Achuthan will oversee the agency’s account management team, and will assist chief executive Jennifer Chan in the running of the agency.
“It’s a new position we have created as our business has expanded quite dramatically, and also because she’s very good at what she does,” said Chan. Achuthan joined BBDO in 2003 to head up the agency’s business development unit.
She was promoted to client services director in 2005 before being elevated to her new role. Before BBDO, she had a stint at Saatchi & Saatchi, where she was associate account director, managing clients including Alliance Bank, Procter & Gamble and Nestlé.