CEO

Kumar Shahani

Job: President, founder, educator, philosopher, fearless leader.

Cred: Kumar possesses a rare combination of scientific brilliance and creative excellence, with which he amazes clients and employees alike.

He brings a cross-cultural perspective to his role as the director of White Space, culled from over 20 years experience running global operations and offices on both the client and agency side. Through management positions with advertising firms like Publicis and EURO RSCG, he has developed his philosophy of creating an agency that thinks like the client, and in turn, has created a business model appreciated by all.

As a laboratorian turned healthcare marketer, Kumar has worn many hats. He has held positions in hospital practice management, organizational change management, and marketing and sales, working with companies large (sanofi-aventis and Tyco) and small (NeoPath and QLT, Inc.).

Fun Fact: Kumar possesses the uncanny ability to differentiate minute variations in color by sight, making him the human equivalent of a PANTONE® Color Guide, as well as a great matcher of ties to dress shirts.