Gaurav Sinha

Gaurav Sinha is the founder and Managing Director of Insignia, one of the Middle East's leading branding and brand communication agencies.

A vibrant thought leader in the luxury, travel and lifestyle marketing sector, Sinha has been working in the Middle East for the past 17 years and is known as an innovator in creative strategy and a protagonist in his field.

Gaurav's career path is underpinned by his lifelong passion in the field of advertising and marketing, which he honed with a post-graduate diploma in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He boasts an impeccable track record in launching and managing numerous brands internationally, with experience both agency and client side. After a decade of working within the advertising sector ending with a stint at global advertising giant Lowe, he eventually moved client side and was the Marketing Manager for Hilton International in the Arabian Peninsula.

Gaurav brings this wealth of experience to Insignia, a company that he founded six years ago and now comprises a team of 30 brand specialists. A full-service agency, Insignia is known for its innate understanding of the travel, luxury and lifestyle segments.

Lucy Bruce

British-born Lucy Bruce has been in the UAE since 1999, and in 2003, Lucy co-founded brand communication and branding agency Insignia with her husband, Gaurav Sinha.

Although Lucy maintains an active role in the agency, she has become increasingly devoted to charity work, founding her own organisation, Harmony House, in 2009. The project aims to make a difference to the lives of under-privileged children living in the outskirts of Delhi, India. Lucy is actively involved in every aspect of fund-raising and management, and is set to unveil further projects which will directly benefit the shelter and its residents.

Lucy has been awarded the prestigious Emirates Woman of the Year Award - 2010, for her humanitarian initiatives.