Mr. Nitin Mantri Group CEO at Avian WE and President at ICCO, India

Nitin Mantri is the Group CEO of Avian WE and the President of International Communications Consultancy Organization (ICCO). He was the President of the Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI) for five years - from 2015 to 2020. Nitin and his business partner also founded Chase India, now a... read moresubsidiary of Avian WE, in 2011 to work on public policy mandates for Indian and multinational companies.

Before joining Avian, Nitin worked at Brodeur/Pleon (now Ketchum), a Europe-based public relations and communications consultancy that belongs to the Omnicom Group, in London. He was responsible for Pleon’s UK operations, and headed the corporate and technology B2B practices. Nitin began his communications career at Genesis PR (now BCW) after completing his MBA from the Birla Institute of Management Technology. Nitin takes a keen interest in the development of the public relations industry. Since he became the PRCAI president in 2015 he has focused on improving the public perception of the profession in India. As president of ICCO, Nitin is making the global PR industry relevant to different markets, and potential talent. He regularly speaks at the AMEC Global Summit, ICCO Global Summit and Sabre Awards. Nitin teaches and charts course syllabus at prominent mass communication colleges in India to increase awareness about the profession at the grass-root level. He is on advisory board of The School of Communications and Reputation (SCoRe), an institute dedicated to the development of education and research in reputation management. He received the ‘Global PR Leader of the Year’ award at the 2015 ICCO Global Awards for his contribution to the PR industry.