#IPOY2017

Every Year, THE IMPACT PERSON OF YEAR award is presented to one person or group of people chosen by their peers in the industry for having made maximum impact and having influenced the industry by contributing significantly in the domain of media, and marketing. The person who you nominate should have made a substantial contribution to his/her own business as well as industry bodies and the practice adopted by him/her should have had far reaching effects in the foreseeable future.

SHORTLIST OF 2017

ASHISH BHASIN
Chairman & CEO, South Asia, Dentsu Aegis Network

If Dentsu Aegis Network has been in the news for growing through acquisitions and mergers, be it Perfect Relations or Happy Creative Services or the most recent Sokrati, the credit goes to this man. Under the leadership of Ashish Bhasin, Chairman and CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN), the company today has crossed Rs 4500 crore in billings and is expected to end the year with over Rs 5000 crore. After taking charge of the company, his vision was to make it digitally savvy. He has been taking steady steps in that direction and today more than one-third of DAN’s staff is part of their Digital business.