Ashish Bhasin
Founder The Bhasin Consulting Group
Ashish Bhasin is the Founder of The Bhasin Consulting Group and one of Asia-Pacific's most respected advertising and media leaders. He previously served as CEO APAC and Chairman India at Dentsu International, where he grew Dentsu India from a 50-member team to over 3,700 employees before leading the APAC business across 17 countries and 14,000 people. Earlier, he spent 20 years leading Lintas India (IPG) and also held global leadership roles at Lowe Worldwide.
Over his career, Ashish has received numerous industry honours, including Campaign Asia-Pacific's South Asia Agency Head of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019), Network Head of the Year (2018, 2019), Media Person of the Year (2016), Game Changer (2019), the IAA Leadership Award, Exchange4Media Hallmark Chairman of the Year, Business Excellence Awards (2013–2015), the Indira Super Achiever Award (2003), Media Marketer of the Year, and Dentsu Aegis Network Star Performer of the Year 2017, selected from over 60,000 employees.
He has been a part of the judging panel for global awards including Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx, and the Festival of Media Global.
Ashish has held several industry leadership positions, including President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), Chairman of MRUC, Goafest, Media Abbys, and the Readership Studies Council of India, and has served on the boards of BARC and ABC.
He has also been awarded an Honorary PhD (Honoris Causa) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the advertising and media industry.