With Ogilvy’s announcement of Amritsar-born Devika (Dev) Bulchandani as its Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the list of Indian-origin CEOs at global companies grows. Her announcement comes days after Starbucks appointed Pune-born Laxman Narasimhan as its new CEO.
Bulchandani joins an illustrious list which includes Google’s Sundar Pichai, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen, Deloitte’s Punit Renjen and FedEx’s Raj Subramaniam.
Bulchandani, the driving force behind the famous and long-running “Priceless” campaign of Mastercard, has several exploits to her name and is a known face in the industry and a powerful woman executive who had won several accolades.
Who is Devika Bulchandani?
Born in Punjab’s Amritsar, Bulchandani spent 26 years at McCann, leading the company’s growth in various roles including as President of North America business.
Apart from the Mastercard “Priceless”, she also led the company’s “True Name”…
