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Ranjan Kapur is currently Country Manager - India of WPP, which is one of the world's largest communications groups and the holding company that owns JWT, Ogilvy, Grey, Y&R and Bates, some of the largest advertising agencies globally and in India.
Ranjan started his career with Citibank. Ranjan is a veteran of the advertising business having spent 40 years with Ogilvy. He was Chairman of Ogilvy India from 1993 to 2003 and is largely credited with its turnaround and accelerated growth which led to it becoming India's largest communications group.

Ranjan has worked in several countries with Ogilvy, including New York and in his last assignment prior to becoming Chairman of Ogilvy India he held a senior regional Asia Pacific assignment and was based in Singapore.

Ranjan was inducted into the Ogivly Worldwide Board in 1998 and was elected Vice Chairman Asia Pacific in 2001.

Ranjan is currently a director on the board of MIRC Electronics, Pidilite Industries, Annik Technologies, Eon Premedia, among others. In his personal capacity Ranjan is involved in the development of technology based on line and mobile services companies and has substantial equity in an online publishing company, a BPO journalism company and a mobile tagging services company.

Ranjan is also Chairman of the Strategic Planning Group at Bombay First, an NGO that actively works with government and civic bodies for the development of Mumbai into a premier global city. Ranjan has recently been inducted into the Citizen's Action Group, a watchdog body under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister that works directly with the Government of Maharashtra towards Mumbai's development. He has also recently joined The Economic Times Marketing Editorial Advisory Board.

Ranjan was born in Lahore on 25 November, 1942 and holds a Masters in English from Delhi University.