Our People

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Michael Epstein, Global CEO of Starcom, is a distinguished leader with a proven track record of pushing boundaries, fostering growth and championing diversity in the industry.

Since joining Starcom in 2021, Michael has secured significant media agency of record victories, including AB InBev, McDonald’s, Aldi and Frontier Communications and expanded capabilities with long-standing clients, such as Kellogg’s. His leadership has driven the agency's impressive financial performance, with new business growth skyrocketing.

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As Starcom’s Global Chief Marketing Officer, Robert leads the brand strategy & narrative development, visual identity & communications, and all marketing across core paid, owned, and earned channels. He joined Starcom in mid-2022. 

Previously, Robert was the Vice President, Brand Transformation at IBM, where he led and launched the global repositioning and branding efforts for IBM's services unit, IBM Consulting. Prior IBM, Robert was Global CMO of both Carat and Dentsu Media, re-launching multiple brands during his tenure.

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With over 24 years at Starcom, Kim Einan is a proven leader known for strategy, creativity and operationalizing change. She helps teams think differently and partners with them to create impact through action. As Global Chief Strategy Officer, Kim is responsible for Starcom’s global strategic discipline, supporting markets all over the world to share best practices and tools, identifying the most compelling insight-led opportunities for clients and integrating Starcom’s strategic community to provide more access and opportunity to the agency.

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Niti is an experienced media and marketing professional with two decades of rich experience in media planning, marketing, digital and media investment management. In her career span, she has worked across a variety of categories like Publishing, FMCG, Telecom, Automobiles, Garments and BFSI. At Starcom, Niti is the Chief Operating Officer and oversees all client deliverables and business growth for the agency in India.

Previous to Starcom, Niti was the Senior Vice President at Penguin Random House India, where she spearheaded marketing along with the digital and data initiatives of the organisation; including over-seeing the marketing for 300+ titles, setting up the in-house performance marketing specialisation and also the audiobooks, ebooks and video rights businesses.

A graduate from MICA, she has worked in leadership roles at GroupM (Managing Partner North & East at Mediacom) , Mudra Communications (Office Head, Media, Delhi & Kolkata) and at Lodestar.

Niti has closely led and managed media investments and strategy for global and local businesses like Mars Wrigley, Shell Plc, Makemytrip.com, Gillette, Amway and Reckitt Benckiser, to name a few. She is passionate about the consumer stories that lay hidden in data and has a strong track record of driving business growth and building strong teams.

 Niti has been a TEDX speaker, featured in Top 30 under 30 and Top 40 under 40 industry lists and works with various online forums to mentor young women wanting to build careers in content and communications.

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Rathi Gangappa is the Chief Executive Officer of Starcom India, one of the fastest growing agencies in India.

She is a media and brand communications specialist, with a rich experience of over 20 years across client, publisher and agency ecosystems. Her previous stints include GroupM and Vodafone among others.

Rathi has helmed high-profile brand campaigns on the client’s side and headed country-wide operations for media agencies. She has been in leadership roles, requiring an execution focus in complex cross-cultural environments, driving transformation programs, building capability, and nurturing talent.

She has always enjoyed celebrating creativity within media and has been an integral part of award-winning campaigns.

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Anil is a Digital and Mobile marketing professional with 16+ years of experience in the media and tech industry. At Starcom, he is responsible for driving the digital team by executing business development, operations, team management and delivering quality and profit-oriented performance for the division.

Anil has a proven track record of building and developing high performing digital teams and solutions ranging from full-funnel data-led planning to measurement, attribution and monetization.

In his career, Shankar has worked with leading media companies such as WPP, GroupM, Affle & Times Internet. His experience is across verticals like FMCG, BFSI, Telcos & Ecommerce and has worked on renowned brands like Pepsi, GSK, RSPL, Citibank, Paytm, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BMS, Flipkart, Amazon and Shopclues to name a few.

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Rajiv has a rich two decades of working experience in media planning, strategy, and implementation.

In his career span, he has led teams in India and internationally. He has contributed to the growth of brands like Coca-Cola, P&G, Asian Paints and Dabur.

At Starcom, Rajiv looks after the strategy and growth initiatives. He closely works on new business development and drives the HX planning process within the organization. Rajiv is also a part of the Global Product Acceleration Team & Global Strategy Council.

Earlier to Starcom, Rajiv has been a part of Mindshare, Madison and Mediacom.