GroupM Thailand names CEO reporting to Himanshu Shekhar who expands remit

GroupM has named Pathamawan (Linda) Sathaporn to become CEO of GroupM Thailand as of 1 May 2022. Sathaporn assumes the portfolio held by Niklas Stalberg who will be leaving the network after a decade of longstanding service.  Pathamawan crosses over from her current position as CEO of Mindshare Thailand where she held various leadership roles for over one and a half decades.

Pathamawan will be reporting to Himanshu Shekhar, whose remit as CEO of GroupM Indonesia and Vietnam has been expanded to include Thailand.  Having spent two decades within the GroupM network, Himanshu rose through the ranks in Mindshare managing the business in volume-heavy India as well as Indonesia. He was appointed CEO of Mindshare Southeast Asia from 2014 to 2018. In 2019, Himanshu became CEO of GroupM Indonesia, and in October last year, he took on an additional mantle as CEO of GroupM…