BBH hires JWT planner

Singapore - BBH Asia Pacific has hired Ayesha Walawalkar as planning director to support the agency's rapidly growing business.

She joins from JWT Singapore where she was also planning director. Her career in planning began with a five-year stint at AMV London (now AMV.BBDO). She then joined Still Price and later Chiat Day before returning again to AMV.BBDO as a board director. Walawalkar has also had stint in Hong Kong as regional head of planning for BBDO, after which she moved to Bates Asia in Singapore.

"Ayesha has fantastic planning credentials and will further strengthen BBH's strategic offer," John Hadfield, MD for BBH Asia Pacific said.

She will primarily oversee planning on the Vaseline business.