Sonal Dabral

Active Investor

Creative Consultant/ Film Director

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sonal Dabral, Creative Consultant/ Film Director is an active investor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This profile covers what Sonal Dabral backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Sonal Dabral is an Angel Investor. Mr. Dabral served as Chairman & Chief Creative Officer at DDB Mudra Group. He has over two decades of experience in the advertising industry, working on major local, regional and multinational brands such as Volkswagen, Audi, Fiat, Tata Safari, Dove, Le Sancy, Unilever Foods, Ponds, Lakme, Panadol, Cadburys, Asian Paints, Fevicol, Virgin Mobile, Tata AIG, Prudential, GE, Nestle's Maggi and Milo, DBS Bank, Remy Martin, Colgate, Pizza Hut, Sony, Coca Cola, DHL and many more. A graduate of the National Institute of Design (NID), he began his career in Lintas, New Delhi. After a brief stint in Mudra Delhi, he went on to have an extremely successful stint at Ogilvy Mumbai before moving to Kuala Lumpur to head Ogilvy in Malaysia and make it one of the top creative offices in the region. Thereafter, as the Chairman and ECD of Ogilvy Singapore, he helped the agency become the hottest agency in the region and the No.1 creative office of the WPP global network. In 2007, he led the agency to be the third-highest-awarded agency in the world at Cannes Lions. Ogilvy Singapore emerged second runner-up as the global "Agency of the Year", a first for an Asian agency. His next assignment was in a dual role, as the Regional Creative Head and Chairman-India of Bates operating out of Singapore and Mumbai. In 1999, The Times of India, a leading Indian newspaper, named him as one of the 50 young Indians who would lead India into the next century. Apart from being a prolific winner in most of the Regional and International Award shows like Cannes, Clio, D&AD, One Show, LIA, Andy Awards, AdFest, Spikes, etc., he has served on most of the juries globally. A popular speaker, he has spoken at major festivals like LIA, Dubai Lynx, Spikes Asia Singapore, Cristal Advertising Festival, Turkey, besides numerous engagements across Asia.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Pre SeedSeed
Invests in: Gaming & EntertainmentMedia & Content
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Typical check: $150K
Past investments: 7

Notable investments

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