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Gowthaman Ragothaman to move on from WPP

He's currently based out of Singapore.

R Gowthaman has decided to move on from WPP and GroupM after spending over 20 years in the company. He was global client lead at WPP and global blockchain solutions lead for GroupM.

Gowthaman Ragothaman to move on from WPP

Gowthaman Ragothaman

He joined Mindshare Fulcrum as planning services director in April 1999 where he was leading a team of category experts that provides strategic planning and implementation services for all Unilever brands in India in the field of marketing communications.

Confirming the development to afaqs!, Ragothaman (popularly known as G'man in the industry) told us that he is currently evaluating a couple of options and will be deciding soon.

He started out as a media planner at R K SWAMY BBDO and also served as media supervisor at then Ogilvy.

Ragothaman is all set to launch his own blockchain firm Aqilliz and reportedly the said firm has been created in collaboration with blockchain company Zilliqa.

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