O&M's Madhukar Sabnavis on global board of agency

Madhukar Sabnavis, vice chairman and country head, discovery and planning, O&M India has been appointed to the worldwide board of the agency. The move follows a high-level rejig at the agency.

Carla Hendra, chairman of OgilvyRED, the agency’s global strategy and innovation practice, has been appointed vice chairman of the board, a newly created position. 

Additionally, the agency has expanded its board to include a more diverse and youthful group of leadership, it said. The board now constitutes twelve members, Oglivy's global chairman and CEO Miles Young said.

"These additions represent a wonderful range of our key talent and inject a significant infusion of new blood. Our board will now be significantly more diverse, and I believe, will be reflective of and useful for many of the debates about content which need to happen at the heart of our business," Young added.

Among the few key members besides Sabnavis who are on the board include Nelly Andersen, executive vice president of global brands, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Lou Aversano, chief operating officer of Ogilvy East, Brandon Berger, worldwide chief digital officer and Shenan Chuang, CEO of O&M Greater China.