Anupriya Acharya

Anupriya Acharya, CEO, Publicis Groupe South Asia is an eminent media and advertising professional with 25 plus years of experience across India and Singapore. She joined Publicis Groupe in 2013 as Group CEO of Zenith Optimedia and then went on to lead Publicis Media India from 2016. Prior to Publicis, she has held senior leadership positions with WPP in India and Aegis Media Singapore.

She has been elected as the President for Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) 2020-21 and is also actively involved with other industry bodies. An Independent Director on the Board of DB Corp., she is also jury on key industry events. She has been felicitated by Forbes India as ‘W-Power’ Trailblazer 2018 and featured in Fortune India’s list of Top 50 “Most Powerful Women in Business” in 2020, 2019, 2018. She has also been on Impact’s list of ’50 Most Influential Women in Advertising, Media and Marketing Industry” since its inception and featured in top 10 since 2018. A Post Graduate in Chemistry from IIT - Roorkee, her interests are adventure trips, photography and interior designing.