Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, October 2025 – Shashi V S has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Weber Shandwick India. With over two decades of experience in communications and brand leadership, Shashi is set to lead the agency’s strategic vision and operations in India, accelerating its growth story through innovative, consumer-first strategies.
In his new role, Shashi will drive brand development, digital transformation, creative excellence, and insights-driven storytelling, ensuring Weber Shandwick continues to deliver high-impact communications solutions for its clients.
Before joining Weber Shandwick, Shashi served as Managing Director at Current Global for over a decade. He played a transformative role in shaping the firm’s reputation through new-age storytelling rooted in a consumer-first approach, building a culture of innovation and excellence across brand, digital, creative, and research.
Prior to Current Global, Shashi spent more than 14 years at Perfect Relations, where he grew from Account Executive to Vice President. During this time, he successfully built profitable practices, streamlined operations, and implemented scalable systems that enhanced client service and organizational efficiency.
Shashi’s career trajectory reflects a proven ability to combine strategic foresight with operational discipline, consistently driving results, innovation, and growth across the communications landscape.
About Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is a leading global earned-first communications agency, celebrated for its creativity, purpose-driven strategies, and impact. The firm has received numerous global recognitions, including being named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year 2024, Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year 2023, and the #1 PR & Brand Strategies agency on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list 2024. It was also the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including the industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category.
Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick anchors The Weber Shandwick Collective, a global strategic communications and consulting network that continues to set industry benchmarks in innovation and impact.
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