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  • Pearson names Siddharth Banerjee as MD-India & Asia

    Mumbai: The UK-based education and publishing firm Pearson on Monday announced the appointment of Siddharth Banerjee as the new managing director (MD) for India and Asia, with effect from 6 July. He will be responsible for strengthening Pearson’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy and digital proposition in the region while building a direct relationship with the education ecosystem in the region.

    Siddharth will be moving from Games24x7, a gaming company where he served as chief revenue and marketing officer. Over his career spanning 21 years, he has previously helmed senior-level positions at organisations like Facebook, Vodafone, and Unilever.

    “We are delighted to appoint Siddharth as our new Managing Director for Pearson in India and Asia,” Pearson’s global president-higher education, Tim Bozik said. “India is a key strategic market for Pearson and we are confident that his vast experience will be valuable as Pearson strengthens its focus on constructing a vibrant digital education ecosystem.”

    Commenting on his appointment, the new MD said, “These are exciting times for the education sector in India and Asia and I look forward to working with my team in transforming the region’s focus as a digital-first company. There is a huge opportunity for us to contribute to the emerging and evolving digital Indian education landscape and we have a job cut out for ourselves and I along with my team will leverage our strengths that are in line with the rise in online and digital learning, as well as addressing the workforce skills gap across the emerging economies in Asia.”

    An alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow, Siddharth has earned his MBA from FMS- Delhi and coupled it with executive education from ISB-Hyderabad, IIM-Ahmedabad, and the Harvard Business School. He has also been a Chevening Scholar at the University of Oxford and a best-selling author.

  • BharatPe onboards Parth Joshi as chief marketing officer

    MUMBAI: Financial services company BharatPe on Monday announced the appointment of Parth Joshi as the chief marketing officer. Joshi will work closely with BharatPe’s group president, Suhail Sameer.

    Prior to joining BharatPe, he was the head of Marketing– Global Expansion Markets, Reckitt based out of Singapore. He has also held various marketing roles in GSK & L’Oréal. Parth is an alumnus of MDI, Gurgaon.

    This is the fourth key leadership appointment by BharatPe this year. The company has earlier appointed Gautam Kaushik (PAYBACK’s former MD & CEO) who leads the payments business, Sumeet Singh (Amarchand Mangaldas’ former partner) as general counsel and head of Corporate Strategy and Amit Jain as the chief risk officer.

    “Joshi will bring his in-depth understanding of brands, product development and marketing to fuel BharatPe’s continued growth. In the past, Joshi has played a key role in building many brands across geographies in multi-national companies,” it said on Monday.

    BharatPe co-founder and CEO Ashneer Grover said, “I am confident that Parth’s experience with FMCG giants will be instrumental as we aspire to build BharatPe as a preferred financial services and credit partner for tens of millions of merchants. Also, his in-depth understanding of consumer aspirations and behaviour would be key as we build products like BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) for the end customers and scale PAYBACK in India in the times to come.” 

    On his new role Parth said, “BharatPe has seen stupendous growth over the last couple of years. It is phenomenal how India has accepted digital payments and BharatPe has been at the forefront of this transformation. I am looking forward to building BharatPe as the preferred brand for our customers. We also have big plans for the consumer side and I am excited to lead and build this business with the team.”

  • Onnivation names Kaveri Das as VP – strategy, and growth

    New Delhi: Onnivation on Wednesday named Kaveri Das as their vice president of strategy and growth. She previously worked for ZEE5 as corporate strategy lead.

    The company invests in the India business of Israeli deep tech companies and helps them grow in India.

    In her new role, Das will be responsible for strategizing and navigating the company’s roadmap for its next wave of growth.

    Talking about her new profile, Das said, “Onnivation’s vision of building a technology powerhouse through their partners and the value it adds to its customers is very compelling. As a customer of Onnivation myself, I witnessed the strong proposition and plethora of products they have for digital transformation that propelled me to join the rocket ship. I am extremely thrilled to be a part of this team and elevate the company’s business by implementing exponential growth strategies”.

    Onnivation founder and CEO, Saket Agarwal said, “Kaveri will play an integral part in building out the next phase of our growth. Her wealth of experience in online media and corporate strategy will be a great value addition for Onnivation and its portfolio companies. Her energy, creativity, and abilities to execute are going to pump up the energy of the entire team. We can’t be more excited to have her on onboard.”

  • Symphony Ltd. announces Amit Kumar as new ED and Group CEO

    New Delhi: Symphony Limited on Tuesday announced the appointment of Amit Kumar as executive director (ED) and Group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Company, effective 2 August.

    With over 18 years of work experience, Kumar was previously associated with GE, PwC, Shapoorji Pallonji, EY, and KPMG. He also co‐founded an analytics-focused start‐up and ran it for three years. He currently works with KPMG as a Partner with a focus on the Consumer Products sector and specialises in Business Transformation and Profitability Improvement.

    Amit Kumar expressed his gratitude and said, “I thank the board of Symphony for giving me this opportunity. I look forward to leading the company through the next phase of its growth journey, take brand Symphony to new heights and help create long‐term value for all its shareholders and stakeholders.”

    Welcoming the new ED and Group CEO on board, Symphony’s chairman and managing director Achal Bakeri said, “We are delighted to have Amit Kumar join us as executive director and Group CEO of Symphony. He has nearly 18 years of experience with corporate and consulting sectors, had his tech start‐up, and has been a business transformation and profitability improvement specialist with three of the Big Four accounting/consulting firms.”
     

  • 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.

  • slice onboards Siva Kumar Tangudu as CTO

    MUMBAI: Fintech startup and credit card challenger slice on Friday announced the appointment of Siva Kumar Tangudu as the company’s new chief technology officer.

    An IIT-Mumbai alumni, Tangudu brings with him leadership expertise of over 15 years across senior & pivotal roles at Myntra, HackerRank, Microsoft, & Oracle to name a few. He also comes with an entrepreneurial background, having co-founded a Hyderabad-based startup, Kawanan Labs. Tangudu has been an early-stage investor in slice, witnessing the company’s growth at a personal level. In this role, he will be responsible for strengthening slice’s technological arm and further expanding the company’s offerings, the startup said.

    slice founder & CEO Rajan Bajaj said “Siva brings with him a wealth of consumer tech experience and we are thrilled to have him on-board. He has a great history of leading engineering teams at some of the best tech companies, as well as his own startup. There are some very exciting things in the pipeline at slice – including the launch of a game-changing rewards system as well as UPI on our platform. Siva’s expertise will be critical in helping us move closer to our mission of building the raddest payment experience for millennials and GenZ.”

    On his new role, Tangudu said “This is the best time to be at slice. Rajan and his team are building a phenomenal product that essentially challenges many traditional practices in the finance sector, and it’s thrilling to be a part of it. I look forward to building a stellar team here and bringing forth a tech-first approach to solving some interesting and hard problems in this space.”

    In the last few quarters, slice has witnessed a significant growth in terms of consumers and the size of the team. Despite the pandemic, it continued hiring and strengthening its leadership team, grew six times in FY-21 and recorded a 40-50 per cent increase in average customer spends, said the company.

  • 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.”

  • Dentsu appoints Rashmi Vikram as chief equity officer- APAC

    Mumbai: dentsu international on Monday announced the appointment of Rashmi Vikram as the agency’s chief equity officer in APAC.

    Rashmi joins dentsu from Microsoft, where she was group diversity & inclusivity practice lead, responsible for delivering success by making inclusion a habit to create inclusive products and services for Microsoft’s customers. Prior to Microsoft, she was country head for India at Community Business, an NGO that champions inclusive business practices in Asia. Her other roles have included diversity & Inclusion specialist at Thomson Reuters.

    The agency’s global executive team is hiring chief equity officers in each of its three regions to demonstrate dentsu’s commitment to making long-term sustainable change within business and in society. Rashmi joins chief equity officer, Americas, Christina Pyle and recently appointed chief equity officer, EMEA, Pauline Miller. 

    Dentsu international Asia Pacific CEO Ashish Bhasin said, “Dentsu’s strength lies in making a difference. To do that, we seek out diverse perspectives, celebrate differences and empower everyone to bring their most authentic self to work. We encourage our leaders to build diverse teams, teams with a healthy, vibrant culture. A culture that enables every employee to do great work, build a phenomenal career and know they belong. We are very excited to have Rashmi on board to champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and we look forward to working with her to chart meaningful progress for our businesses in APAC.”

    Rashmi will report to dentsu international Asia Pacific CEO Ashish Bhasin and regional human resource director, Asia Pacific, Kinch Ong. “Rashmi has a solid track-record in the DEI space, and I have no doubt she will inspire and make a difference. She will ensure that DEI is interwoven into the fabric of our organisation, fostering an even richer culture and experience for our people, clients and partners,” said Ong.

    On joining dentsu, Rashmi Vikram said, “I am passionate about the work I do and am excited to be working with the global, regional and country teams at dentsu to champion, reinforce and build an inclusive culture.”

  • Vodafone Idea appoints Shabnam Syed as EVP, postpaid marketing

    Vodafone Idea appoints Shabnam Syed as EVP, postpaid marketing

    Mumbai: Vodafone Idea on Thursday appointed Shabnam Syed as executive vice president of postpaid marketing as the telco looks to increase its focus on bringing high value customers to its network.

    Prior to joining Vi, Shabnam was with GoAir as vice-president- marketing and ecommerce.  Syed has more than two decades of expertise in advertising and marketing technique, digital advertising and marketing and analytics and model administration amongst others.

    “We’re delighted to welcome Shabnam Syed at VIL as EVP Submit Paid Advertising and marketing. Shabnam Syed brings huge expertise throughout diversified business segments which is able to assist us curate services for our published paid buyer base. Previous to VIL, she was VP–advertising and marketing and Ecommerce at Go Air,” Vodafone Idea announced on its LinkedIn page.

  • Zenith onboards Priyanka Kapur as vice president

    Zenith onboards Priyanka Kapur as vice president

    Mumbai: Zenith India on Tuesday appointed Priyanka Kapur as vice president to lead its Nestlé business. She will be responsible for media planning, relationship management, and supervising the complete and integrated offering for the client. Her key focus will be on strategy, digital transformation, data, analytics, implementation, and buying.

    A postgraduate from NMIMS, Kapur has over 18 years of rich experience in media and marketing. Her last assignment was with Lodestar UM for almost ten years as connections lead for its key client Coca-Cola. Her role involved spearheading the strategic planning product across portfolio brands and crafting solutions, connecting brands to consumers. She was also responsible for research and insights and remained updated on the latest consumer trends to build them seamlessly into solutions for brands.

    Kapur has also worked as a marketer with NDTV, led new business development at Balaji Telefilms, and as a media planner on some prestigious accounts like Tata Motors and Zodiac.

    Zenith India CEO Jai Lala said, “I am delighted to have Priyanka on board. Priyanka’s diverse work experience in the field of media and strategic approach towards the business will help provide impactful and effective solutions to our clients, in an evolving media landscape.”

    Priyanka Kapur said, “I am excited about Zenith’s unique ROI plus and digital-first approach that delivers maximum business results for clients. Also, I am delighted to be part of Publicis Groupe and look forward to the PowerOfOne advantage.”