FCB India appoints Hari Krishnan as Chief Growth Officer

FCB India has appointed Hari Krishnan as Chief Growth Officer. In this role, he will oversee growth across the network, leveraging full-funnel marketing and leading new business development.

Based in Mumbai, Krishnan will report to Dheeraj Sinha, Group CEO, FCB India & South Asia.

Krishnan brings over two decades of experience in advertising, marketing, and consulting, having worked with agencies including Mullen Lowe (India and Sri Lanka), Grey Group, JWT, and Tilt Brand Solutions.

He has collaborated with both global and Indian brands across categories such as Britannia, Unilever, Tata Tea, Saffola, Tanishq, Titan, Maruti Suzuki, Audi, Ford, Havells, Future Generali, Dell, Myntra, Swiggy, PhonePe, and Flipkart, helping them achieve growth through integrated solutions.

In his new position, he is expected to focus on building and scaling new areas of expertise across the group’s agencies.

Talking about Krishnan’s appointment, Dheeraj Sinha, said, “Growth today is about orchestrating capabilities across creativity, data, content, digital, and technology. Hari brings the vision and experience to harness the power of full-funnel thinking and new business development. With him on board, we are ready to build and scale new areas of expertise, working closely with senior business strategy leaders to help build growth across our portfolio. Bringing Hari on board is a significant step in how we live our ambition of Growth, Glory, and Guts together as a team.”

Speaking on his new role, Hari Krishnan, “What excites me about FCB India is its ability to bring together creative firepower, digital depth, and platform-native talent. My focus will be to drive compounding growth for our clients by orchestrating integrated full-funnel solutions, partnering where it counts, and building sustainable growth models for the future.”