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  • Dentsu Aegis Network appoints Cheuk Chiang to lead Greater North business in APAC

    Dentsu Aegis Network appoints Cheuk Chiang to lead Greater North business in APAC

    MUMBAI:  Dentsu Aegis Network announces the appointment of Cheuk Chiang to the role of CEO, Greater North, Dentsu Aegis Network APAC, effective 2 December. Based in Shanghai, China, and reporting to Ashish Bhasin, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network APAC, Cheuk will oversee Dentsu Aegis Network China, Dentsu Aegis Network Hong Kong, Dentsu Aegis Network Taiwan and Dentsu Aegis Network Korea. He will also join the Dentsu Aegis Network APAC Executive team.

    The appointment follows the announcement of the simplified three-cluster structure in March this year, which was put in place to further operationalise our markets, giving them the autonomy to react to client needs. This allows our businesses to deliver more strategic and market-specific initiatives at pace and scale.

    Cheuk takes over from Takaki Hibino who was overseeing Greater North in the interim. He will now focus on his role as Executive Chairman, Dentsu Aegis Network APAC.

    Dentsu Aegis Network APAC CEO  Ashish Bhasin   comments: “Greater North is a critical collection of markets that needs a strong and accomplished leader to drive our business forward in an increasingly complex and challenging landscape. Cheuk is a visionary leader who’s keenly focused on reinventing the way the industry operates, consistent with the vision of our business and the value we place on our clients. He is an industry thought-leader who has played a pivotal role in driving transformation across the industry. It was clear from the start that he is the perfect candidate to navigate these fast-paced markets for our clients. I am delighted to have Cheuk join the APAC Executive team to drive value and realise the long-term growth in our business.”

    Dentsu Aegis Network APAC Greater North Cheuk Chiang, comments: “As an industry, we are seeing unprecedented changes and at Dentsu Aegis Network, I saw a company that is leading that change. Its capabilities are future-facing and it is important for me to be able to contribute to a network that can leverage its competitive strengths to meet new demands.  I am delighted to take on this leadership in one of the most dynamic and technologically advanced group of markets in our industry. The Greater North presents us with a combination of unique challenges and opportunities, which Dentsu Aegis Network is extremely well-positioned to capitalise on with our unparalleled market-specific offerings. I look forward to taking our Greater North business forward.”

    As the network continues to mobilise its Cluster structure to unlock greater opportunities in the faster moving parts of the business, Ashish Bhasin will continue to lead Greater South as the Executive team continues to look for a successor.

  • COZMIC Group appoints Carl Sequeira as new Country Manager

    COZMIC Group appoints Carl Sequeira as new Country Manager

    MUMBAI: COZMIC Group today announced the appointment of Carl Sequeira as Country Manager for India. Sequeira will be based in Mumbai and will lead all of COZMIC Group’s strategic business initiatives and day-to-day operations in India including Z-POP Dream which is in its second year, for which it has just concluded with its Season 2 Auditions in the country.

    Sequeira is a seasoned executive with more than 16 years of experience in marketing, events and driving strategic business growth in the Indian Market. He will report to Swee Sin Wu – Chief Business Officer, COZMIC Group.

    “India is a key market for COZMIC Group and our Z-POP Dream Project, given the incredible amount of talent and interest we’ve seen from here. With Carl’s vast experiences and well-established network, we are now in a great position to better understand the intricacies of a diverse marketplace such as India. We are confident he will successfully help develop our brand and business in this critically important country,” said Swee Sin Wu – Chief Business Officer, COZMIC Group.

    Speaking on his appointment as Country Manager for India, Carl Sequeira said, “I’m excited to be a part of the COZMIC Group and the great work they are doing. The genre of K-Pop is taking the world by storm with India’s K-Pop fan following growing by leaps and bounds. We are confident that we can capture the attention of these fans and aspiring artists with our unique genre of Z-POP. I look forward to helping take the company to the next level and grow its business interests in India.”

    Sequeira currently also serves as an Advisory Trustee for Special Olympics Bharat and prior to joining the COZMIC Group, he was Director – Marketing for WWE in India, where he led the company’s marketing and brand building efforts for over 5 years. Prior to WWE, Sequeira worked at FILA, where he spent three years as Marketing Head. Sequeira has a Business Management diploma from Welingkar Institute of Business in Mumbai, and brings a great deal of brand building experience to his position.

  • DocsApp appoints Mohamed Esha Fayas as head of product

    DocsApp appoints Mohamed Esha Fayas as head of product

    MUMBAI: DocsApp, a 24×7 online doctor consultation platform has brought on board, the talented Mohamed Esha Fayas. He will lead the product, analytics and design charter to build unique experiences for the next 100 million users from tier 2 cities in India. He will be based in Bangalore and will work directly with the CEO.

    Fayas brings with him a decade worth of work experience in product, growth, gaming and analytics across high growth startups. Before DocsApp, he was associated with Dream11 as head of product where he built great user experiences and helped in scaling the user base to 70 million from 10 million. Prior to that, Fayas was the head of growth at FreeCharge where he played a pivotal role in doubling the paid user base in just a year.

  • LG India corporate marketing head Amit Gujral moves on

    LG India corporate marketing head Amit Gujral moves on

    MUMBAI: The corporate marketing head of LG India, Amit Gujral has stepped down from his position after serving the company for more than a decade.

    Gujral has been associated with the consumer industry for over 23 years and had started working with LG in 2003.

    In his 16-year-long stint at the company, Gujral served on many strategic roles, managing the complete life cycle of products from inception to consumer sell out. He had been responsible for crafting strategies for brand building, promotional activities, and consumer engagements.

    He has extensive experience in marketing (corporate communications, marketing communication, ATL/BTL/ISM/DIGITAL, big data analytics, distribution, channel management,), indirect sales , product planning, contents & services partnerships across Industry verticals & companies and R&D.

  • Ogilvy names Shouvik Roy as new head of Ogilvy Delhi

    Ogilvy names Shouvik Roy as new head of Ogilvy Delhi

    MUMBAI: Ogilvy has announced the appointment of Shouvik Roy as president & head of office, Ogilvy Delhi. Having over two decades of experience in brand consulting, design, marketing and advertising, Roy will join Ogilvy Delhi on 5 December 2019 and will report to Ogilvy India CEO Kunal Jeswani.

    Welcoming Roy on-board, Jeswani said, "Shouvik Roy brings a width of rich capability to Ogilvy. He will lead Ogilvy Delhi and help us shape its future. His strong, varied experience will help us stay ahead in a volatile, changing communication environment. And his warmth, compassion and love for great ideas will ensure our culture and our creative reputation continue to thrive."

    Roy has earlier worked with firms like HCL, GE Capital, and DDB Mudra. He has also been a co-founder of two successful startups in the brandings, design and communications space – an entrepreneur whose previous firm Brand Planet (Elephant) got acquired by YAAP in 2016. Recently, he exited YAAP as a senior partner.

    Commenting on the development, The Ogilvy Group chief creative officer, worldwide & executive chairman, India Piyush Pandey said: "Talent is the lifeblood of our company. Shouvik is a refreshing new talent who will bring new skills to Ogilvy India. We are excited to have him on board and partner him on his new journey at Ogilvy. Delhi is one of our finest offices with a great young team and a fantastic client portfolio. I’m sure Shouvik will do a great job of leading the work, our clients and our people.

    Roy has lived in Delhi NCR for over 20 years after moving from Mumbai. He will be responsible for a robust portfolio of clients including Dabur, Pernod Ricard, KFC, BMW, Coca-Cola, Perfetti Van Melle, Uber, Eicher Motors, Mother Dairy, Philips, Voltas, Max New York Life, American Express and many more.

    “I am delighted to join an organisation that has been a lifelong inspiration for me. The advertising industry is seeing rapid change and I hope that I will be able to play a meaningful role in shaping it and make it work for Ogilvy. I am looking forward to working closely with a very bright young team here in Delhi NCR and to my interactions with the industry stalwarts at Ogilvy,” Roy said.

  • Bollywood Superstar Anushka Sharma roped in as brand ambassador for Godrej Expert Rich Crème Hair Colour

    Bollywood Superstar Anushka Sharma roped in as brand ambassador for Godrej Expert Rich Crème Hair Colour

    Mumbai: One of India’s largest selling hair colour, Godrej Expert Rich Crème, from the house of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL), has roped in Bollywood diva Anushka Sharma as the new face for the brand. This move is in line with making the brand more contemporary and relevant in consonance with today’s lifestyle while infusing a youthful appeal.

    With $23.4 million brand value as per Celebrity Brand Valuation 2018 Rankings by Duff & Phelps (D&P), Anushka is one of the most celebrated actresses in the country. She is known not only known for her work but also as a trendsetter in the beauty and lifestyle space. Thus, coming together of Godrej Expert Rich Crème and Anushka is an ideal move as both complement each other. A multi-media campaign with Anushka is going live leveraging television, digital and social media to engage audiences on easy hair colour.

    Commenting on this announcement, Mr. Sunil Kataria CEO – India and SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, said, “Godrej Expert Rich Crème has been an expert of accessible hair transformation. It is a revolutionary offering that has established a strong foothold across Indian households over the years. We are thrilled to partner with the country’s leading superstar Anushka Sharma to chart our future growth roadmap. She is a global icon, revered for her style and is regarded as one of the best actors of this generation. This strategic association will enable us to penetrate the younger target groups for crème hair colour while enhancing the loyalty of existing users. Thereby, reiterating dominance of Godrej Expert Rich Crème in the category.”

    Speaking on the collaboration, Anushka Sharma, said, “Godrej has been a legacy brand that has pioneered hair colours in India. I am pleased to associate with Godrej Expert Rich Crème. I’m looking forward to building a strategic journey forward and furthering the company’s vision for India.”

    As part of this association, the brand has released a new TVC with Anushka featuring the new Godrej Expert Rich Crème hair colour with 10X more aloe vera. This new offering comes in 5 beautiful colours Natural Black, Natural Brown, Dark Brown, Black Brown and Burgundy loaded with the goodness of 10X more aloe vera that makes the hair softer, shinier and gorgeous. The TVC highlights how one can shed their inhibitions to colour their hair and step out with confidence as Godrej Expert Rich Crème ensures rich colour backed by a formula enriched with the goodness of aloe vera making hair soft and shiny.

    Conceptualized by Creativeland Asia, the TVC opens with Anushka entering her friend’s house as they are prepping to step out. On seeing her friend, Anushka instinctively compliments her pretty dress and asks her to wear her hair down instead of tying it up. Reluctant to do so, the friend points out to her white hair. Anushka hands her a packet of Godrej Expert Rich Crème hair colour, confident that the benefits of 10X more aloe vera will not just cover the greys but also takes care of the hair. She goes on to add how Godrej Expert Rich Crème contains no ammonia formulation that makes hair softer and shinier.

    Commenting on the TVC, Anu Joseph, Chief Creative Officer, Creativeland Asia, said, “Godrej Expert is an iconic brand that has pretty much taught Indians to colour their hair with the care it deserves. With the new breakthrough of 10x aloe vera, the dekhbhaal goes up several notches higher. Putting all hair colour worries to rest, while also delivering gorgeous colour. In the TVC, we have Anushka Sharma asking her friend to colour her hair with the reassurance of a colour that cares like a friend would.”

    Godrej Expert Rich Crème is India’s most trusted brand for hair colour with innovative product formulation that is specially curated for Indian hair. The special formulation is enriched with aloe vera conditioning formula that nourishes hair while ensuring the coverage of grey hair, thereby making the hair incredibly soft. Getting rid of the hassle, users simply have to mix, apply and rinse for complete coverage and nourished hair. Godrej Expert Rich Crème is affordable priced at INR 30 for a single sachet and INR 99 for multi-application pack.

  • Hindustan Media Ventures appoints Samudra Bhattacharya as new CEO and KMP

    Hindustan Media Ventures appoints Samudra Bhattacharya as new CEO and KMP

    MUMBAI: Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd has appointed Samudra Bhattacharya as the chief executive officer (CEO) and key managerial personnel (KMP) effective 1 November. Bhattacharya joined the company as COO print business in last July.

    Prior to joining HT Media, he was president of PepsiCo Joint Venture, and was based out of Manila, Philippines from March 2017 to mid-July 2019. Bhattacharya has worked across several roles and geographical locations for the last 24 years. The company updated Bombay Stock Exchange.

    After graduating from the Indian Institute of Management, he started his career with P&G in India, and after four years, joined Asian Paints in the Middle East where he served sales and marketing as well as general management roles for almost seven years.

    The previous CEO and key managerial personnel Rajeev Beotra vide his letter dated 31 October 2019, tendered his resignation as CEO to take on a new role within the company.

  • ITW Consulting appoints Deep Drona as chief business officer

    ITW Consulting appoints Deep Drona as chief business officer

    MUMBAI: ITW Consulting, an affiliate of Global Sports Commerce specialising in crafting and executing multi-faceted brand management solutions across sports, entertainment and media, has appointed Deep Drona as chief business officer w.e.f. from October 2019.

    Drona will be responsible to streamlining and creating synergy amongst all verticals of ITW to provide 360 degree solutions to our clientele. Additionally, he will be developing and implementing new IP’s in the global market across sports and other business lines and assist ITW consulting management in achieving its next level milestones in National and International Markets .

    “As we further scale up our business in the market with new networks and offerings, we see great potential in bringing more synergy across different revenue functions of ITW. Deep’s incredible knowledge and experience will help us further streamline and provide 360 degree solutions to our clients. We have our expertise in sales, consulting, talent, events, content, sports media planning and buying, all under one entity. Further we would like ITW establish its credentials as a complete sports, media & entertainment organisation. We see Deep with his rich experience in sports & entertainment to add to our vision & meet our aggressive plan to establish ITW as a leader & forefront player in the market,” says Bhairav Shanth, co-founder & managing director, ITW Consulting Pvt Ltd.

    Drona said, “I am excited to take up this role and explore newer possibilities. I look forward to working with the team to build and execute impactful strategies as I embark on this exciting journey. ITW is unique in terms of the services they offer, they are in an end-to-end company with solutions for clients offering sales and marketing opportunities across sports media and entertainment along with being the largest sellers and consultants on cricket rights. Besides this ITW group companies ITW Global, DOOH, Playworx Entertainment, MediaWorx, Catalyst also offer a world of opportunities for collaboration to pitch 360 to clients.”

    With over two and half decades of experience, Drona joins ITW post a long and very successful stint at SPN India Pvt ltd. Earlier he was cluster head Sales of all Sony Sports channels and Movie channels MAX, MAX-2, FTA- Sony WAH. He has led the sales launch initiatives of the sports cluster before the buyout of Ten Sports and the music channel MIX and the movie channels Max 2 and WAH. Drona has under his leadership successfully delivered the first 10 seasons of IPL , ICC Events and other marquee Indian cricket bilateral tours of South Africa, England, Australia and others. FIFA, WORLD CUP’s, WWE, La Liga ,Champions League and SeriaA were some more properties that were helmed during his stint at SPN.

    Prior to SPN, he was with SABTNL where he set up sales operations and also launched successfully SAB TV. Nimbus Communication Pvt Ltd is where he began his TV career.

  • DAN appoints Asha Suvarna as CFO India

    DAN appoints Asha Suvarna as CFO India

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN), the global media & marketing communications conglomerate, has roped in Asha Suvarna as chief financial officer (CFO), India. Prior to this, the role was held by erstwhile COO and CFO Anand Bhadkamkar who was promoted to lead the country operations as chief executive officer (CEO) in September this year.

    Armed with more than 20 years of experience in media and advertising, Suvarna is also a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA). She joins DAN India from GroupM where she held numerous roles over the years. Prior to this, Asha was Finance Director at GroupM.

    Suvarna will take charge of her new office, effective October 16. In her new role, she will report to Dentsu Aegis Network India CEO Anand Bhadkamkar, and Dentsu Aegis Network CFO Greater South David Neal.

    Commenting on Suvarna’s appointment, Anand Bhadkamkar said, “I am pleased to announce Asha’s appointment as CFO of the Group in India. Asha brings with her considerable experience in our industry as well as a very strong understanding of our business. With her financial acumen and leadership capabilities, I am sure Asha will be a great addition to the DAN India executive team and a critical strategic business partner in these transformational times.”

    Commenting on her new role, Asha Suvarna said, “Home to 23 super-successful agency brands of the country, Dentsu Aegis Network today is undoubtedly the fastest growing network in India. I am extremely honoured and happy to take up this new role and now ready to embark upon this new challenge under DAN’s strong One P&L philosophy.”

  • Titan eyewear brings Ayushmann Khurrana on board as brand ambassador

    Titan eyewear brings Ayushmann Khurrana on board as brand ambassador

    MUMBAI: Titan’s eyewear business announces celebrated actor and national award winner Ayushmann Khuranna as the new brand ambassador. Khuranna will be endorsing all the three categories frames, sunglasses, and lenses and feature in upcoming multi-media campaigns for Titan frames and sunglasses.

    Commenting on this development, Titan CEO eyewear division Ronnie Talati said, “Titan as a brand and eyewear as a category caters to consumers from 6 to 60 years age bracket and represents a grounded, inclusive and pioneering persona. Given this context, there could not have been a better ambassador to personify Titan’s Eyewear business than Ayushmann Khurrana.”

    Titan marketing head eyewear division Shalini Gupta said, “We are extremely delighted to welcome on board Ayushmann, the most celebrated actor of mainstream cinema pushing the boundaries of typical Bollywood content. His commitment to his craft reflects Titan’s unflinching commitment to quality and design excellence. He is a celebrated actor, singer, and writer – a versatility that resonates so well with Titan.”

    Talking about the association, Ayushmann Khurrana said, “I am glad to associate with Titan Frames & Sunglasses – an iconic brand that has redefined the eye-wear industry for the last 10 years. I love my eyeglasses and consider it a very important part of any look which makes this association, with a brand I adore, even more exciting. I am totally looking forward to unveiling my looks in the months to come and I can assure you they will be as diverse as my movies.”