Venke Sharma moves from India to join Leo Burnett Indonesia in Head of Digital role

Leo Burnett Indonesia has appointed Venke Sharma to executive director, head of digital for the agency.

Prior to Leo Burnett Indonesia, Sharma (left) was leading Leo Burnett’s marketing services arm, Arc Worldwide in India. Over the Over the last 5 years, he has built Arc Worldwide India into a leading marketing services agency with best-in-class Digital and Shopper capabilities. Under his leadership, Arc has rolled out impactful campaigns for clients including P&G, Philip Morris, Blackberry, Tata Tea, Big TV, Piramal Healthcare, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Carrefour, Asia Pacific Breweries, Tax spanner amongst others. The agency has won awards in digital creativity and effectiveness at various global and local forums including the first and only Indian Cyber Lion at Cannes Lion. Before to Arc Worldwide India, Sharma was the co-founder and country head of Tribal DDB India. 

“We have been steadily building our digital business, but 2012 is the year in which we will take our plans to the next level,” said  Thomas Sutton, country advisor, Leo Burnett Indonesia. “The addition of Venke, a leading digital strategy expert in the region, is a reflection of our ambition to be a leading force in digital.  Very importantly, we aren’t building a separate digital agency; we are building digital capability in Leo Burnett Indonesia,”

“Indonesia is rapidly emerging as a growth leader in Asia; globally, it is the third largest Facebook nation with almost all Facebook users accessing it from mobile.  Marketers are looking forward to direction from agencies to tap this vast consumer presence on digital medium, our focus in Indonesia will be on developing break-through digital strategies for clients and building a best in class team to execute the same,” said Sharma.