Satish Ramanathan joins Ogilvy Indonesia as MD

Ogilvy Indonesia has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Satish Ramanathan as Managing Director.

With over 2 decades of experience, Ramanathan joins Ogilvy after a long stint at MullenLowe Lintas Group, where he has played multiple roles across India & Singapore and was last leading their horizontal growth offerings including consulting, design, content and creative technology verticals as Executive Director. A believer in Strategic Creative solutions for exponential growth, Ramanathan comes with a strong integrated services background having driven integration for some of India’s biggest brands.

Ramanathan will be responsible to drive Ogilvy’s philosophy of “inspiring brands and people to impact the world”. Backed by the collection of culture-changing, value-driving ideas, he will be strengthening the relationship foundations of some of Ogilvy’s biggest brands as well as steer the momentum of Ogilvy’s Digital Experience vertical.

Ramanathan said: “With a deep and strong client relationship that are almost as old as the agency itself, a market with a strong culture, identity & uniquely structured, and a leadership role in an organization like Ogilvy and network like WPP; everything about this role was too exciting to not take it up. Look forward to playing my part with the team in raising the bar and creating a stronger position for the agency and the brands we partner.”

Sieg Penaverde, Group CEO Ogilvy Indonesia, said: “Satish reinforces the agency’s strength of growing client’s business through strategic brand building. We will continue to be navigators of opportunities for our clients and Satish’s experience and passion for integrated brand solutions will be of great value for the agency and the clients we partner.”