People Who Matter ; Lynn de Souza, Chairman and Ceo, Lintas Media Group; Infosys's N.R. Narayana Murthy; Grover Wines' Karishma Grover; Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw, Cmd, Biocon; Jandhyala Harinarayan of Irda and Former Joint Managing Director of Max India, B. Anantharaman.

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Winning ways

She is arguably one of the finest minds in media planning today. No wonder, Lowe Worldwide has named Lynn De Souza, 47, Chairman and CEO of LMG (Lintas Media Group). That, however, is not her sole claim to fame. Multi-faceted De Souza is also a published author (A Dog's Life), tennis champ, trained veterinary nurse and animal- rights activist. Incidentally, LMG and Lodestar Universal are the Interpublic Group's (IPG) two media agencies operating in India. De Souza's elevation comes after the other media units of the company Digital Initiatives, Media Futures, Second Opinion, Insight and Interactions were consolidated to form LMG. For her part, De Souza says the consolidation and creation of Lintas Media Group will only strengthen the agency's position. It sure will, with De Souza in the driver's seat.

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People Who Matter ; Lynn de Souza, Chairman and Ceo, Lintas Media Group; Infosys's N.R. Narayana Murthy; Grover Wines' Karishma Grover; Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw, Cmd, Biocon; Jandhyala Harinarayan of Irda and Former Joint Managing Director of Max India, B. Anantharaman.

Tireless Retiree

Nearly a year after giving up day-to-day responsibilities at Infosys, the IT services company he founded with six others in 1981, Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, 62, is no less busy. Juggling an assortmen...

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