Ms. Nandini Dias was the CEO of Lodestar UM and has been ranked by Economic Times among the top 10 influential leaders (and the only woman leader) in the Indian advertising & media industry for three years now.
Marking a career close to three decades, she had the distinction of launching over 400 brands while managing communication strategy and investments for over 250 marquee businesses across diverse sectors. She has piloted and developed several research-based tools that optimize robust media investments today.
She also set up and honed specialized practices like Brand Experience, Content, and Celebrity Management, CRM and Data, Digital, which are now centres of excellence and has been a part of a core leadership team tasked with ideating, transforming and channelizing the FCB Group’s forward journey under a program at Oxford University. She has been awarded ‘Media CEO of the Year’ in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021 and ‘Gamechanger of the Year’ in 2018 by different organisations.
She is a sports enthusiast, a national-level badminton player and an avid reader.
Other Directorships: International Advertising Association (India Chapter).
Letter of Appointment
