Sajan Raj Kurup takes back the reins as CLA and Rana Barua part ways

The reins of the agency are back with Sajan Raj Kurup, as per a press release. Read it here.

Independent agency Creative Land Asia(CLA) and Rana Barua have decided to part ways, The company issued the following official statement post the annual board review.

“Following the board review last month, we arrived at a decision to part ways. It was great to have him here and we thank him for the time he has invested at Creativeland. Rana remains a lovely friend and we wish him the best in his future endeavours, says Sajan Raj Kurup, founder and creative chairman.

Kurup who has driven the place from 4 people on a dining table to a 183 people strong team across multiple offices takes on the reigns now and will drive the growth and diversification plans hands-on along with Venkat Balasubramanian, CLA’s long term financial consultant turned full time CFO; Srijib Mallik, CEO-Ventureland and a strong team of business leaders.

CLA has been on a strong growth trajectory with forays into long format content through Creativeland Pictures and the launch of its venture capital arm Ventureland Asia. CLA has also been instrumental consistently picking up strong advertising mandates over the last few years. Last year also saw the launch of Baaash digital from the CLA stable which picked up Pizza Hut, Luxor, Parker, Cinthol, Aer, Protekt and Taj Group among others.

Commenting on the move, Rana Barua says, “After strong stints in advertising and communications, I have decided to take some time out to pursue newer interests. It’s been a short yet wonderful experience working with the talented and audacious bunch at CLA. I wish Raj and the CLA team the very best for a fabulous future.