Ranjan Kapur is currently Country Manager - India of WPP one of the world’s largest communications group and the holding company that owns JWT, Ogilvy, Grey, Y&R and Bates, some of the largest advertising agencies worldwide and in India.
Ranjan is a veteran of the advertising business having spent 38 years with Ogilvy. He was honoured with the Industry’s Lifetime Achievement Award from AAAI in 2008.

His last assignment with Ogilvy was as Chairman of Ogilvy, India from 1993 to 2003 and is largely credited with its turnaround and accelerated growth thereafter which saw it become India’s largest communications group.

He is an ex-Citibanker. Ranjan has worked in several countries with Ogilvy, including New York and in his last assignment prior to becoming Chairman of the Indian company he held a regional assignment managing Ogilvy’s worldwide clients in Asia Pacific. He was based in Singapore.

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

Ranjan is currently on the Boards of MIRC Electronics, Pidilite Industries, Abbott India Limited, Annik Technologies, Eon Premedia, among others. He is also involved in his personal capacity in the development of technology based on-line and mobile services companies.

He is a member of the Governing Board of Bombay First, an NGO that actively works with Government & Civic bodies for the development of Mumbai into a premier global city. Ranjan is also a part of 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.

Ranjan heads the Fund-raising Committee at the Indian Cancer Society and has been instrumental in getting their logo redesigned. He has recently spearheaded the Campaign of Hope which is a special fund raising drive and an awareness programme to escalate India’s fight against cancer.

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