Pandey elected vice chairman O&M Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific - Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific's regional board has elected Piyush Pandey as vice chairman. He will continue in his current role as executive chairman and national creative director of Ogilvy & Mather India.

"I can't think of anyone who better embodies the values established by David Ogilvy or who better symbolises the excitement of India. Piyush contributes not just to the development of our brand but to the industry as a whole in a remarkable way," Miles Young, chairman of O&M Asia Pacific said.

"While he remains firmly based in India, we need his management counsel up and down Asia. India is becoming quite fundamental to many of our clients' strategies in this part of the world, and when Piyush speaks for India he also speaks for Asia."

Pandey was the first Asian to be president of the Cannes jury in 2004. He was inducted into Ogilvy's Worldwide Board in 2006.