ASIA-PACIFIC – COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, JANUARY 18, 2012: Sachin Ambekar joined Leo Burnett Sri Lanka as chief creative officer leaving his post at Y&R Jakarta as executive creative director.
Ambekar started his career in Mumbai. A few years and several awards later, he moved to Singapore and since then, has worked with some of the top agencies in Asia Pacific. He has successfully handled multi-million dollar projects on brands including LG Electronics, Danon, Kalbe Nutritionals, Maxis HotLink, McDonald’s, Michelin, Tiger Beer, and Fevicol.
“It is much more challenging and exciting to go to a place that has so much potential. I am thoroughly excited with this new opportunity. I am proud to be a part of the LB network again after 10 years. Leo Burnett Sri Lanka has some great people and a great client roster. Their recent win at Spikes Asia certainly has given the agency more confidence. I hope to do even better than before with Leo Burnett in Sri Lanka. Ranil de Silva is a mentor of Sri Lankan advertising. I am looking forward to teaming up with him to drive the standards of the marketing communications industry in Sri Lanka," says Ambekar
National Creative Director of Leo Burnett India, K.V. Sridhar (Pops) said "Sachin is a great addition to our Leo Burnett Asia team. Apart from being a great creative guy, he is also an awesome leader with a great ability to build creative teams and reputation of an agency; I am personally very excited to have him in the family."
“I am extremely impressed by Sachin’s work and the success he achieved in Indonesia. I am confident that he will add great value and purpose to our office in Colombo which is making its impact in the region. Sachin will most definitely contribute towards our efforts of impacting people and their behaviour as we strongly believe that creativity has the power to transform human behavior,” Mark Tutssel, chief creative officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide commented on the appointment.
