Suraja Kishore, chief executive officer, BBDO India, is currently in his notice period. Kishore will be exiting the agency by the end of the month. 

He joined the agency in 2019 after a six-year stint with McCann. He was also leading the Mercedes Benz team at Omnicom.

He has also worked with Publicis, Lowe Lintas and Mudra.

Kishore said, "I am not moving on; I am moving forward. You can’t quit a culture! You take the culture forward. BBDO is not a company; it’s a culture with its own tribe! Nurturing and growing this tribe has been one of the most fulfilling experiences. I have always chosen people over company. In the past it was desire to work with Balki and Prasoon that had me at McCann and Lowe." 

He added, "Post-McCann, I chose Josy, and we have had a wonderful intuitive partnership. We made BBDO India the best office with a ‘people-first-creative-culture’ across BBDO Asia offices. We scored some wonderful clients and created campaigns that have defined industry benchmarks. I am not moving on from here; rather, I am moving forward with a huge sense of discovery.  And to borrow from Proust - the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes, and to get those new eyes one needs to break away from the land one belongs to."

His next move is yet to be disclosed.