Mindshare Malaysia makes leadership replacement for Wittenberger

Mindshare APAC has appointed Varun Channa, to the role of managing director, Mindshare Malaysia. Channa takes over the role from Gerald Wittenberger, (Read also: Meet Mindshare's Gerald Wittenberger) who returned to Europe at the end of 2014.Channa (pictured) joins Mindshare after six years with Danone Indonesia, where he helped to turn around their Fresh Dairy business and developed the roadmap for their Isotonics. Prior to that, he was marketing head and part of the start-up team for Danone India and also spent nearly 15 years with JWT India at their flagship Mumbai office working with Unilever and other key clients.Gowthaman Ragothaman, COO of Mindshare Asia Pacific, said: “We are totally delighted to welcome Channa on board, who brings a wealth of experience across industries and markets. This is the beginning of a new chapter in the whole new world of connected media, where content, creativity and consumer data in the Malaysian market is at the centre of all activities and importance.”Girish Menon, CEO GroupM Malaysia added, “With Channa, we have hit upon a fantastic combination – with JWT, he honed his skills in developing communications solutions for some iconic global brands and then as a tech-savvy marketer with Danone in three different fast-growing, competitive markets, he got his hands dirty developing marketing solutions to deliver strong business results.”