Amin Lakhani named ‘Media Agency Head of the Year’ at e4m Media Ace Awards 2024

The exchange4media Group hosted the eighth edition of e4m Media Ace Awards on November 11, at a glittering award ceremony in Mumbai. At the awards night, Amin Lakhani, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare South Asia, was honoured with ‘Media Agency Head of the Year’ award for his outstanding work, dedication and innovation while Rathi Gangappa, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom, was the runner-up in this category.

The ‘Media Agency Head of The Year’ award is given to a CEO excelling at a spectrum of media services including media buying/planning and contributing to the overall growth of the organization through exceptional deliverance, retainers and acquiring new business.

On receiving the ‘Media Agency Head of the Year’ award, Amin Lakhani expressed happiness and thanked e4m and the jury for the prestigious honour. "Deeply humbled to be recognized as the Media Agency Head of the Year at the Media ACE Awards. I’m immensely proud of the impactful and creative work we do at Mindshare, and this recognition is truly gratifying. Thank you to the jury of E4M Media ACE Awards for this honor. This award reflects the growth and exceptional delivery of media solutions that we have been able to achieve that wouldn’t be possible without our strong bonds and shared vision. A heartfelt thanks to our valued clients and partners for the trust and collaboration. And to my incredible team – your talent, creativity, and pursuit of excellence inspires me every day. This award goes to all of us. Let’s make more magic together", he said in a LinkedIn post.

"I also want to thank 1000 plus team members across the country, across seven offices. It is because of you that I stand over here and you guys make me proud. I'm just walking up on stage and picking up the award. And any acknowledgement, would it be complete without two ladies and two very, very important ladies in my life, my wife and my daughter, who continue to cheer me", Lakhani added.

Lakhani has over 20 years of extensive cross functional experience in Media, Marketing- Product Management, Sales and Team Building. In his career, Lakhani has held several leadership roles at Mindshare and GroupM. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer- Mindshare South Asia, he has been instrumental in driving the best practices and strengthening key client relationships.

Earlier in his career, as the leader for Mindshare Fulcrum South Asia, Lakhani successfully led the integration of the digital business of Unilever in India, leading the team to the most coveted win of a Grand Prix at Cannes. He has extensive cross-functional experience in Media, Marketing- Product Management and has worked with various clients like Pepsi, GSK, ICICI, Castrol, HSBC, BYJU’s, Muthoot, Kellogg’s amongst others. Lakhani also plays an active role in industry bodies like BARC and AAAI.

The winners of the e4m Media Ace awards were selected by a revered jury across three categories – Agencies, Specialist Agencies and People. This year, the Jury was chaired by Sanjiv Mehta, Executive Chairman at L Catterton India and Former CEO of Hindustan Unilever.