MUMBAI: Piyush Pandey, the first Asian to serve as president of the jury at the Cannes Advertising Festival, has received another career accolade.

Pandey, executive chairman and national creative director of Ogilvy & Mather India has been elected to the Ogilvy Worldwide board.

Says Pandey: "This is a huge recognition of the work I have put in at Ogilvy India, and a great honour. It means I am important to the company; it also implies India is important to Ogilvy."

Data sourced from The Times of India; additional content by WARC staff