Making this announcement – Jean-Yves Naouri Chief Operating Officer Publicis Groupe and Executive Chairman Publicis Worldwide said ' India is central to the future success of our key clients and indeed to our own success. We are committed to making the brequired investments in this critical market, whether organic or through acquisitions. Following the recent acquisitions of iStrat and Marketgate, these hires confirm our ambitions to invest in top talent. I have no doubt that the new team will help meet our aspirations and those of our clients'. Speaking from a Publicis Groupe perspective he added ' We are extremely fortunate in the Publicis Groupe to have the both the opportunity to bring exceptional talent like Ambika, Bobby and Partha into strategic leadership roles for Publicis Worldwide – and the strength in depth of resource to promote new talent like Sanjay Sharma into the lead planning role at BBH.'