Kartik Sharma is the Group Chief Executive Officer – India operations at Omnicom Media Group – the leading global advertising, marketing, and communications media network.

With nearly 30 years of experience in the media industry, Kartik is a proven thought leader and expert in communication planning, behavioural economics, media research, analytics, and technology. A leader with a reputation for establishing and sustaining long-term client relationships, he firmly believes in the power of collaboration.

Kartik began his career with HTA as a Media Planner. From there, he moved to Lintas as Channel Planning Director, followed by Mindshare as the Planning Director, Madison – heading the Madison Media Research Centre, and Maxus as the Head of West Region. Before joining the Omnicom Media Group, Kartik was the CEO of Wavemaker South Asia.

Being instrumental in every role, Kartik has diverse experience working with renowned industry players. Goal-driven, extremely result-oriented and with a passion to create a lasting impact, he has an exceptional track record of handling some very prestigious brands like Hindustan Unilever, Mondelez, Netflix and L’Oréal to name a few.

Kartik has previously held influential positions in the technical committees of TAM Media Research and the Indian Readership Survey. One of the most prominent leaders of the Advertising & Media industry, his opinions are frequently featured in leading publications and is known as a maven in the corridors of the media universe. Amongst noteworthy accolades, he has been recognized by ET Brand Equity as one of the Most Influential People in Advertising and was more recently accoladed as AdGully’s Powerful Influencer of 2021 and featured amongst the Top 100 Marketing Leaders by exchange4media.