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  • Eupheus Learning appoints Kapil Chanana as Chief Growth Officer

    New Delhi: Eupheus Learning on Monday appointed Kapil Chanana as the chief growth officer for the company.

    Chanana previously served as director marketing activations, Coca-Cola India and South-West Asia from 2011 to 2021. He has more than 25 years of experience in the FMCG, Education, and Advertising sectors.

    Eupheus Learning co-founder and managing director Sarvesh Shrivastava said, “We are thrilled to have Kapil lead our growth mandate. He is a unique blend of marketing and operational excellence with an exceptional record of innovation and growth. Kapil’s extensive experience in consumer marketing, education marketing, and advertising in the past and his impressive track record and passion for customers make him the ideal choice to lead the explosive growth mandate.”

    On his new role, Chanana said, “I’m excited to be a part of Team Eupheus at a time when the fundamentals of marketing are experiencing a great transformation – from interruption to engagement model. And while every brand narrative is unique, the consumers or customers need to be engaged well for the narrative to be well received. Which leads to sustainable and profitable business growth.”

    Weighing in on the effects of the ongoing pandemic on children’s learning, he further said, “The pandemic induced tussle between on-line and off-line learning is an incomplete story. What is important is a bridge between at-school and at-home learning. A child needs to be engaged differently to imbibe holistic education, skills, and values which we hope for our future generations. And I look forward to leveraging this moment to deliver even more value to our stakeholders.”

    Set in 2017, Eupheus Learning is an education technology firm in the K-12 space, intending to bring 21st-century learning solutions from all across the globe.

  • Gaurav Jain elevated as head of Reckitt India

    Mumbai: In a top deck restructuring, Reckitt India has elevated Gaurav Jain as the head of the hygiene unit, along with the health unit. Jain has been heading its health unit in India since 2017. 

    Accordingly, this new development makes him the chief of the company’s India business. Jain has been named senior VP, South Asia, with all business units across the region reporting to him.

    “Our health and hygiene business units have been brought under one focused leadership team. Gaurav Jain is the senior vice president, South Asia for Reckitt,” said a Reckitt India spokesperson, confirming the top management rejig.

    “Health and hygiene business units have been brought under one focused leadership team, to optimise the potential of the complementary nature of products spread over the Dettol, Lysol, and Harpic businesses,” said the spokesperson.

    This focused approach will help enhance synergies, align business strategy & execution consequently improving performance, she further added.

    Reckitt’s health unit houses brands such as Dettol, Veet, Durex, Strepsils, while its hygiene home business includes Harpic, Lysol, Mortein, and more.

    However, the spokesperson for the conglomerate clarified that the health and hygiene business units have not merged and will be operated independently. “This focused approach will help enhance synergies, align business strategy and execution,” she said.

  • 1702 Digital promotes Pranay Bhan to national creative director

    New Delhi: Integrated digital marketing company, 1702 Digital has promoted Pranay Bhan to the role of national creative director.

    Bhan will be responsible for elevating the creative wing of the agency and grooming mid-level talent along the way. The promotion comes on the heels of some successful campaigns like the Fortune Xpert and Superfood Khichdi launches, Edelweiss Tokio Life campaigns, Marico Cocosoul Influencer campaigns, Smaaash Video campaign, and new business growth under his supervision as the associate creative director, the agency said in a statement.

    1702 Digital co-founder, Mihir Joshi said, “It has been an absolute pleasure seeing Bhan evolve with 1702 Digital over the last three years. His dedication towards fine-tuning every strategy has helped us grow by leaps and bounds. We’re extremely proud of his accomplishments and are eager to see his vision for the team and for brand 1702 Digital in the future.”

    On his new role, Bhan said, “I am immensely grateful for the opportunities I have been exposed to in the last three years. I’m confident that my 17-o-Crew is ready to steer through whatever challenges the current economy has in store for us, and I am supercharged to take on 2021.”

  • Nivea India appoints Ajay Simha as marketing director

    New Delhi: Nivea India on Wednesday appointed Ajay Simha as the marketing director. Simha was earlier responsible for the Nivea body care and cleansing and baby care portfolio across the Middle East and North Africa.

    He has over 15 years of overall experience in the field of sales and marketing, across various categories including personal care, male grooming, face, lip and sun care. “Simha’s leadership will help strengthen Nivea’s position as Emerging India’s most loved and trusted skin care brand. With a deep rooted understanding and a proven track record of driving growth, Simha is slated to enhance Nivea’s brand presence and equity in the country”, the company said in a press statement.

    Nivea India, managing director, Neil George said, “We are thrilled to have Ajay back to the India team and lead the marketing efforts here. We have witnessed Ajay’s journey over the years and are confident of the tremendous experience and deep rooted understanding he has. He will have a significant role in devising strategies for our launches, continuing the marketing momentum across categories and liaising with key industry players, teams and associates. We wish Ajay the very best for his new role.”

  • Havas Group India appoints Anjali Gupte as CFO

    Mumbai: Havas Group India has appointed Anjali Gupte as chief financial officer, further bolstering its senior leadership team. Based out of Mumbai, Gupte will report to Havas Group India CEO Rana Barua and also Asia Pacific Group CFO Brice Pinoncely.

    Gupte has over two decades of experience across industries spanning advertising, financial services, manufacturing and real estate. In her previous role as CFO at Grey Group, she oversaw financial operations of the agency’s creative, digital and activation businesses in South Asia and was responsible for driving profitable growth across India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

    Prior to Grey, she worked at Thomson Reuters for 17 years in the financial risk division. She is also an Independent director on the Board of Astec LifeSciences Limited, part of the Godrej group, where she also had a four-year stint.

    Havas Group India CEO Rana Barua said, “Havas Group India is now totally integrated and has over 1000 people working across 10 specialist agencies in 3 Villages (Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai). We also have ambitious acquisition plans and multiple ongoing conversations for both media and creative groups. I welcome Anjali as Group CFO at this crucial juncture as we stabilise operations and action our growth plans. Anjali is a highly accomplished professional with leadership and people skills that have stood her in good stead as a business partner and strategist in her previous roles.”

    On her new role, Anjali Gupte said, “I am delighted to join the Havas Group, which in a very short while has built a fantastic reputation and stature in the Indian advertising market. With an extremely progressive vision of growth, strong leadership, and a wide spectrum of specialist agencies ranging from creative, media, health, data, design and entertainment all under an integrated Village model, this will truly be an exciting opportunity for me. I am looking forward to my role at Havas Group at such a challenging time and am confident that we will make a meaningful difference as we go forth.”

  • Marcom firm Tute Consult hires Shweta Mehrotra as Strategy Head

    New Delhi: Integrated marcom and PR agency Tute Consult on Tuesday strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Shweta Mehrotra as the strategy head.

    Mehrotra will be working closely with Tute Consult founder Komal Lath and oversee strategies and operations across the board. Her repertoire of experience will help build and strengthen the D2C and traditional businesses in the paid, owned and earned services offered by Tute, said the agency in a statement.

    In her career spanning over 18 years, Mehrotra has managed clients from a wide variety of sectors. In the past, she has worked at Good Relations India, Lintas Live, Avian Media and MSL Group amongst others and led highly successful and award-winning campaigns for clients. Prior to joining Tute Consult she was consulting with multiple companies including Ogilvy and The Prophets PR. She also teaches PR and Communications at SCoRe (School of Communication and Reputation) and in the past has been connected with EMDI and University of Madras.

    Talking about her new role, Mehrotra said, “Tute today is redefining communication, innovating, integrating, and delivering in every aspect that makes for a growing marcom agency.  Having worked with leading agencies in the past and then having provided independent consultancy services, this role is going to come with interesting challenges and new learnings. I am looking forward to servicing the varied range of clients and managing the dynamic teams while expanding the business to help it reach newer heights.”

    Tute Consult founder Komal Nath said, “Shweta comes to us at a very crucial juncture where growth, learning and creativity intersect. In our dynamic field, we always want people with rich experience who can grow the vision and create their own benchmarks. This relationship is sure to be a long and lovely one.”

  • Wondrlab ropes in Bilal Ansari as lead-data

    New Delhi: Wondrlab strengthened its senior leadership team on Tuesday with the appointment of Bilal Ansari as lead-data. He will report to Wondrlab, co-founder and managing partner, content platform, Rakesh Hinduja.

    Ansari comes with expertise in data analysis for business and brand solutions –social listening, online reputation management, social media analytics, website analysis, consumer behaviour analysis, consumer journey mapping, and how learnings from these sources add value to brand and business strategy.

    Prior to this, he was working with TikTok–ByteDance as the content solutions manager. He has also worked with Digitas India, where he worked on brands such as Spotify, Nivea, Jeep, Philip Morris International, and Zee5.

    “Data is the focal point of every solution we execute at Wondrlab. However, the expertise for it isn’t easy to come by, and we are glad we have found the right fit in Bilal. His knowledge comes together at the holy trinity of data, analytics, and consumer behaviour, making his expertise quintessential to our platform-first approach. We look forward to an exciting partnership with him on all our key clients,” said Wondrlab co-founder and managing partner, content platform, Rakesh Hinduja.

    “The opportunity to set up a data-led practice from scratch posed an interesting challenge. Add to that, I get to do it at an exciting platform-first startup-like Wondrlab, making the challenge all the more fascinating. I am looking forward to working with the team, most of whom I’ve had the pleasure of working with in the past, and bringing this to life,” said Ansari on his new role.

  • TCM Sports Management appoints Sudip Roy as EVP – New Business

    New Delhi: TCM Sports Management, a full service sports marketing and management company has appointed Sudip Roy as executive vice president – New Business.

    Roy will be responsible for developing revenue strategies for the new business verticals -Digital platforms, Branded content opportunities in sports, New IPs & Sports events, Media partnership – agencies & media owners, said the company on Monday.

    “Sudip is an accomplished business leader with over two-decades of diversified experience across genres & verticals in the media industry. A keen planner with proven abilities in devising strategies to develop new business, enhance advertising revenues, expand networks and media sales for business excellence. He will play the lead role in developing the new revenue streams for TCM,” said TCM, CEO, Basant Dhawan.

    TCM holds exclusive ground rights across various cricket stadia in India and globally. Outside India, TCM holds the exclusive Naming, Sponsorship, In stadia rights across New Zealand cricket, Cricket West Indies & Asia Cup tournaments (Asian Cricket Council). Besides this, TCM has on-ground partnerships with cricket boards of South Africa, Bangladesh, England and Australia.

    Sudip Roy, said “With advertising/ground sponsorship rights across different state associations & various International boards, TCM is also poised for growth in the new Business verticals which includes Digital media sales, News IP’s & Tournaments in India, Branded content opportunities. It’s been an exciting journey for me in the broadcast industry so far, and I look forward to working with the team to develop & lead the sponsorship & revenue strategies for the TCM’s new Business verticals.”

    Roy comes with an experience of over two decades in sales and marketing roles, with specific emphasis towards strategic planning, business development, advertising sales and customer relationship management, across leading media houses.

    Prior to joining TCM he was executive vice president with Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd., where he headed the revenue function of Hindi cluster during different phases of his six-year tenure.

    Before Network 18, Sudip worked with Neo sports and Neo Prime channels as Senior Vice President & Revenue Head. He also worked in various leadership positions at ABP News Network for 8 years and Zee Network for seven years.

  • Xiaomi India appoints Jaskaran Singh Kapany as head of marketing

    New Delhi: Jaskaran Singh Kapany has been appointed as the head of marketing, Xiaomi India.

    “Jaskaran is a terrific marketing leader and in his previous role, he was heading marketing for Paytm. He played a critical role in building the brand from scratch. @Jas – welcome to the madness. Looking forward to working with you to take Xiaomi India to new heights,” Xiaomi vice-president and Mi India managing director Manu Jain posted on LinkedIn.

    Kapany held the position of vice-president, marketing at Paytm, where he was instrumental in making Paytm one of the leading payment brands in India and helped scale the app’s user base. He also brokered partnership deals with BCCI Cricket, IPL, etc to take Paytm to the masses as part of a structured marketing strategy.

    Prior to his stint at Paytm, Kapany was VP – marketing and e-commerce at ICICI Prudential Life where he spearheaded all national brand-building and consumer initiatives.

  • HUL appoints Kedar Lele as ED, customer development

    Mumbai: Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has rejigged its top management on Thursday and appointed Kedar Lele as its executive director for customer development from 1 July.

    Lele, currently chairman and managing director of Unilever Bangladesh takes over from Srinandan Sundaram, who will move into a new role as executive director for foods and refreshment.

    Lele joined HUL in 2004 and was inducted into the company’s management committee. Prior to his Bangladesh stint, he was responsible for leading the e-commerce and modern trade business and oversaw the customer development centre for HUL.

    “Under his leadership, the Bangladesh business made great all-around progress – be it in CD coverage expansion, the transformation of our supply chain, or setting up sustainable models for market development. I would especially like to laud Kedar’s efforts towards developing talent and improving diversity in the Bangladesh business. I am certain that Kedar will take the HUL customer development function to the next level of performance,” HUL chairman & managing director Sanjiv Mehta said.

    Lele moved to Dhaka in 2017 to head the Unilever Bangladesh business. He led the business operations, sales & customer development function and oversaw the go-to-market organisation involving marketing, customer and trade management, media, marketing research, and activation there.