Gabriel Branescu, Esq

Head of Branding & Digital Marketing

Former Creative Director in two multinational ad agencies, a lawyer with a master’s degree in advertising, Gabriel is an award winning copywriter and the author of the first Romanian copywriting textbook, with 20 years of advertising, branding, political marketing and online marketing experience.

Irina Branescu

Creative Director, Global

A copywriter, turned art director, Irina is a complete creative, with a master’s degree in advertising and 17 years of advertising, branding and web design experience, in Romanian and multinational ad agencies.



Liviu Drangu

Creative Partner Eikon7 / Ion

A seasoned and “all-inclusive” creative – copywriter, photographer and art director extraordinaire, former creative director in Romanian, African and multinational agencies, Liviu has 15 years of experience and many prestigious awards under his belt.

Shayan Mahmud

Managing partner

Shayan Mahmud is the voice of millennials in the Eikon7 team. Before coming to lead and inspire Eikon7 Islamabad, his marketing exploits already included sectors such as film, education and IT. Having lived and worked in countries such as China, England, U.A.E. and Pakistan, Shayan has the vision brought by a cosmopolitan and intuitive understanding of the global marketing scene.

Saad Liaquat, PhD

Head of R&D

An engineer by training, Saad is an established digital scientist with over 10 years of experience in software development, web technologies and data analytics. Saad, who holds a doctorate in computer science, heads Eikon7’s efforts to develop new techniques and automated tools for online market research and social media analytics.

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