MUMBAI: BBH India has announced a new addition to their leadership structure by bringing in Arvind Krishnan as managing director. Arvind comes back to BBH India after a stint at BBH London where he was Team Director, managing a diverse portfolio of Unilever, Diageo and other brands.

Arvind will join the team of BBH India, CEO & Managing Partner, Subhash Kamath and CCO & Managing Partner, Russell Barrett along with Head of Planning ,Sanjay Sharma; Executive Creative Director, Puneet Kapoor, and Finance Director, Rishit Mehta to form the core leadership team at BBH India. Arvind will report into Subhash Kamath.

Kamath, stated, "Russell and I are delighted that Arvind will be returning to us. He was one of our first recruits at BBH India and has been an outstanding star in the company. He brings a huge amount of drive and passion to the team here, combined with the valuable experience he's gained during his tenure at BBH London. We have no doubt that both our people and our clients will benefit greatly from his leadership."

Gwyn Jones, Global CEO added, "Arvind has done an excellent job for the agency and it's clients in Mumbai and London. It is great for us to be able to grow management from within and also develop talent for the future by moving from office to office like this."

Said Arvind Krishnan, "It's great to be back. It's been a fantastic experience working on global brands and helping them navigate through different markets. It has taught me the value of simplicity. Simplicity, that allows ideas to stretch and flex across geographies. The opportunity to apply this and create market-moving work at home is exciting and I'm thrilled at the prospect of working with the team in Mumbai again."

BBH is now a creative network wholly owned by the Publicis Groupe. BBH India was founded in 2009 and since then has grown very rapidly to a staff strength of 70 people and manages a portfolio of diverse clients and brands that include Unilever, Marico, Diageo, Skoda, Red Bull, Acer, Movies Now and World Gold Council, amongst many others.