Anita Kotwani — CEO

Anita Kotwani, Ex-Chief Client Officer, Dentsu South AsiaIn the role, she steered client-centric strategies that strengthen partnerships and align solutions with evolving business needs. As Chief Client Officer for dentsu South Asia, she championed transformative growth by embedding client-centricity into every strategic decision. She did oversee integrated client teams, expanding her remit to Creative, Media, and CXM, while also ensuring the expansion of the network’s presence in high-growth areas such as Business Transformation (BX), Retail, and Commerce. She delivered bespoke, high-demand client centric solutions by combining expertise from across the network with cutting-edge technology, advanced commerce strategies, and strategic partnerships.Previous ExperienceAnita Kotwani, CEO, Dentsu Media South Asia A passionate media expert with over two decades of experience in the industry, Anita is dedicated to learning and keeping up with the dynamically changing media ecosystem. Her profound interest in upgrading and enhancing the media industry has primarily contributed to the creation and setting up of new categories like Gaming, Digital & Content. Over the years, Anita has significantly evolved as a media professional and has managed to successfully keep up with the latest trends. She firmly believes in moving ahead with her people. Being grounded and fearless while experimenting with new platforms are the qualities that drive her to success each day. The humane touch she brings to the industry, clients, and everyone around, combined with in-depth analytics and understanding of consumer insights make her the outstanding media veteran that she is. She has lead as CEO Dentsu Media South Asia and was responsible for driving the growth of all brands within the portfolio that includes, Carat, IProspect, DentsuX, Posterscope, Sokrati Media and Amplifi. Her mandate also ensured setting up practice areas for Strategy and Planning, Insights and Effectiveness and Product and Technology to position dentsu as the most integrated network in the market. Anita has also been an esteemed judge and jury for various new-age media awards. She has been a Jury Chair / Jury for various industry awards. Anita won the Agency Head of the year title at the Campaign Agency of the Year 2022 Awards. She also captured a spot on the list of ‘Impact Top 50 Influential Women’ of 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in the Media and Marketing industry with a focus on client-centric growth strategies.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 25 yrs 11 mos