What are Omnicom’s plans for acquiring digital agencies for Omnicom?
I cannot say whether we are in talks with anybody or we plan to be in talks with anybody until those acquisitions, if they were happening, were finalized. I am not a great believer of the fact that you need acquisitions to build your business because digital is already at the heart of everything that what we do. As the Gunn Report states very clearly, we are almost twice the size of our nearest rival, in terms of awards. So we don’t need acquisitions to help us build that. What I want for Omnicom in India is that Jasmin (Sohrabji) gets all the support she needs from global, which I’m sure she does, in terms of growing her client base. Will you continue to operate through TBWA India or will Omnicom be getting its own identity in India? We are continuing to work through TBWA’s ‘Radeus’ brand. But that will be as OMD, fully branded and run by us as OMD. As for any plans to expand that would be no comment. OMD India does not have the size to have clout — and in India business, of late, se
