Ankit Singh appointed National Strategy Director at BBDO Group India
He joins BBDO Group India from Cheil X
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Published: Jul 31, 2026 12:39 PM | 2 min read
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- BBDO Group India has appointed Ankit Singh as National Strategy Director, joining the strategy leadership team alongside Saad Khan and Shashank Lanjekar.
- Singh brings nearly two decades of experience and previously worked at Cheil X, as well as holding senior roles at Leo, BBH Group, and GREY Worldwide.
- CEO Jitender Dabas emphasized the agency's focus on solving significant business challenges and building a strong strategy community.
- Singh has collaborated with major global brands such as Apple, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola, and expressed enthusiasm for contributing to BBDO's future initiatives.
BBDO Group India has appointed Ankit Singh as National Strategy Director. Singh joins the strategy leadership team that includes Saad Khan, Chief Strategy Officer, ULKA and Shashank Lanjekar, Chief Strategy Officer, BBDO India.
Singh has close to two decades of experience. He joins BBDO Group India from Cheil X.
Jitender Dabas, CEO, BBDO Group said: “Our ambition at BBDO Group isn’t just better advertising — it’s solving bigger business problems. That’s exactly the school of planning Ankit comes from: define the right problem, find the deep human truth, build ideas that live at the edge of culture. He joins Saad Khan and Shashank Lanjekar, who already lead strategy across ULKA and BBDO India, as we build one of the strongest strategy communities in the industry — a place where the best strategic talent comes to work on the toughest problems. Welcome, Ankit. Let’s build that future together.”
Ankit Singh added: "The opportunities that excite me the most are the ones where you get to build, and BBDO feels like exactly that—a chance to join a story that's still being written. As part of the world's largest creative network, it has a strong legacy and, more importantly, a shared ambition to shape what's next. I'm looking forward to helping write the next chapter with the talented teams across BBDO Group India."
Throughout his career, Singh has partnered with leading global brands including Apple, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Uber, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Airtel, Haleon, Tinder, Reckitt, Ferrero and Hilton.
Prior to joining Cheil X, Singh held senior leadership roles at Leo, BBH Group and GREY Worldwide. He also led brand marketing for Hilton across South Asia.
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