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  • DDB Mudra south and east appoints Vijay Joseph as senior creative director

    DDB Mudra south and east appoints Vijay Joseph as senior creative director

    MUMBAI: A creative intellect with more than a decade of experience, Vijay Joseph has joined DDB Mudra south and east as a senior creative director. Based out of the agency’s Bengaluru office, Joseph would be reporting to DDB Mudra south and east creative head Vishnu Srivatsav.

     

    Joseph said, “I’m excited to join DDB Mudra south and east at a time when a new creative leadership is taking over. It gives me the chance to be a part of creative evolution that’s taking shape, than to merely join the ranks in a system that’s already in place.”

     

    Before joining DDB Mudra, he was associated with agencies such as JWT India, Ogilvy and Mather and Disha Advertising amongst others.

     

    Srivatsav added, “Vijay has an awesome combination of great craft, lateral thinking and brilliant attitude. I welcome him on board and I’m certain his vast experience and dynamism will add another dimension to DDB Mudra south’s creative leadership.” 

     

    During his earlier stints, Joseph has worked across various categories with a clientele base including brands like Nike, Van Heusen, Black Dog Scotch Whisky, Prestige Builders, IBM, Indus Pride, Scullers, Indigo Nation and TVS Mopeds.

  • Snapdeal appoints Govind Rajan as chief strategy officer

    Snapdeal appoints Govind Rajan as chief strategy officer

    MUMBAI: Snapdeal has roped in Govind Rajan as its chief strategy officer, effective August 2015.

     

    Prior to his appointment at Snapdeal, he most recently served as chief marketing officer (B2C) at Bharti Airtel, where he was responsible for revenue and market share growth, customer life cycle management, and building marketing capability across the organisation.  Concurrently he also served as CEO – Airtel Money.

     

    Before joining Airtel, Rajan was with Hindustan Unilever (HUL). He joined HUL as a management trainee in 1997 before serving in various marketing and leadership roles. In his 15 plus years at Unilever he worked across a diverse range of categories and also led sales teams in varied terrain and a wide variety of channels – from modern trade to rural.

     

    While at HUL, he was the regional VP south Asia for skin cleansing and prior to that, VP for the skin care business. He also served as the customer marketing and sales operations head of HUL.

     

    His portfolio included marquee brands such as Dove, Ponds, Fair & Lovely, Vaseline, Lakme, Pears, Lifebuoy and Lux. In these roles he was responsible for driving the P&L, Portfolio management across brands, building new categories such as body lotions, face-wash, and leading in market execution.

     

    Rajan has masters in international business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras.

  • Maxus strengthens its top management

    Maxus strengthens its top management

    MUMBAI: Continuing its focus on product excellence and the need for continuous investments in people development, Maxus has elevated some of its key people and strengthened the top management.

     

    Maxus West head Anand Chakravarthy who joined last year has been promoted to managing partner. He will continue to be based at Mumbai, leading the West team and expansion plans.

     

    Maxus South Asia digital head Unny Radhakrishnan has been promoted as chief digital officer. In his new role, he will be additionally responsible for developing new practices and investments and new offerings from Maxus Metalworks (the creative R&D lab of Maxus).

     

    Maxus digital strategy head Vishal Jacob has been promoted as national director – digital.

    In his new role, he will take over from Radhakrishnan and be responsible for the digital services of Maxus across offices.

     

    Maxus West digital head Sairam Ranganathan has been promoted as general manager. Additionally, he will be also responsible for the digital media product and digital training needs.

     

    Maxus Delhi client leader Mimi Deb who joined three years ago has been elevated to general manager. She will lead several large new businesses like Shopclues and several other blue chip clients which the agency won recently.

  • Havas Media Group India makes senior level promotions

    Havas Media Group India makes senior level promotions

    MUMBAI: Havas Media Group India has announced a slew of senior level promotions.

     

    Havas Media India managing director Mohit Joshi has been named Havas Media Group India managing director. Havas Media-North executive director Uday Mohan has now been promoted to Havas Media-North & East managing partner. General manager Soumya Sarkar has been given additional charge as Havas Media-West general manager & branch head.

     

    Included in the promotions roster are – Abhishek Jain as executive VP investments, earlier VP investments. Mitesh Desai, head-creative, UX & UI is now national creative director and Gregory Phillip has been named associate VP-operations for Arena Media.

     

    Havas Media Group India & South Asia CEO Anita Nayyar said, “Havas Media Group in India has been growing at a rapid pace, last year we grew 42 per cent. It has been a straight line graph going upwards since we started operations in 2006 and we have aggressive plans ahead. Companies don’t grow on their own, they need – people. As we scale, we would like to elevate the passionate people who helped us reach where we are today and we count on them going forward.”

     

    The team has also been further strengthened with the joining of Tarranum Alam as executive VP investments and Chandana Chakravartti VP at the Delhi office and Saurabh Jain who is currently handling the Bangalore operations.

     

    “It gives me a lot of pleasure to make this announcement and I’m confident that this team will over deliver and take Havas Media Group to greater heights,” concluded Nayyar.

  • Housing.com fires CEO Rahul Yadav

    Housing.com fires CEO Rahul Yadav

    MUMBAI: Mumbai based online realty platform, Housing.com has released its CEO Rahul Yadav, with immediate effect, after a regular board meeting, held earlier on 1 July. Yadav who is also the co-founder of the company, will no longer be an employee of Housing.com and be associated with the company in any manner, going forward.

     

    The Housing board, unanimously agreed to bring Yadav’s tenure to a close, with reference to his behaviour towards investors, ecosystem and the media. The board believed that his behaviour is not befitting of a CEO and is detrimental to the company, known for its innovative approach to product development, market expansion and brand building.

     

    While the search for an interim CEO is underway, a transition plan has been put in place. The current senior executives of Housing.com will continue to run the operations on a daily basis, and ensure its continued smooth functioning. The board and the operating committee will remain closely involved with all key decisions.   

     

    Through an official statement the company said. “The Housing.com board, investors, management team and employees are keen to see Housing maximise its huge potential in India and beyond, as well as run in professional and world class manner. This is part of our larger commitment to India and the start-up ecosystem, which together remains unaffected and as strong as ever.”  

  • Motivator appoints Vijayant Dhaka as national head of digital trading

    Motivator appoints Vijayant Dhaka as national head of digital trading

    MUMBAI:  Motivator, a media agency from the house of GroupM, has appointed Vijayant Dhaka as its national head of digital trading. His role will involve streamlining digital channel planning strategies and integrating new trading platforms and practices, besides leading the trading desk for clients. He will be based out of Gurgaon and will report into chief growth officerV.Narayanan.

     

    Dhaka said, “With ever growing digital and mobile penetration in India, we are up for challenging yet exciting times ahead, next 3-5 years will revolutionize the media industry. Motivator thinks alike and is well poised to move at a faster pace than the industry, with investments in right technologies and people. I am looking forward to this journey.”

     

    Narayanan added, “Motivator has restructured its digital offering to put new media at the centre of the agency’s offering. Vijayant’s appointment is part of Motivator’s plan to accelerate and enhance the value through better trading and partnership practices. He would play a pivotal role in driving digital efficiencies by cloning best in class processes of GroupM and forging new partnerships that transcends our innovative digital offering to our clients.”

     

    Dhaka joins Motivator from Ignitee Digital which is now a part of NEW Digital, Singapore, where he was involved in driving business growth by tapping into performance media clients. He has also been an early stage team member at Octane and founding team member at Policybazaar.  

  • IndiaMart ropes in Mudit Khosla as senior VP, brand solutions group

    IndiaMart ropes in Mudit Khosla as senior VP, brand solutions group

    MUMBAI: IndiaMart, an online marketplace that connects buyers and suppliers has appointed Mudit Khosla as senior vice president, brand solutions group. As an integral part of the company’s leadership team, Khosla will be a visionary for devising innovative strategies and managing effective implementation of the same for smooth functioning of the big brands associated with IndiaMart.

     

    IndiaMart founder and CEO Dinesh Agarwal said, “I am extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Mudit Khosla to our leadership team. Mudit would play a pivotal role in driving the company’s strategy to cater to the sourcing and selling requirements of the big organizations. He brings with him rich, varied and elaborate knowledge in the domain of business development and brand building which will be instrumental in taking IndiaMart to the next pedestal. His wealth of experience in transforming online marketplaces will prove to be an asset for IndiaMart.”

     

     Khosla added, “I am excited to be a part of the country’s leading online marketplace which is poised to ride upon a stellar growth gradient by catering to the specific requirements of buyers and suppliers, encompassing individuals, SMBs as well as larger enterprises. I am looking forward to being a part of the inspiring journey that lies ahead for IndiaMart and add value at each stage.”

     

    With over 16 years of rich experience in building e-commerce companies from scratch and scaling them up rapidly, Khosla has played a key role in setting up of Indiatimes Shopping. He was also a part of the core founding team of Yatra.com and has served as CEO at organisations like Seventymm.com and Tradus.com (ibibo Group).

  • Razorfish India appoints Piyush Aggarwal as national director digital media

    Razorfish India appoints Piyush Aggarwal as national director digital media

    MUMBAI: Razorfish is bringing on board the top digital talents in the country to join its already formidable team across Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore and strengthening its core capabilities in digital media and marketing, technology and creative. For the same, Razorfish India has got on-board Piyush Aggarwal as national director digital media based out of Gurgaon.

     

    Aggarwal commented, “Razorfish brings the true amalgamation of creative, technology and digital media for all its clients. Their core approach of bringing a complete digital transformation to their client’s business is revolutionary and defines lives tomorrow.”

     

    “Media is a core offering that complements and actively catalyses the future we work towards in redefining our client’s business.” With a strong digital media background and in-depth understanding of business transformation to boot, it is a unique combination that is not easy to come by,” said Razorfish India COO Gaurav Pathak.

     

    “His 10+ years of rich experience in mobile, digital and media domains will be valuable for us to strengthen Razorfish’s capabilities in business transformation,” added Pathak.

     

    Razorfish India CEO Charulata Ravi Kumar explained, “We are constantly seeking out the most curious and innovative minds with fire in the bellies! And of course those who are not bound by the past but creating new tomorrows.”

     

    Razorfish India partners clients like Maruti, Madura Fashions, Ultratech, Eureka Forbes, Philips, and Tourism New Zealand amongst others.

     

    Aggarwal brings over 10 years of cross-functional and leadership experience in digital marketing, mobile advertising, b2b marketing and startup and business transformation consulting. During his stint at Vdopia, he built and spearheaded the offshore mobile media operations setting up teams in India for US and Europe markets. He also spearheaded the digital and B2B customer acquisition for small and mid market business at Microsoft India where he was part of key technology launches in the country.

     

    He has also been with leading digital advertising agencies like Havas Media and Quasar managing the digital accounts of Visa, Air France, KLM Airlines, Reckitt Benckiser, VLCC and Max Life Insurance amongst others.

  • Printvenue.com ropes in Bipin Narang as CEO- Southeast Asia

    Printvenue.com ropes in Bipin Narang as CEO- Southeast Asia

    MUMBAI: Online portal for personalized printing, Printvenue.com has appointed Bipin Narang as its chief executive officer for Southeast Asia. As part of his new role, he will be reporting directly to Printvenue CEO Gagan Arora.

     

    “We are delighted to have Bipin on board. His expertise and in-depth knowledge of marketing and his phenomenal work in the companies he has worked in, were the main reasons that made him a perfect fit for this role. I am sure he would play an instrumental role in tapping the opportunities in the global market,” said Arora.

     

    Printvenue launched its operations in Singapore and Australia last year and now plans to expand globally. Narang’s understanding of offline retail will be useful for the company to scale its global operations.  

     

    Previously CMO at Vistaprint India, Narang brings over 17 years of experience across e-commerce, telecom, retail, media, liquor and advertising, working with organisations like Bharti Airtel, Videocon Mobiles, United Spirits and Network 18. 

  • Shop CJ appoints Dhruva Chandrie as chief sales officer

    Shop CJ appoints Dhruva Chandrie as chief sales officer

    MUMBAI: Home shopping venture Shop CJ Network announces the appointment of Dhruva Chandrie as its chief sales officer. This appointment is key to further enhance the company’s procurement and operations. Chandrie, previously held the position of chief operating officer (COO) for HomeShop18 and has taken charge of his duties. He brings more than 22 years of experience to the role. He will be based out of the Mumbai office.

     

    Chandrie said, “With more players entering the television-commerce market, there is increase in the level of competition. It will be exciting times ahead.”

     

    TV home-shopping is yet to be explored and optimized to its full potential in India. Considering an expected growth rate of 40 per cent and more companies entering the market, the industry is estimated to reach Rs 50,000 crore in the next five years.

     

    Shop CJ CEO Kenny Shin commented, “Dhruva brings a diverse set of leadership skills, extensive operations expertise and a successful track record that we will leverage across the company. His experience and expertise will not only strengthen our organization but will help us grow the company into the number one Home-shopping player in India.”