Rajni Menon

Rajni Menon

CEO, Carat India

India

Rajni Menon, CEO for Carat India (a Dentsu Aegis Unit) has over 18 years’ experience in the media Industry straddling across Strategic Planning, Media buying, Research & Insights and Trading. She is a post graduate from MICA.

As the youngest trading head for Mindshare Fulcrum (handling Unilever) some years ago, she proved that age didn’t matter if capabilities existed. Similarly, for Carat, she led Strategy and Insights for over 5 years before moving on to now leading the agency as the CEO. With her continuing passion for Strategy and Insight, she continues to lead the function for the group.

Another key role she plays for the group is leading the charge for Diversity & Inclusion. As the head of the Women’s Council over the years she has been focusing on ensuring better gender representation by driving policies which reduce attrition as well help attract women employees. With the responsibility of creating a safe and secure environment for women, tackling issues of Sexual harassment, sensitizing employees and leaders of the need for being more empathetic and sensitized towards diversity has been a focus area.