head of Media Operations (GCC) & Product Specialists - UKI Retail Verticals at Google, Aug 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Running the Media Operations (Global Capability Centre - GCC) for Google UKI Retail's Large Customer Sales organisation, helping Advertisers successfully adopt Google's suite of Products and Solutions to meet their business objectives.

Partner - Global Head of Digital & Innovation at Wipro, May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Short stint helping Wipro drive consulting solutions for their Media and Tech clients.

Director, Brand Marketing and Head Of Media at Flipkart, Jul 2016 - May 2017 · 11 mos, Driving effectiveness and efficiency of all media in the marketing mix for Flipkart and PhonePe. Also helping all Brand Partnerships of Flipkart (Exclusives) to scale their new launches on media successfully.

Country Sales Director and Head of Agency Partnerships at Flipkart, Jan 2016 - Jun 2016 · 6 mos, Helping launch Flipkart Ads and heading Agency sales and partnerships for Flipkart's Ads.

Education

Stanford LEAD, Business Administration and Management, General, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master's degree, Communication Management, SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY