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Hometown:
New Delhi
Where do you work?
Young & Rubicam New York
About Me:
I'm a planner by a winding route: creative director, marketing director, branch head and now this.
Worked in India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and the US.
Love Peet's Coffee and Manhattan Beach. And now, Manhattan. Specifically the parks.

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Clearly Twenty Billion Neurons Don't Really Cut It

It's hard running a planning department for a luxury automotive marque.
I know. Your heart rends.
But there are just two of us and its a big piece of business.
OK, its not as hard as peace in the Middle East, but I have less people on the job.
So if you're looking for a senior planning role on a brand that's making some waves (albeit not as much as Hamas and Ehud Barak), please write to me. It's less life-threatening than living on the Gaza Strip (slightly) and if you like figuring out the dimen… Continue

Posted on August 28, 2007 at 11:32pm —

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At 6:39am on January 12, 2009, Jacob Barry said…
Hi Benny,

I have been told that the advertising industry is going through a rough time over there.
How is the situation at TBWA\Chiat\Day?
I am currently working at M&C Saatchi, Kuala Lumpur and looking for opportunities in the States.

Kind Regards,
Jacob Barry
At 2:07am on August 7, 2008, Ryan said…
Hey Benny
I interned at Tequila last year in the TBWA\Chiat building and then at McCann in West LA. I'm really interested in a junior planning job but I know open positions are hard to come by. Do you have any advice? I would love to work back at Chiat again.
At 9:10am on February 22, 2008, Cherno Barry said…
ohh Malaysia and India is such a intresting new market ..
iwould like to ow some more about this....
I drink Tee ...
At 6:14pm on January 24, 2008, Benny Thomas said…
Hi Sumana
I work on the Infiniti brand mainly, along with strategy projects for Nissan.
Used to work on Mars - Pedigree.
At 9:43am on December 20, 2007, Nitya Paniker said…
Certainly will say hi to him!
Have a gr8 X'mas & New Yr!
At 6:15am on December 4, 2007, Benny Thomas said…
I worked in Mumbai for 3 years, but mostly it was Delhi. And then it became all-India - we have 5 offices as you may know.
Say hi to Manish - I haven't written to him in a while.
At 5:02am on December 4, 2007, Nitya Paniker said…
Hey Benny, gud to hear frm u...ofcourse I knw Manish...He was at Ogilvy, a while after I joined, b4 movin out to TBWA n then bak to David...Infact I think he has created a profile on Plannersphere, but not sure if he uses it actively...

Were you in Mumbai while in India?
At 8:03pm on December 3, 2007, Benny Thomas said…
India vs the US is al ong conversation....but in short, India is all about exploration and discovery - new brands, new ideas, new ways to live - while the US is at the stage where the old rules are meeting the new and creating an odd kind of fusion. Both exciting and very confusing.
At 5:12pm on December 3, 2007, Jinal Shah said…
It's debatable if Poke-ing is rude on facebook!

Anyways, POKE is the digital arm/ sister agency of MOTHER London/ New York. POKE was started in London and they just opened their Ny office in April.

www.pokenewyork.com

how was it like working in India> it seems a very exciting time to be there right now. how does it compare to here?
At 11:50pm on November 30, 2007, Dr. Taly Weiss said…
Hello Benny
 
 

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