BBDO opens in Sri Lanka

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BBDO Worldwide announced today that it has officially opened its first stand-alone agency in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The office will be headed up by Managing Director, Santosh Menon and opens its doors with clients Fonterra, P&G and Rize.

BBDO has been operating in the region for the past five years in partnership with TAL.

Santosh Menon is an accomplished advertising professional with a proven track record across multiple geographies, clients and brands. He has worked in India, Sri Lanka and in Indonesia, where he was General Manager at DraftFCB, Indonesia.

He started his advertising career in 1991 in Leo Burnett, Mumbai and had stints at JWT and CONTRACT, Mumbai. He had a long and distinguished tenure at FCB,India culminating in his taking over as GM, DraftFCB, Indonesia.

He has been instrumental in the many advertising successes of Fonterra in Sri Lanka

“Increasing our footprint in Sri Lanka is a natural extension of our plans to develop a broader presence in Asia,” said Chris Thomas, Chairman and CEO for BBDO Asia, ME and Africa. ‘We would like to thank TAL for their commitment over the past few years and wish them well as they no doubt continue to grow and prosper as well.” BBDO’s mantra is “The Work. The Work. The Work.” Every day, people in 288 offices in 80 countries work job by job and client by client, to create and deliver the world’s most compelling commercial content. BBDO is currently Network of the Year at Cannes, the world’s most awarded agency network in The Gunn Report, and the most awarded global agency network across every marketing communications discipline in The Big Won. BBDO is part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com), a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.