Amit Sutha signs on as Publicis Groupe Malaysia’s new Chief Executive Officer

Amit Sutha has returned to Malaysia to take on the role of Chief Executive Officer at Publicis Groupe Malaysia. Sutha brings 13 years of leadership experience in Malaysia to the position and will report to Publicis Groupe Singapore & Southeast Asia CEO, Amrita Randhawa.

Sutha joins Publicis Groupe Malaysia from McCann Worldgroup in New York where he was President and Global Chief Client Officer handling McCann Content Studios globally. This was a role he took on after becoming Global Chief Client Officer and Global President of Performance and Campaign Content at Mediabrands Content Studio. Sutha’s deep experience in both creative and media practices as well as CRM, performance and production have allowed him to bring together a broad set of capabilities, ensuring that he is focused on meeting the evolving needs of clients in the fast-paced digital age.

“We are excited that Amit has chosen Publicis Groupe as home for the next chapter of his career. Malaysia has a unique role in the design of our Southeast Asia organisation as a center of excellence powering functions from data to performance media and production. As my leadership team and I met and got to know Amit, it became clear that not only were we meeting someone who had the entrepreneurial spirit and depth of technical capability across functions but someone who already felt like he was part of our team in the way he thought of the market, its talent and our collective future,” says Amrita Randhawa, CEO of Publicis Groupe, Singapore & Southeast Asia.

After four years in New York, the return to Malaysia is a homecoming for Sutha. In Malaysia, he was previously the CEO of Universal McCann and Ensemble Worldwide and Country Manager of Proximity, leading these agencies to new levels of success under his leadership. Previous roles have included strategy leadership positions at BBDO, JWT and FCB.

In his new role, Sutha will be fully responsible for all the operations of Publicis Groupe in the Malaysia market, from creative to media, influence, production, commerce, data, tech and clients. His priority will be to drive impact for the Groupe’s clients.

“Publicis Groupe in Southeast Asia and globally have had incredible momentum and success in recent years making it absolutely an organisation I want to be a part of. The client-centric design of the Groupe, the people I have met through the process and the ambition have me excited. Delivering client impact and uniting our teams across practices in service of that agenda is something that I am really looking forward to achieving,” said Sutha.

Sutha joined Publicis Groupe Malaysia on January 20th 2025.