Appointments

Dubai independent agency Rain has strengthened its planning and creative departments. With more than 12 years of experience,

is welcomed into Rain’s planning department with an emphasis on social and digital strategy. He joins from Havas Worldwide, India, where he led digital strategy and planning for Reckitt Benckiser brands.

ANISH DASGUPTA DINESH THARIPPA

joins Rain’s creative department to further push the agency’s creative capabilities. He brings in more than a decade of experience working across agencies such as Impact BBDO, FP7 McCann and Y&R in Dubai, winning a host of awards at One Show, Lynx and Cannes Lions.

REBECCA MENEZES

has been brought on board as a copywriter. Total Media Ventures has appointed

HARSHADA SHETTY

senior digital manager. as She will be managing partnerships with all regional clients and agencies to promote Total Media Ventures’ performance and video products in the region, reporting to commercial director Herman D’ Souza.

SARAVANA RAMAKRISHNAN

has joined FLC Marketing Group as creative head. He comes with an exceptional blend of strategy, creativity and technology, having brought about path-breaking innovations over 12 years with global agencies in advertising, shopper marketing and brand activations. He has joins FLC Marketing Group as director of strategy and planning. She is an award-winning shopper marketer whose integrated communications and brand activation experience spans 11 years. She has worked with Saatchi and Saatchi X and Cheil Worldwide, and on successful brand campaigns for Cadbury, Kraft Foods, P&G, Coca-Cola, Walt Disney, Samsung. She recently worked on the Hisense, Huawei, Etude House account wins for FLC.