Former Cognizant Executive Prakash Gurumoorthy Joins Group FMG as Managing Director, India

Nov. 20, 2012 - PRLog -- India, November 20, 2012 – Group FMG, an omni-channel content and e-commerce solutions company, announced today that Prakash Gurumoorthy has been appointed the Managing Director, India. In this role, Prakash will be responsible for managing Group FMG in India, including all aspects of business development, technology, strategy, operations, and P&L in the region. He will be based out of Group FMG's cutting-edge production facility in Chennai.

Group FMG's production center in Chennai focuses on creating sophisticated solutions in areas such as e-commerce, rich content production and channel specific solutions (such as social and mobile apps). The ultra-modern 25,000 square foot center specializes in high end design, content and technical applications across media platforms.

Prakash joins Group FMG from Cognizant Technology Solutions , where he managed a $100m portfolio based out of New York and New Jersey. Prior to this, Prakash was the COO at Photon Infotech Ltd., a mobile apps and cloud experience company, where he built the organization from the ground-up to become a multi-million dollar enterprise with over 1400 employees.

Commenting on the appointment, Dilip Keshu (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dilip-keshu/a/897/5a7), CEO of Group FMG, said, "We offer clients an opportunity to work with talent across the U.S., UK, Europe and Asia. India houses one of our three global centers of production and Prakash brings to Group FMG the competence required to provide clients with a transformational experience."

Prakash said, "I am excited to join Group FMG because its mission is unique –to provide rich content and commerce solutions in a world rapidly changing with the advent of new channels such as mobile and social.  We do almost flawless, mission critical, rich-content and commerce work in India and we are poised to scale. I am happy to have joined this fast growing company. "

For more information on Prakash Gurumoorthy, please connect with him on LinkedIn. For more information about Group FMG, please visit us at http://www.groupfmg.com/, follow us on Twitter @WeareGroupFMG (https://twitter.com/WeareGroupFMG) or connect with us on LinkedIn.

About Group FMG

Group FMG (www.groupfmg.com) is an omni-channel content and e-commerce solutions company. Group FMG provides award-winning marketing & media solutions for print, mobile, tablet, interactive magazines, e-books, catalogues, websites, digital shop fronts and more. The firm creates rich media content across all major channels – digital, social, mobile, advertising, packaging & POS, gaming, and broadcast – and integrates consulting, content and e-commerce services for its global roster of agencies and Global 1000 clients. Select Group FMG clients include: Sears, Staples, Pepsi, Boots, Harrods, Boden, Disney, Penguin, Harper Collins, BBC, AMI, IBM, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Sony, TAG Heuer, Salvatore Ferragamo, Nanette Lepore, Net-a-Porter, Lord & Taylor, Uniqlo, and Sandals. Group FMG is funded by India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) (http://www.ivfa.com/), a leading private equity fund, and Zodius Advisors (http://www.zodius.com/), a growth capital and build-out company. The company is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Bangalore and Chennai. For more information, please see www.groupfmg.com, follow us on Twitter @WeareGroupFMG (http://twitter.com/WeareGroupFMG)or connect with us on LinkedIn.

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