Head of Strategy, Global Clients, Meta
Shekhar leads strategy, insights and thought leadership for Meta’s Global Clients team. He works with Meta’s top global clients (who are some of the world’s greatest marketing companies), identifying and unlocking opportunities for growth. His work involves identifying and sharing learnings on verticals, audiences, and online advertising best practice, with a view to make client investments on Meta platforms even more effective. He is based in London.
Previously, Shekhar spent 19 years at J Walter Thompson (at WPP), as Global Strategy Director, based in London, and in a previous stint at JWT in India. At JWT, he led global brand and communications strategy for clients like Unilever, Nestle, Nike, Diageo, Mondelez, Shell, IHG and others.
Shekhar is deeply committed to giving back to the industry he has learnt so much from. He contributes by way of being a Mentor at the Marketing Academy, runs courses at the APG, has run a residential strategy course for the IPA, judged the APG Strategy Awards, and regularly judges the Effies. He was named among the ’40 over 40’ marketers of the year in 2025 by Campaign.
Shekhar is a keen cricketer, singer-songwriter, history podcast fan, and wordle addict. His wife and he hope that their 14 year old son will inherit their love for Harry Potter, one day.