MediaCom today announced the appointment of Navin Khemka as CEO of its South Asia operations effective July 16, 2018. Khemka takes on the role from Debraj Tripathy who will be leaving the organisation to explore new opportunities outside the group. He will be based in Gurugram and report to the incoming GroupM South Asia CEO, Sam Singh, and Mark Heap, CEO, Mediacom Asia Pacific, says a press release.

Tripathy joined MediaCom in 2011 and under his leadership, MediaCom India has been among the fastest growing and most awarded agencies in South Asia. Khemka is currently the Managing Partner (North & East) and New Business Development Lead for the GroupM agency Wavemaker India. He has over 20 years’ experience, working with brands such as Perfetti Van Melle, Hero, Pernod Ricard, PayTM, Nokia, Samsung and Reckitt Benckiser. He has played a stellar role in growing Maxus and later Wavemaker in New Delhi. He joined GroupM to lead the New Delhi branch of Maxus in 2014. He has previously worked in Zenith Optimedia, Cheil and Mudra.

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