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Sachin Talwalkar
Chief Creative OfficerHavas Life Mumbai
Mumbai
Award winning creative, Sachin Talwalkar is the Chief Creative Officer at Havas Life Mumbai, the health and wellness communications agency of Havas.
Since joining the agency in 2020, he has been responsible for driving the creative vision and strategy for the agency, winning healthcare “Agency of the Year” twice at e4m Health & Marketing Awards. His clients at Havas Life Mumbai includes Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk, GSK, Viatris, Dr Reddy Laboratories, Abbott Nutrition, Gleneagles Hospitals and many more.
In his over 20 years of industry experience, Sachin has worked across geographies in Europe, Middle East, South East Asia & Asia Pacific with network agencies, and through his own consultancy. And he has been on the jury of some of most coveted, global industry awards.
Sachin began his career in India and soon moved to Germany to work with BBDO Dusseldorf in Germany as an Art Director. He stayed in Europe for a decade to work with agencies like DDB Düsseldorf & Saatchi & Saatchi in Milan before moving on to London, and then back to Asia to run agencies like Contract/JWT New Delhi, Commonwealth in Asia Pacific and Edelman in the South Asia, Middle East and Africa. He was last running his own consultancy that serviced clients in South East Asia and Europe.
His work has been recognized by major awards, including Spikes Asia, Ad Club Germany, Mobius, Eurobest, Epica, Cresta, NY Festival, Clio, Montreux Ad Festival, Ad Club Austria, Econ Awards, FAB Awards and LIA.
In 2016, Talwalkar took a break from advertising to pursue film making by launching Cosmic Panda Films, where he wrote and directed his first short film, “To Jod” (That Pair) that was featured at Cannes Films Festival 2016.
Sachin believes in the creating brand narratives that are culturally rooted and inspired by real, human insight.
• Sachin began his career in India and soon moved to Europe to work with BBDO in Germany as an Art Director. He stayed in Europe for a decade to work with agencies like DDB in Düsseldorf & Saatchi & Saatchi in Milan before moving on to London, and then back to Asia
• Played a key role in launching and establishing the global Chevy agency, Commonwealth in APAC.
• Led multiple award-winning campaigns for brands like JK Tyre, Volkswagen, Gatorade & M&M’s.
• Apart from it, he has worked for top global brands like Pepsi, L’Oreal Paris, Chevrolet, Dabur, Walt Disney, Aditya Birla Group, Fiat, British American Tobacco, Procter & Gamble, Wrigley’s, Persil, Allianz Insurance, Masterfoods, Henkel, GSK, Abbott, Novo Nordisk & Viatris.
• In 2016, Talwalkar took a break from advertising to pursue film making by launching Cosmic Panda Films, where he wrote and directed his first short film, “To Jod” (That Pair) that was featured at Cannes Films Festival 2016.Winner of numerous prestigious global awards: Spikes Asia, Ad Club Germany, Mobius, Eurobest, Epica, Cresta, NY Festival, Clio, Montreux Ad Festival, Ad Club Austria, Econ Awards, FAB Awards, LIA and ABBY’s.
• Privileged to be a jury member at Lisbon Advertising Festival, London International Awards, Spikes Asia, ADC Annual Awards etc.