Anupriya Acharya joins Aegis Media as CEO

Anupriya Acharya, after a year-long sabbatical, has joined Aegis Media as CEO, Singapore branch. Anupriya replaces Arun Kumar, who has moved on to a regional role as director, digital operations.

Kumar has been working with Aegis since June 2007 and was promoted from his position as regional account director at Isobar, to CEO, Singapore in November 2008.

Prior to joining Aegis Media, Acharya worked with TME as president. She was responsible for re-launching TME with the proposition, Customised Solutions. She also started the unit for non-traditional media solutions, 360 Degrees, and the interactive TME website.

Before joining TME, she was with GroupM, where she set up mConsult, GroupM's marketing communication consulting venture. She has worked with clients such as Unilever, Colgate, Citibank, Indian Oil, Nestlé ad Reckitt Benckiser through her career.