Barrett quits Bates141 to join BBH India

Bates 141 executive creative director, Russell Barrett is leaving the agency to join BBH India. Indian ad industry website afaqs! reports Barrett will join the agency’s Mumbai office on April 22 and will report to Priti Nair, managing partner, BBH. He will head the eight brand partners at the agency.

Subhash Kamath, managing director at BBH – and himself the former agency head of Bates141 India – is quoted by afaqs saying: “We have been consistently building our team over the last one year. With the exciting brands that are aligning with us, a senior level appointment was necessary. Russell (Barrett) fits the brief perfectly. He has had terrific experience across categories and his personality and thinking fits the agency culture.” Read more on afaqs!.