Sharma was most recently head of research and strategy for OMD West Africa. Prior to that he worked for Carat Media Services as a senior research and analytics director.

He began his career as a research executive at AC Nielsen’s ORG MARG in India.

At Havas, Sharma will manage the deployment of proprietary tools across Asia Pacific while also being responsible for the rollout of the group’s econometric modelling. He will report to Havas Media chief strategy officer SK Biswas.