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Publicis Acquires Flip Media Digital Agency

Publicis Groupe has announced its acquisition of Flip Media, a leading digital agency network in the Middle East. The announcement came from Publicis Groupe today, Feb. 1.

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Dubai (UAE), Flip Media has more than 100 employees across the Middle East and India, working on a number of brands. The agency provides end-to-end solutions, including digital strategy, digital design/production, content/delivery and technology/platforms.

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The agency will be folded into Leo Burnett Worldwide and will retain its name. Its founders, Martin Diessner and Dinesh Lalvani, will continue to be involved with the new entity as non-executive directors and Yousef Tuqan will remain CEO, reporting into Leo Burnett’s Middle East North Africa CEO, Raja Trad.

“Flip Media is a strategic and cultural fit for our company, and we believe its service offering of digital strategy, design, production and content delivery will be a perfect complement to the incredibly strong digital presence we have built across the region,” said Tom Bernardin, CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide.

“This acquisition is the logical next step for Flip,” said Dinesh Lalvani and Martin Diessner, co-founders, Flip Holdings Ltd.

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Rakesh Raman is a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation. With over 30 years of experience in technology management and editorial research, he serves as a Country Expert for India with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project (University of Gothenburg). Formerly an edit-page tech columnist for The Financial Express and a digital media expert for the United Nations (UNIDO), Rakesh specializes in the intersection of AI, governance, and human rights. For the past 15 years, he has managed the Raman Media Network (RMN), a global news service including rmndigital.com and rmnnews.com. His investigative work includes forensic research reports on election integrity and corruption, archived as open-access publications on Zenodo. As an AI and transformative technology expert, he develops frameworks for Agentic AI in e-governance and authored the AI for Kids Picture Book. His work is recognized by international bodies like Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for its focus on transparency and democratic accountability.
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