Praveen Kenneth

Praveen Kenneth (born 1970) is the Chairman and Managing Director of Law & Kenneth, an advertising agency. In 2004, he co-founded Law & Kenneth in London - the first Indian independent agency with a global footprint
In August 2011, Law & Kenneth scripted the identity re-launch of Hero Motocorp, one of India’s largest two-wheeler companies, with ‘Hum mein hai Hero.’
Early life and career
Kenneth was born and raised in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka - a state in southern India. He studied at St Joseph’s High School and Christ College in Bangalore. He began his career at Ogilvy and Mather as a trainee when he was 20 years old and became the youngest CEO at the Publicis Group at the age of 29. He oversaw the group’s $6 billion operations in the Indian subcontinent. Before he became a CEO at Publicis Group, Kenneth had worked at Mudra DDB, McCann Erickson. During this time, he worked with brands such as Coca Cola, L'Oreal, Cathay Pacific, Levers and Hewlett-Packard.
Kenneth quit Publicis India to help UK-based independent agency St. Luke's start operations in Asia Pacific in 2002. In 2005, Kenneth along with his UK mate Andy Law, who was one of the founders of St. Luke’s, took over St. Luke’s operations
with investment from Bodyshop’s Anita Roddick.
Kenneth turned advertising entrepreneur and on October 2, 2005, Law & Kenneth was born with its headquarters in London.
Current role
Praveen Kenneth now heads Law & Kenneth, which has grown from a single office with 25 clients and 60 employees in 2005 to a communications group with 4 offices and 290 employees servicing 32 clients. Currently, Law & Kenneth also has branches in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. The group now includes: Digital Law & Kenneth, Design Law & Kenneth and Ngage Law & Kenneth.
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