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  • Anoop Seth Joins Sterlite Power board of directors

    Anoop Seth Joins Sterlite Power board of directors

    NEW DELHI: Sterlite Power, a leading global power transmission player, announced the appointment of Anoop Seth as an independent director of the company. Seth is a distinguished leader in the infrastructure and finance sectors. He has held leadership positions in companies such as AMP Capital, Bank of America, Bechtel Corp, IDFC, Reliance Industries, Standard Chartered Bank, and IL&FS Energy.  He will advise the Board and leadership team on matters related to strategy and growth.

    Sterlite Power  chairman Pravin Agarwal said, “I am delighted that Anoop Seth is joining the Sterlite Power board. His significant experience in finance and infrastructure sector will stand us in good stead as we continue to make rapid strides in the power sector.”

    Seth added, “I am pleased to join the Board of Sterlite Power and look forward to advising and supporting the leadership team in their journey to build a world-class organisation.” 

    Seth has over thirty-five years in financial services and several infrastructure sectors. He completed his MMS from BITS Pilani in 1982 with a major in Finance, and Executive International Management Programme from INSEAD, France in 1993.

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  • Sequoia Capital hires Gayatri Vasudeva Yadav as CMO

    Sequoia Capital hires Gayatri Vasudeva Yadav as CMO

    MUMBAI: She built her reputation as a solid marketer building Star India, along with her boss Uday Shankar, as chief marketing officer and president – strategy & innovation. Now the dynamic marketing professional Gayatri Vasudeva Yadav has joined Sequoia Capital as chief marketing officer for India and south east Asia.

    Says Yadav: “I am honoured to join Sequoia Capital India and help daring founders build legendary companies and brands. This is a seminal point of time in the development of the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem and there is a massive opportunity to create global brands out of the region. I am excited to join this amazing team and partner with an incredibly talented set of founders in achieving this mission.”

    Sequoia Capital has, meanwhile, announced that it has completed other hires: Shweta Rajpal Kohli as head of public policy and Ajey Gore as operating partner, technology.

    Sequoia Capital managing director Shaliendra Singh put out a post on LinkedIn welcoming the new joinees. He added that Gayatri will additionally be working closely with the group’s portfolio CMOs to help them launch and grow brands.

    Highlighted Singh: “The team at Sequoia Capital India feels massively privileged to welcome industry leaders like Gayatri, Ajey and Shweta to our team. Their contributions will undoubtedly benefit dozens of founders and startups across India and SEA and make a dent in the years to come.”

    Sequoia India has invested  at the very early stages in many startups including Citrus, Druva, Faaso's, FreeCharge, Grofers, Healthkart, India Shelter Finance, Mobikwik, Pine Labs, Practo, Prizm Payments, Scio Health and Zilingo.

    Sequoia India recently  closed its sixth fund, at $695 million, which will be used to double down on investments in both early and growth stage companies in the technology, consumer and healthcare sectors across India and southeast Asia.

    It has worked with many founders including Amit Kumat of Prataap Snacks, Ankiti Bose of Zilingo, Ankur Jain of Bira, Byju Raveendran of Byju's, Chatri Sityodtong of One Championship, Deepinder Goyal of Zomato, Dhiraj Rajaram of Mu Sigma, Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks, Jaspreet Singh of Druva, Kunal Shah of Freecharge, D. Lakshmipathy of Five Star Finance, Lokvir Kapoor of Pine Labs, Nadiem Makarim of Go-Jek, Rajul Garg of GlobalLogic, Ritesh Agarwal of OYO Rooms, Shashank ND of Practo, VSS Mani of JustDial, William Tanuwijaya of Tokopedia.

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  • Rachit Gupta joins Hero Lectro E-cyles as chief marketing officer

    Rachit Gupta joins Hero Lectro E-cyles as chief marketing officer

    NEW DELHI: Hero Lectro E-cycles has a new chief marketing officer in Rachit Gupta. Gupta comes with a dynamic 12 years of experience in the consumer space. He was associated as a chief marketing officer with EazyDiner for more then two years and played a pivotal role in uplifting the brand's image.

    The announcement was made by Gupta on his LinkedIn profile earlier today.

    Gupta was earlier associated with brands including Oberoi, Viacom18, LG and Yum Brands.

    Lectro is a brand under the Hero Cycles banner specialises in electric pedal assisted bicycles. 

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  • Bruce Clay India announces key appointments to drive growth in subcontinent

    Bruce Clay India announces key appointments to drive growth in subcontinent

    NEW DELHI: Bruce Clay India has appointed Ajay Chhabra as the new country head and Amitab Dev as business head for the region. Both Chhabra and Dev come with more than two decades of experience in the digital marketing space.  

    Chhabra’s last stint was as the founder of BGV Digital. He has a robust experience working in both agency and client-side. In the past, he has worked with two global digital marketing agencies, Ogilvy (WPP Group) & MRM Worldwide (IPG Group) and managed key global brand launches. He has recently served in the global marketing headquarters team of General Electric Co, in the healthcare business. Some of the major brand campaigns he has been associated with include, General Motors, Business Octane, General Electric, Apollo Cradle, Motorola, LiveMint, Limca, Haers, TetraPak and others. Beyond digital marketing, he has exposure to artificial intelligence, business intelligence, CRM technologies and marketing automation technology. He has been invited as a speaker at a number of global corporates and top Business schools in India. Chhabra will be responsible for managing Indian operations, its strategic growth, client’s satisfaction and alliances for growing the digital marketing business for Bruce Clay in India.

    Dev spent the initial years of his professional life setting up one of India’s first exclusive Internet magazine online ventures – BharatSamachar.com. Thereafter he spent a decade working across industries at different positions servicing clients in different countries. He made a comeback to the online world by taking charge of business development for RankWatch, a cloud-based Internet Marketing Platform and later as business head for digital marketing agencies SparkPlug Online and Digifish3. He will be responsible for client acquisition and marketing for Bruce Clay India. 

    Bruce Clay India MD Siddharth Lal says, “The India office is very excited about Ajay Chabbra & Amitab Dev's addition to the India team as it comes at the perfect time. The Indian Internet market is exploding with massive growth and the number of Internet users in India has crossed more than half a billion users.  The current COVID2019 related crisis is forcing traditional companies to think Digital. We would like to guide companies on their Digital transformation journey and show them how to reach customers via digital marketing.  These new appointments will help us in taking our brand success story to amazing new levels.”

    “Initially known for SEO services, we have now grown into the areas of Google Ad management, content development, and social media marketing services. The Y-o-Y growth for overall digital advertising budgets in India has already crossed 20,000 crores per annum and is growing in the double-digit range. Search marketing, display and Video marketing are the most important components of the digital marketing strategy for any brand. We have worked upon a long-term strategy for growing the Indian business and we are confident that we will be able to grow it many-fold with our new strategy, industry verticals focus, new services and team members. We are offering to scale up and optimize any brand's search marketing spends, with our SEO maturity assessment and audit services. These services coupled with our own proprietary research and digital marketing tools are the differentiation for us in India,” says Chhabra. 

    “We have many instances of recalibrating rankings of eCommerce giants, who had lost their ranking in the past due to search engine updates, penalties or the CMS platform and technology changes. With the availability of our global talent pool we can scale up resources anytime and service the brands. All of our client value us for our quality delivery and right advice as trusted advisors. We help you get quality traffic that converts to business and revenue for you and the ROI is the need of the hour for any marketing director in the post COVID world,” says Dev. 

  • Sashidhar Jagdishan appointed new CEO of HDFC Bank

    Sashidhar Jagdishan appointed new CEO of HDFC Bank

    NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved Sashidhar Jagdishan as the next the chief executive officer of HDFC Bank.

    "The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its communication dated 3 August 2020, has approved the appointment of Sashidhar  Jagdishan as managing director & CEO of the Bank  for a period of three years wef his date of  taking charge, i.e., 27 October 2020, under Section 35B of  the Banking Regulation Act 1949," HDFC said in a statement.

    Jagdishan will replace Aditya Puri, current managing director and CEO of HDFC Bank, who is set to retire on 26 October. "A meeting of the board of directors of the bank will be convened in due course inter-alia to approve the appointment of Jagdishan as the MD & CEO," the bank said. 

    Puri's successor Jagdishan was among the top two internal candidates for the top job at HDFC Bank. Kaizad Barucha, who has the highest board experience, was the senior-most candidate in the fray.

    He is currently serving as the additional director of HDFC Bank and has been with the bank for nearly three decades. He served as the group head of finance, human resources, legal & secretarial, administration, infrastructure, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility.

    Jagdishan was the bank's top choice among the three shortlisted candidates, with Kaizad Bharucha and Sunil Garg also in the running.

  • MPL appoints Himanshu Raj to head brand communications

    MPL appoints Himanshu Raj to head brand communications

    NEW DELHI: Mobile Premier League (MPL), India's largest esports and mobile gaming platform today announced the appointment of Himanshu Raj as head brand communication. A seasoned MarCom professional, he brings to the table a vast repertoire of experience in driving strategic communications. In his new role, he will be responsible for taking MPL’s reputation and messaging forward through strategic corporate reputation management campaigns, as well as positioning the brand as a thought leader in the booming Indian esports universe.

    In his previous avatars, Raj has been associated with a diverse range of industries such as technology, sports, aviation, retail, FMCG, and hospitality. He has led brand communications for Zeta, Flock, IBM Labs (India/South Asia), as well as managed reputation for brands like Nike, Procam, Speedo, Philips R&D and several other brands that are global leaders in their respective categories. Over the years, he has also been associated with several leading sporting events  including the Karnataka Premier League, Bengaluru Bulls Pro Kabaddi team, elite football league of India, Indian, Rugby India, Mahindra Racing, Aircel chennai open, JK tyres (Motor sports) and many more.

  • Scarecrow M&C Saatchi Appoints Vijay Assudani as creative director

    Scarecrow M&C Saatchi Appoints Vijay Assudani as creative director

    NEW DELHI: In a move to strengthen its creative team, Scarecrow M&C Saatchi recently appointed Vijay Assudani as creative director. 

    Prior to this he worked with Lowe Lintas and before that, he was in Leo Burnett Orchard. Vijay has worked on brands like ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Videocon d2h, DNA, Religare, UltraTech Cement, Zee, Reliance Digital, Colors TV, among others. This is Vijay’s second stint with Scarecrow.

    Scarecrow M&C Saatchi founder and director Raghu Bhat said, “What he brings to the table is a combination of great command over creative writing, and some very sharp insightful thinking. His film for ICICI Prudential Life Insurance featuring a disease-afflicted football coach is beautifully crafted and I look forward to more great work from him.”

    Scarecrow M&C Saatchi founder and director Manish Bhatt said, “Scarecrow has been a breeding ground for some hungry talent looking to make their mark in advertising, Vijay is a part of that group. We have had a mutually rewarding relationship before and this time also we are betting on doing some great creative work together.”

    Assudani said, “Raghu and Manish are known to develop creative leaders, irrespective of their background. In advertising, or in any other in any other job for that matter, what matters is the equity that you share with your seniors, and I have can proudly say that I share very positive vibes with them.”
     

  • Moving Walls appoints D Sriram to board of advisory

    Moving Walls appoints D Sriram to board of advisory

    NEW DELHI: Moving Walls has appointed D Sriram, current chairman of Ebiquity China, to its board of advisory to upscale its business transformation and expand its business in north Asia.

    Sriram said, "I've long been a fan of the power of data and programmatic buying and the promise it holds of making advertising relevant and useful to consumers, hence more effective for brands. Moving Walls is a pioneer in this space, identifying and solving the problems as a way of making programmatic out-of-home (OOH) and omnichannel audiences a reality."

    He is an advertising and media veteran with over 30 years in the industry across Asia, having run Starcom Mediavest Group Asia for seven years and spent the latter half of his career in greater China leading Aegis Group China and being an independent consultant over the course of his career. He was also a part of China's cloud-based advertising delivery system eBUS before it was sold to IMD. He later joined Vpon as COO – an ad-network and DSP player in North Asia.

    Managed by a board of industry experts, Moving Walls' patented location-based media measurement platform powers planning and buying tools that help advertisers optimise their media spends on outdoor advertising.

    “Moving Walls has established a global leadership position in delivering outcome-driven marketing campaigns by measuring audiences in the real world and integrating it with the digital world," said Moving Walls founder and CEO Srikanth Ramachandran.

    "I believe that having Sriram’s advisory services will be of tremendous value. Sriram’s wealth of experience with global agencies across multiple markets will also help us strengthen our value proposition to the agencies and large global clients. As we enter north Asia – home to three of the largest top 10 OOH media markets globally – we are pleased to announce the appointment of D Sriram onto our advisory board," he added.

  • HP appoints Ketan Patel as MD of greater India

    HP appoints Ketan Patel as MD of greater India

    NEW DELHI: HP has appointed Ketan Patel as the managing director of HP greater India, responsible for the company’s business in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Patel replaces Vinay Awasthi who is moving to a new role as head of print operations for supply chain. Effective 1 August, Patel will report to Christoph Schell, HP chief commercial officer.

    “As one of the world’s fastest growing economies, India is on the cusp of a digital transformation revolution, where technology will play a central role in how we work, live and play,” said HP chief commercial officer Christoph Schell, “This is an opportunity for HP to deliver innovation and drive growth in the local economies where we operate. As a proven leader with rich experience and a deep understanding of the market, I am confident that Ketan will add immense value to our customer and partner ecosystem in the region.”

    Patel was previously the head of personal systems category for greater Asia, where he led the computing business that included hardware, services, and solutions across Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and Korea.

    Patel joined HP in 2005 and has held various leadership positions across HP’s Personal Systems, Print, and Graphics Solutions Businesses. From 2013 to 2017, he was senior director of personal systems at HP India.

    Prior to joining HP, Patel held positions at Wipro Infotech, Wipro Peripherals and TVS Electronics in India where he drove their printing business.

  • Tilt Brand Solutions appoints Paul Dueman as chief strategy officer

    Tilt Brand Solutions appoints Paul Dueman as chief strategy officer

    MUMBAI: Brand & communication consultancy, Tilt Brand Solutions has brought digital specialist Paul Dueman on board as chief strategy officer. He will replace Kedar Teny, who has moved on to pursue other opportunities.

    Dueman has been one of the Industry’s first digital evangelists, with a two-decade career spent entirely in technology and digital marketing. Over that period, he has helped shape the digital narratives on businesses like Dabur, HUL, Tata Group, Maruti, Arvind Mills, Cummins and eBay India.

    Tilt Brand Solutions founder chairman and MD  Joseph George (Joe) said,  “Full-Brained Thinking is the philosophy that drives our strategic approach; it is a seamless blend of left-brained expertise in digital and data and right brained competence in culture, behaviour and attitude. To take our strategic offering to the next level, we needed someone like Paul who is a technology and digital marketing native and specialist, and one who also understands and appreciates brands and the communication process.” 

    Paul Dueman said, I’m really excited to be a part of this crazily talented team. Tilt is the only brand and communications company that has appointed an out and out digital specialist as its CSO. This is reflective of Tilt’s belief and conviction in analytics and digital marketing being a core critical part of brand building and communications today. I’m looking forward to leveraging my experience in the digital space to drive and build on Tilt’s full-brained thinking philosophy and finding solutions for the challenges that our clients and brands face”.

    Teny concluded, “Tilt has been and will continue to be family. I am thankful to Joe for having given me the opportunity to play a critical role in shaping a new age brand and communication consultancy. It is deeply gratifying to see how Tilt has shaped up in its first 24 months. I sign off with immense confidence that the journey ahead for Tilt is only going to be bigger and better and will always be its loudest cheerleader.”