MUMBAI: Umbrella Design has appointed ex-Grey executive creative director Karan Rawat as president and ECD.

Based in Mumbai, Rawat will report to Umbrella Design founder and MD Bhupal Ramnathkar.

Rawat will be in charge of the agency with Ramnathkar.

Said Rawat, "I had two-three offers from ad agencies after I left Grey. I am from advertising background with design and my role at Umbrella is a good combination of design and creative. In advertising, design plays an important role and Umbrella has a superb sense of design."

Rawat had quit Grey in August 2012 after a stint of over two years. He started his career with McCann-Erickson as a visualiser and went on to spend four years with JWT as senior art director. Before joining Grey, he was an independent creative director. Prior to that, he was with Enterprise Nexus (Bates India) for six years as creative director.