Ranganathan Somanathan, COO of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), a global media communications agency, has arrived in Dhaka yesterday for a two-day visit. Ranganathan will meet colleagues from Bangladesh and a number of Key clients and stakeholders during the visit.
Prior to his current designation, Ranga led VivaKi Malaysia, which includes SMG and Optimedia Malaysia, as CEO – a position he held since July 2009.
Ranga was also managing director of SMG’s Indonesian operations which grew by 40% under his leadership. He headed the Research & Strategic Planning function at SMG Malaysia and was recognized by Campaign Asia-Pacific as one of the Top 10 Suits for his work on Microsoft in 2005.


