The father of two founded Scanad Marketing Ltd in 1982 and painstakingly grew it into one of East Africa's most influential advertising agencies.
By
Dominic Omondi
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
On Monday last week, Bharat Thakrar, the ousted chief executive of WPP Scangroup, made yet another attempt to reclaim influence over the company he founded more than four decades ago. The effort was always destined to fail.
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