Dwaraknath Naidu Elevated to Chief Growth Officer at Wavemaker Indonesia

Dwaraknath Naidu will take on the new role of chief growth officer of Wavemaker Indonesia from 1st January 2021. In his new role, Dwaraknath will be responsible to drive Wavemaker’s growth through new business acquisition and build new products, revenue streams and build future ready client teams who can adapt, accelerate and help transform client businesses and build fame for clients and the agency. He will work closely with client teams to adopt and use the new Wavemaker Provocative Planning thinking to accelerate growth for Wavemaker’s clients and its people.

Dwaraknath has worked with GroupM for 14 years across India and Indonesia in various capacities has been a key contributor to drive new business initiatives for Wavemaker (and former MEC) and helped in successfully growing the business multi-fold in the last six years in Indonesia.

Dwaraknath commented: “It’s a challenging yet exciting time to be in Indonesia, given the unprecedented growth the market and our clients are witnessing and to work with an amazing team to build strategic solutions for new client challenges. I thank Wavemaker for this opportunity and eager to provoke growth for our clients and our people.”

Amir Suherlan, managing director of Wavemaker Indonesia, commented: “Naidu has shown outstanding works and contribution to Wavemaker growth journey in past three years. This new role will give sharper focus for him, in line with company’s ambition to keep growing, for our clients, our people, and our business.”