Chandana Agarwal to join Meridian as senior vice-president and head, Delhi branch

Agarwal will fill the position left vacant by Dip Sengupta, who has moved to Grey. Her appointment will be effective from November 1.

Chandana Agarwal is all set to join Meridian, Ogilvy India's sister agency, as branch head and senior vice-president at its Delhi branch. Her appointment will be effective from November 1. Agarwal will fill the position left vacant by Dip Sengupta, who joined as head of Grey's Delhi branch.

Sources close to the development confirmed the news to afaqs! on grounds of anonymity.

Agarwal, who holds an MBA degree in marketing, has about 14 years of experience in the industry. She began her career in advertising with Draftfcb Ulka in Bengaluru. She has worked with agencies such as Rediffusion-Y&R Mumbai, JWT Delhi, and McCann Erickson Delhi, before joining Dentsu Marcom as vice-president.

She was promoted as senior vice-president, Dentsu Marcom in May, 2011. She quit the agency in August after a stint of three years. Agarwal was heading the Honda cars and two-wheeler businesses at Dentsu Marcom.

She has also worked on brands such as Wipro Consumer Care, United Breweries, Himalayan Water, The Economic Times, Singapore Tourism, Reebok, Nestle, and PepsiCo's Kurkure.