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  • Jubilant FoodWorks onboards Sameer Khetarpal as CEO & managing director

    Jubilant FoodWorks onboards Sameer Khetarpal as CEO & managing director

    Mumbai: Food service company Jubilant Food Works Limited (JFL) announced on Monday the appointment of Sameer Khetarpal as chief executive officer and managing director of the company. Khetarpal will succeed Pratik Pota effective from 5 September 2022, the company said in a statement.

    He joined Jubilant from Amazon, a company where he had been working for six and half years, during which time he conceptualized, launched and scaled several business units like Amazon Fresh, Amazon Pharmacy and Amazon Food.

    Before joining Amazon, Khetarpala worked as a partner at McKinsey and company, where he helped tech companies build their businesses and transform themselves into digital enterprises. He was instrumental in building data-driven service lines used by several fortune 500 companies. He has previously worked with GE Capital and Hindustan Unilever.

    Speaking on the appointment, Jubilant FoodWorks chairman Shyam S. Bhartia and co-chairman Hari S. Bhartia said, “We are now a multi-country, multi-brand company with deep investments in technology. We are looking to further our investments across our portfolio of brands to become a food tech powerhouse. Sameer, with his strengths in building digital first businesses in related spaces will provide the necessary leadership to our business. He is a strong, dynamic and values-driven leader with an impressive track record of delivering consistent high-quality performance in tough consumer businesses.”

    On his new role, Khetarpal said, “As India’s largest food service company, JFL is uniquely poised to scale non-linearly across multiple businesses and geographies. The company has an exceptional track record of innovation and serving customers with exemplary standards. I am honoured to join Jubilant FoodWorks and look forward to working closely with the Jubilant team, to serve millions of customers by building businesses driven by technology and operations excellence.”

    Incorporated in 1995, JFL holds the exclusive master franchise rights from Domino’s Pizza to develop and operate the brand in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In India, JFL has a network of 1,567 Domino’s restaurants across 337 cities.

  • ViewLift elevates Shraddha Pednekar to CXO; Sujith Vellat to CTO

    ViewLift elevates Shraddha Pednekar to CXO; Sujith Vellat to CTO

    Mumbai: US based end-to-end streaming and OTT (over-the-top) solutions provider ViewLift has announced the elevation of Shraddha Pednekar to CXO (chief experience officer) and Sujith Vellat to CTO (chief technology officer).

    The announcement comes as ViewLift, an enabler of regional focused OTT platforms like Hoichoi, Oho Gujarati, Kachaa Lannka, looks to further expand its operations in India and the subcontinent.

    “The talent that ViewLift is looking to recruit in India, will support increasing the B2B presence on separate OTT platforms,” said the statement. “Those additional teams will be tasked with developing ViewLift’s long-term capabilities, with its strong leadership at the helm.”

    “Having experience of operating in the Indian and global markets, both Shraddha and Sujith will be instrumental for ViewLift as we continue with our market expansion,” said ViewLift co-founder and president Manik Bambha. “Since Shraddha and Sujith joined the team, we have seen the direct impact of their dedication to our customers and to improving our product offerings constantly. We have exceptional talent in these two, and we are eager to watch them flourish in their new roles.”

    Shraddha Pednekar will be responsible for global project delivery and client engagement and satisfaction, as well as help to strengthen ViewLift’s end-to-end product development based on ongoing client experience.

    As CTO at ViewLift, Vellat will be responsible for guiding the continued development and innovation of the company’s end-to-end streaming and OTT platform, enabling customers with advanced monetization, real-time analytics, growth tools and significantly reduced time to market.

    ViewLift has a presence in multiple locations across the US, Europe and India. Its clientele is spread across media and entertainment, sports and broadcasting.

  • Pepperfry appoints Anand Batra as the chief financial officer

    Pepperfry appoints Anand Batra as the chief financial officer

    Mumbai: The e-commerce furniture and home goods company, Pepperfry announced on Friday the appointment of Anand Batra as its chief financial officer (CFO). This is Batra’s second stint with Pepperfry, his first being a five-year stint during the early days of Pepperfry’s inception. In his role as CFO, Batra will spearhead the organisation’s corporate strategy, fundraising efforts, financial operations, legal and secretarial functions. His appointment is effective immediately and he will be based at the Pepperfry corporate office in Mumbai.

    Batra is a seasoned finance professional with more than a decade of experience in venture capital, business management, financial planning and operations, fundraising, strategy, and investment banking.

    Before joining Pepperfry, Batra worked as executive director at Z3Partners, a leading tech and digital fund, where he was involved with the fund’s investments in Dealshare, Shipsy, Gramophone and Cyfirma. Earlier, Batra was a principal in the investing team at IvyCap Ventures, focusing on early-stage investments in Indian consumer and technology-enabled businesses.

    Before starting his career as an investor, Batra headed up category management for the home goods business at Pepperfry. During this stint, Batra transformed the home business unit economics while maintaining high levels of customer experience. Batra headed up the financial planning and strategy function at Pepperfry, where he led fundraising efforts, apart from helping shape the company’s omnichannel strategy and launching business categories.

    A graduate of the London School of Economics and Narsee Monjee College, Mumbai, Batra started his career as an investment banker at Lazard and Avendus Capital in India.

    Pepperfry co-founder & CEO Ambareesh Murty said, “We are thrilled to welcome Anand back home. His contributions during Pepperfry’s formative years were invaluable and had helped steer our business through several transformational changes. I am a fan of his wide world view and look forward to working with him to chart Pepperfry’s future through India’s rapidly evolving digital and retail landscape.”

    “It gives me great delight to rejoin the Pepperfry family. The company is a differentiated brand in the e-commerce space and has undisputedly built a community-based platform defining home and living. In its decade long journey, Pepperfry has shown all the makings of a strong consumer brand. I look forward to working closely with the team to drive the next phase of growth,” said Anand Batra.

  • Shresth Bharti joins Jio Ad as national sales director – FMCG and retail

    Shresth Bharti joins Jio Ad as national sales director – FMCG and retail

    Mumbai: Shresth Bharti has joined Jio Ads as national sales director for FMCG and retail. His responsibility is to onboard FMCG and retail clients on the Jio Ads platform.

    Previously, Bharti was associated with Disney+ Hotstar for four years and quit as associate vice president of sales. He’s also had stints at Shopclues, L’Oreal and Dabur.

    Bharti has completed his MBA from SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).

  • Bombay Shaving Company appoints Varun Gupta as senior vice president – growth

    Bombay Shaving Company appoints Varun Gupta as senior vice president – growth

    MUMBAI: Personal care brand, Bombay Shaving Company has appointed Varun Gupta as senior vice president – growth. With this appointment, the Delhi based grooming and hair removal brand further strengthens its executive leadership to deliver on its mission of “of reaching two crore bathrooms, with five products per bathroom, creating ten minutes of happiness”, in the next 12-16 quarters, the company said in a statement.  

    The Company will rely on Gupta’s D2C-to-Omnichannel expertise to stitch together consumer experiences with solid, long-term business outcomes going forward, as it aims to become IPO ready soon.

    Gupta was the founding member of ‘Too Yumm!’ & ‘The Gift Studio’ during his time at the RP – Sanjiv Goenka Group, having led the launch network for their FMCG business with ‘Too Yumm!’. He has also had stints at Unilever and Pepsico.

    “Varun brings a wonderful blend of technology understanding, customer centricity, entrepreneurial zeal and large business pedigree – qualities that will take Bombay Shaving Company into the future. Right through his career, he has demonstrated a remarkable ability to navigate complexity and uncertainty to shape sustainably profitable businesses, making him a truly valuable addition for us,” Bombay Shaving Company founder & CEO Shantanu Deshpande said.

    “Direct to Consumer space gives an opportunity to engage with past and future audiences in ways that are richer and non-transactional. Online channels, on the other hand, address customers with immediate intent. With unconventional channels like Quick Commerce taking rapid strides, the opportunities are immense. I look forward to building on the great work done by the team across D2C and other channels; and make BSC’s vision in the country a reality!” Varun Gupta said on his appointment.

  • Shemaroo Entertainment elevates Vijay Bhanushali as deputy vice president

    Shemaroo Entertainment elevates Vijay Bhanushali as deputy vice president

    Mumbai: Shemaroo Entertainment has elevated Vijay Bhanushali as deputy vice president – animation, kids, digital, licensing and merchandising. He has been associated with the company for over 14 years.  

    Bhanushali has two decades of experience and handles key areas such as digital media, international co-productions, global acquisition and sales, production, licensing and merchandising at Shemaroo Entertainment. His expertise lies in syndication of children’s television features and new media content.

    During his career, he has had stints at Tiger Production and ICE Logics Entertainment. He has also been a faculty at Zee Institute of Media Arts and Digital Academy where he taught film editing.

  • Dentsu appoints Saagar Sethi to lead Amplifi in India

    Dentsu appoints Saagar Sethi to lead Amplifi in India

    Mumbai: Dentsu India appointed Saagar Sethi as the president of its supply side management platform, Amplifi. Saagar stepped into the role in April 2022, as part of the increased media leadership roster across Dentsu India.  

    In his new role, Saagar will lead the network’s investment management, media trading (media owner services and principal buying) and content (original partnerships & entertainment) businesses in India. He will also have responsibility for helping drive the continued growth of The Story Lab and Posterscope, two specialist agency units within Dentsu which focus on entertainment production and out of home (OOH) capabilities, respectively. Saagar will report to Divya Karani, media CEO, Dentsu – South Asia and work closely with the global Amplifi leadership to focus on creating truly sustainable values for Dentsu and its partners in India and across the globe.

    Armed with 15 years of experience in transition management, Saagar’s appointment echoes Dentsu’s commitment to continually elevate its growth trajectory across markets. The network’s rapid transformation ensures it offers long-term sustainable growth to clients via distinctive, integrated capabilities in an environment which is forever changing.  

    Prior to this, Saagar was the head of indirect procurement in LG Electronics India, where he played an instrumental role in successfully handling diversified, complex and companywide transformation projects, nationally and internationally. He has also participated in organizational design, transitioning and change management journeys for leading brands like LG Electronics and Ernst & Young.

    Commenting on the appointment, Divya Karani said, “We are excited to have Saagar join our management team as we consolidate and prepare for the next stage of growth. In today’s increasingly complex media market, the experience he brings to the table will help us increase our client delivery skills in India.”  

    Saagar added, “I have always been passionate about media. The timing of this opportunity could not have been better. This role complements my transformation experience and passion. I am committed to creating synergies and incremental value for all our clients, stakeholders, and partners, underpinned by the need of driving compliance and transparency. Truly, it is an exciting time to be at Dentsu India.”

  • Google appointed Durga Raghunath as India’s news partnerships head

    Google appointed Durga Raghunath as India’s news partnerships head

    Mumbai: According to a LinkedIn update, Google has appointed Durga Raghunath as head of news partnerships – India. Previously, she was the head of digital at Times of India associated with Times Internet.

    Raghunath, formerly, worked as senior vice president of growth at Zomato and was also the CEO – digital at The Indian Express. Simultaneously, she was the co-founder and CEO of Juggernaut Books and CEO of Network18 Digital/Web18. During her career, Raghunath has had stints at publications such as The Wall Street Journal, LiveMint, HarperCollins and Orient Longman. She is an alumnus of India School of Business and Columbia University.  

    With over two decades of experience, Raghunath’s expertise lies in digital media and commerce, product development, consumer technology, mobile experiences and monetisation of digital products via ads, daily transactions and subscriptions.

  • Business Insider’s Sriram Iyer joins CNBC-TV18 as executive editor

    Business Insider’s Sriram Iyer joins CNBC-TV18 as executive editor

    Mumbai: Sriran Iyer has joined business news brand CNBC-TV18 as executive editor, according to a LinkedIn update. He will be leading the digital team of the company.

    Iyer is a senior journalist with over 15 years of experience. He was previously associated with Business Insider India as editor-in-chief. This is his second stint at CNBC-TV18. Iyer has had stints with publications such as The Indian Express, Thomson Reuters, Bennett Coleman and Company, BTVI and Quartz.

    Iyer said, “After over three amazing years at Business Insider India, I’m starting a new chapter, today, as the executive editor at the biggest business news brand in India, CNBC-TV18. I’ll be leading the digital team and adding to the spectacular work that team has already got a name for. Thank you, Karthik Subbaraman, Santosh Menon and Rahul Joshi, for this opportunity. A homecoming of sorts for me to be working again with Shereen Bhan and the team after over a decade.”

  • Yellow.ai onboards former Google leader Surbhi Agarwal as head of global marketing

    Yellow.ai onboards former Google leader Surbhi Agarwal as head of global marketing

    Mumbai: AI solutions company, Yellow.ai announced on Tuesday the appointment of Surbhi Agarwal, as its senior vice president (SVP) of global marketing. Agarwal joins Yellow.ai from Google Cloud, where she led product and solution marketing for Data Analytics and Cloud AI portfolio, including Contact Center AI.

    “Agarwal comes with over two decades of leadership across product life cycle management, sales enablement, product marketing and product-led growth in early-stage start-ups and large enterprises. Previously, she has also run product management and corporate strategy at Intel Corporation and McAfee,” the company said in a statement.

    Yellow.ai CEO and co-founder Raghu Ravinutala said, “We are thrilled to bring Surbhi onboard at Yellow.ai as part of our executive team.” 

    “This is a crucial appointment for us at a time when we are sharpening our global strategy as a Total Experience (TX) solutions provider. As we scale our operations and expand our capabilities, Surbhi’s leadership will augment our efforts towards defining our brand and driving revenue. We look forward to her leadership and believe her experiences with global industry leaders will be invaluable as we grow across markets,” he added.

    In this role, Agarwal will be managing all of the marketing initiatives for Yellow.ai across geographies to grow business in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific regions. Based out of the San Francisco bay area, she will be actively expanding the automation platform’s global footprint by building a highly impactful go-to-market team that would strengthen Yellow.ai’s position in the market.  

    Speaking on her appointment, Agarwal said, “Yellow.ai is at a pivotal point of entering new geographies with its proven product capabilities, making this a very exciting time to join the executive team. With Yellow.ai’s driven culture, differentiated offerings, leadership and market potential, I believe the company is strongly positioned to define and lead the Conversational AI space. I look forward to building the best-in-class marketing organization at Yellow.ai to increase our market share and achieve new heights.”

    With over 800 employees globally, Yellow.ai continues to hire talent across sales, marketing, product and engineering, the company added.