ASIA-PACIFIC – HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011: Michael Maedel, President and CEO of JWT Asia Pacific, today announced the appointment of Sabyasachi Mishra as CEO, JWT Vietnam and Indochina, effective immediately. Current JWT Vietnam CEO Chris Von Selle will be moving to Beirut to take on a new assignment as COO of the agency’s Africa operations.
Mishra, most recently chief growth officer for Lowe India, joins JWT with nearly 20 years of multi-market industry experience, leading brands, businesses, teams, offices and clients across Lowe offices in Asia. In 2005, Mishra served as managing director of Lowe Vietnam, where he transformed the office into an award-winning agency and one of the strongest operations in Lowe’s Asia Pacific network.
Throughout his career, Mishra has helped deliver success and scale across locations, while strategically driving key relationships such as Unilever, Nestlé, Coca Cola, Maruti-Suzuki, Gillette, ITC and Mercedes Benz.
Von Selle started his career 15 years ago with JWT New York. After assignments in Frankfurt and Hamburg he moved to Asia in 2001, taking the helm at JWT Malaysia, turning the agency into one of the most creative offices in the JWT network. After further assignments in Manila and Dubai, Von Selle took the reins at JWT Vietnam in 2006.
Commenting on the appointments, Maedel stated, “Chris has done an amazing job in increasing JWT’s footprint and building our reputation in Vietnam. We have big ambitions for our future in Vietnam and Indochina and I am confident Sabyasachi, with his knowledge and expertise in the market, will be able to take the business through the region’s next growth phase.”
Maedel continued, “The appointment of Sabyasachi and movement of Chris to our Africa operations is another reflection of JWT’s dedication to harnessing senior talent who bring broad geographic experience and perspectives and deploying them to our offices around the world. We are very pleased to be able to create a leadership team of this caliber across our network.”
