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  • McDonald’s India- north & east appoints new leadership team

    McDonald’s India- north & east appoints new leadership team

    MUMBAI: McDonald’s India- north & east on Tuesday appointed Rajeev Ranjan as chief operating officer and Rajeev Goel as chief financial officer of the company. Both will step into their respective roles with immediate effect, following the retirement of Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt Ltd (CPRL) head Robert Hunghanfoo a statement said.

    They would report to CPRL chairman and developmental licensee Sanjeev Agrawal.

    Ranjan, who is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in FMCG and the food and beverage industry, has been tasked with leading McDonald’s restaurant operations, marketing, supply chain and quality assurance and Information Technology in the north and east region.

    “With his experience in building high-performing teams and delivering growth, he will also take a central role in aligning employee processes and systems to match company’s plans while driving growth in the core business and strengthening the brand’s reputation,” the company said in a press release.

    Meanwhile, Goel will lead the financial strategy, development and legal activities, restaurant modernisation and expansion to support sustainable, long-term growth for McDonald’s brand in the north and east region.

    McDonald’s restaurants in north and east of India are operated by CPRL, which has the licence for the region.

  • MullenLowe Group elevates S Subramanyeswar as APAC chief strategy officer

    MullenLowe Group elevates S Subramanyeswar as APAC chief strategy officer

    MUMBAI: MullenLowe Group announced the elevation of S Subramanyeswar to chief strategy officer for the Asia-Pacific region. He will continue to lead strategy for brands at MullenLowe Lintas Group (India) as its group chief strategy officer.

    Subramanyeswar, better known as Subbu, joined Lowe Lintas in 2011 as national planning director, and has since led strategic initiatives for multiple brands across the clients that the group works on in India. He has spent two decades plus in advertising and marketing, having worked at Wipro, Publicis, Rediffusion Y&R, and Saatchi & Saatchi in the markets of India, US and UK. He joined Lowe Lintas in 2011.

    Subbu has been awarded ‘South Asia Planner of the Year’ for two consecutive years – 2014 and 2015 by the world-renowned Campaign magazine. He has authored and won 130+ Effectiveness awards at India Effies, APAC Effies, Tambuli, Asian Marketing Effectiveness, WARC and the globally distinguished Jay Chiat by 4A’s. He has also been on the jury of Jay Chiat, APAC Effies, AME, WARC, Tambuli and India Effies.

    Subbu is a passionate believer and practitioner of purpose-inspired brand building. His breakthrough ‘Brands to Stands’ thinking, methodology and frameworks have been adopted by many of the brands that MullenLowe Lintas Group steers in India.

    Subbu will be based in Mumbai, India, as he takes up the Asia-Pacific charge with immediate effect.

  • Zeel company SugarBox makes senior level appointments

    Zeel company SugarBox makes senior level appointments

    MUMBAI: Content distribution network (CDN) services provider SugarBox –  in which Zee Entertainment Enterprises infused Rs 522 crore recently – has announced  a series of appointments at senior leadership levels to take the company to the next level.

    SugarBox has installed 200 CDN edge servers at key places of interest (PoI)  – including public transport, public place, rural area, hotels and co-living spaces and malls – in nine cities which allow users to connect to a local wifi network. Users have to look for “sugarbox” in their wifi settings and connect, open their Zee5 or Freeplay app, register using their mobile number  and stream and download movies and shows  without buffering or data charges. The service provider counts Railtel, Hyderabad railway station, CMRL, CSC WiFi, Central Railway and NMMT among its partners.

    Amongst these:

    ·       Ashish Kulshresth  who has come on board as business head. Ashish has over 20 years of strategic experience in strategic alliances, sales and marketing across edtech, e-commerce, telecom and media. Most recently, he was the VP – partnerships & online growth at WhiteHat Jr. At SugarBox, he will take up P&L responsibility and oversee the network expansion, as well as  revenue functions.

    * Ishan Choudhury is the growth head. With 14 years of experience across diverse strategy roles, including co-founding a hyperlocal services venture, he brings a balance of start-up exposure and key insights from running micro-ventures in large enterprises like Jio. He joins SugarBox from Weddingz, where he worked as the director of customer strategy. He will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives and customer traction for the company.

    * Rupsa Sinha as the brand head. With 12 years of experience across consumer brands like ICICI and Thomas Cook, Sinha has undertaken the unique challenge of creating a category defining brand – aLL from scratch, prior to SugarBox. She will be primarily responsible for building the SugarBox brand and creating awareness for the unique value proposition and disruption that the company creates.

    * Ashish Rana as the head of app partnerships. He has more than 15 years of experience, primarily across media & consumer businesses. He will be responsible for evangelism of SugarBox across digital industries with a key focus on OTT, e-commerce, fintech, edtech, mobility and foodtech.

    * Vishwanath Kulkarni  as the head of network rollout. He brings with him over 15 years of experience in the IT & Telecom domain, having been instrumental for the rollout of 2G, 3G and 4G networks for a telco in UAE and Reliance Communications. At SugarBox, he will own the network rollout and network maintenance function enabling the company to scale operations rapidly.

    Says SugarBox co-founder & CEO Rohit Paranjpe said, “We welcome AK, Ishan, Rupsa, Ashish and VK to the team and I’m grateful for the rich and diverse experience they bring to the company. We are at a very interesting juncture in our journey and their arrival brings fresh energy, expertise and perspective that will be pivotal in our rapid scale-up aspirations. We have an exciting couple of years ahead of us as we kick-start our association with the Indian railways and these key appointments will play a vital role in shaping our future.”

  • Indigo Consulting undertakes leadership reshuffle

    Indigo Consulting undertakes leadership reshuffle

    MUMBAI: Publicis Communications’ digital agency Indigo Consulting has rejigged its key leadership team. The agency has hired Paul Dueman as senior vice president – strategy & business, Chetan Thaker as head – customer success and Alifiya Naik as lead – UX consultant.

    The executives will be based in Mumbai and will report to Indigo Consulting president Jose Leon.

    “At Indigo Consulting, we are constantly trying to better the great momentum we have built up across the last three quarters. As the fourth industrial revolution spurs our customers along to evolve and meet expectations of their digital customers, bringing in key talent across our BSFI, hi-tech, FMCG, retail, Fashion & Lifestyle projects was par for the course. Paul, Chetan and Alifiya are highly established leaders who deliver our promise to customers. I am confident that they will lead by example and set higher quality benchmarks every day,” Leon said.

    Paul’s new mandate is to lead business development, account management, sales and strategy functions for Indigo Consulting’s digital transformation business, nationally. All business and account management teams for Indigo’s digital transformation business, across the Mumbai and Gurugram offices, report to him. He joins from Lowe Lintas’ digital services division Linteractive, where he was the executive vice president and national planning head for brand and solutions. 

    Chetan has over a decade of experience in technology-led solutions across BFSI, Corporate Communication, eCommerce, online music streaming and a variety of other niche sectors. His last stint was with VML where he has heading the Project Delivery team, prior to which he has also worked at companies such as Network18 and V2 Solutions. Chetan’s appointment closes the loop for Indigo Consulting’s extremely vital Customer Success Team – the team that ensures clients are set-up for success and derive value of their partnership with Indigo Consulting. 

    Alifiya has 12 years of experience across global giants like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Mphasis, in addition to Manulife.

  • Network18 braces up revenue function with new appointments

    Network18 braces up revenue function with new appointments

    MUMBAI: Network18, one of India’s most diversified media conglomerates, has been strengthening its revenue team since the past few months after Joy Chakraborthy took over as the President – Revenue for TV18 and CEO-Forbes India in May 2016.

    Moving forward, it has appointed Amit Tripathi as the national revenue head for government sales & non-metro markets, and Sandhya Dhar as the vice president – focus sales (branded content of the network).

    Chakraborthy said, “I believe that such talent will continue to strengthen the revenue proposition, and provide greater momentum to the sales function.”

    Tripathi has over 21 years of experience in sales, marketing & business development. Prior to joining Network18, he was the COO and national sales head at Focus News. He also served as the national sales head at Zee News in the past.

    Dhar has over 17 years of experience in sales. She was the asst. vice president & sector head (BFSI & HealthCare) at ET Edge (Times Conferences Limited). She was associated with Bennett Coleman & Company for over a decade into brand-building and sales.

    Tripathi will report to Chakraborthy.

    Network18 is a media and entertainment group with interests in television, internet, films, e-commerce, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses. Through its subsidiary, TV18 Broadcast Ltd., the group operates news channels such as CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, CNN-News18 and IBN7. TV18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom called Viacom18.

  • Network18 braces up revenue function with new appointments

    Network18 braces up revenue function with new appointments

    MUMBAI: Network18, one of India’s most diversified media conglomerates, has been strengthening its revenue team since the past few months after Joy Chakraborthy took over as the President – Revenue for TV18 and CEO-Forbes India in May 2016.

    Moving forward, it has appointed Amit Tripathi as the national revenue head for government sales & non-metro markets, and Sandhya Dhar as the vice president – focus sales (branded content of the network).

    Chakraborthy said, “I believe that such talent will continue to strengthen the revenue proposition, and provide greater momentum to the sales function.”

    Tripathi has over 21 years of experience in sales, marketing & business development. Prior to joining Network18, he was the COO and national sales head at Focus News. He also served as the national sales head at Zee News in the past.

    Dhar has over 17 years of experience in sales. She was the asst. vice president & sector head (BFSI & HealthCare) at ET Edge (Times Conferences Limited). She was associated with Bennett Coleman & Company for over a decade into brand-building and sales.

    Tripathi will report to Chakraborthy.

    Network18 is a media and entertainment group with interests in television, internet, films, e-commerce, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses. Through its subsidiary, TV18 Broadcast Ltd., the group operates news channels such as CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, CNN-News18 and IBN7. TV18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom called Viacom18.

  • Salt Brand Solutions promotes Siddhartha Singh as CEO, Arun Divakar as NCD

    Salt Brand Solutions promotes Siddhartha Singh as CEO, Arun Divakar as NCD

    MUMBAI: Salt Brand Solutions has rejigged its top management. The company has promoted Siddhartha Singh as CEO and Arun Divakar as national creative director (NCD).

     

    Singh is one of the founder members of Salt and till now was executive vice president (EVP). He has almost two decades of experience across agencies like Leo Burnett, Ambience Publicis and Rediffusion – Y&R.

     

    Singh said, “I plan to up the ante on product delivery, ensuring it is above industry standard and pushes the agenda of being best new-age business partners to our clients. This is something we have practiced for the last four years and today feel confident and capable of delivering. In addition, I want to instil brand thinking that cuts through the jargon, brings in simplicity and germinates from a client’s business problem rather than lofty brand ideologies.”

     

    On the other end of the spectrum is Divakar, who will now be responsible for the complete creative portfolio of Salt. “I want to create an environment where people contribute and come up with ideas fearlessly and frequently in a manner that is fun, for I believe that Happy People create Happy Work and that is something that we want to stand for,” he said.

     

    Divakar started his career as an account executive, but quickly realised he was a better art director than the ones he was listening to! He has worked with Flagship and Saatchi & Saatchi in Mumbai, and Classic Partnership, O&M, Y&R and TBWA in the U.A.E, before taking on the role of regional creative director, Pirana which he helped set up in the U.A.E. In 2014 he moved back to India and joined Salt Brand Solutions.

     

    Defining the road ahead, Salt Brand Solutions founder Mahesh Chauhan added, “Divakar has been the proverbial madman of Salt. His talent coupled with his joie de vivre has transformed our work and culture beautifully. Sid, on the other hand, has been a pillar over the past four years of Salt and has seamlessly transitioned into this role. He is widely respected and brings great gravitas to our offering as an organisation.”

     

    “With these elevations, I will now be spending my time driving ideas for our clients. This will involve working seamlessly with both the strategy and creative teams. The end objective being consistently superior work for all our partners as well as properties that we develop for ourselves,” he added.

  • Less than half of Group A sanctioned posts filled in AIR & DD

    Less than half of Group A sanctioned posts filled in AIR & DD

    NEW DELHI: Even as it has stressed the need for manpower audit in view of technological upgradation, statistics show that only 30,093 of the 46,756 sanctioned posts have been filled in the cash-strapped Prasar Bharati.

     

    Of the total, the filled posts in All India Radio (AIR) are 15,538 out of the sanctioned 26,129, while 14,555 posts have been filled out of the 20,627 sanctioned posts in Doordarshan (DD).

     

    In Group A, AIR has filled just 719 of the 2002 posts and DD has filled just 517 of the 1083 sanctioned strength.

     

    After rigorous exercise, the Government had identified 3452 posts as essential category posts for filling up in Prasar Bharati. Out of these, 3067 posts were identified by Government as essential category of posts in Prasar Bharati to be filled up through direct recruitment have been revived.

     

    A special onetime dispensation was obtained to recruit these through Staff Selection Commission.

     

    Prasar Bharati sources say Staff Selection Commission has already recommended 2367 candidates for appointment. Prasar Bharati is in the process of issue of appointment orders.

     

    In addition, 38 middle and senior level programme posts have been revived for filling up on deputation basis.

  • Fox International Channels makes new executive appointments in Asia

    Fox International Channels makes new executive appointments in Asia

    MUMBAI: Fox International Channels (FIC) has made three new appointments in its leadership team in Asia. Veteran FIC executives Rohit D’Silva and David Shin will see their roles being expanded, whereas Prakash Ramchandani joins the network to lead its non-linear strategy.

     

    Effective immediately, D’Silva takes on the role of executive vice president – commercial, a newly created division, which oversees the network’s revenue streams across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, with the exception of advertising sales. In his new role, D’Silva oversees growth strategy for affiliate and non-linear partnerships, international channel distribution outside of Asia, as well as content syndication across all genres. FIC aims to broaden its relationships with new and existing partners by offering a multi-faceted portfolio of traditional and OTT products and services under one commercial division.

     
    D’Silva has been with FIC Asia for 11 years, first starting out in India and then moving to Dubai as general manager of FIC Middle East in 2006. In 2013, he moved to Singapore to lead the sports division when ESPN Star Sports, which subsequently became Fox Sports, came under the network’s fold. In his new capacity, he will still retain his sports content acquisition duties and will continue to be based in Singapore. For his responsibilities covering Hong Kong & Southeast Asia and all sports acquisitions, D’Silva will continue to report into Joon Lee, who holds a dual role as FIC executive vice president of content & communications for Asia Pacific & Middle East and managing director of Hong Kong & Southeast Asia.

     

    For his commercial responsibilities outside of HK and SE Asia, D’Silva will report into FIC president of Asia Pacific & Middle East Zubin Gandevia.

     
    FIC promoted Shin to the role of general manager of its business and operations in Japan. In his new role, Shin will be responsible for FIC Japan’s P&L, growth strategy, content, marketing and channel operations. He joined FIC in 2009 and was leading the content & communications division in Japan prior to his promotion. In his tenure as head of content, he took the network’s content and channel operations from strength to strength, overseeing the introduction of sports content into FIC Japan’s portfolio, and pioneered the development of OTT platform partnerships, including recent groundbreaking deals. Shin reports into Gandevia.
     

    Ramchandani joins FIC as vice president of Non-Linear Products for Hong Kong & Southeast Asia. In this newly created role, Ramchandani will be responsible for driving FIC’s non-linear strategy and product development across the region, including the network’s authenticated TV Everywhere services and new OTT business models. Ramchandani joins FIC from Spuul, a global OTT service, where he set up their Indian subsidiary and managed its P&L, as well devised the company’s overseas strategy since 2011. The appointment underscores FIC’s development and investment in the non-linear space, as part of the network’s commitment to working with new and existing partners to deliver quality content to viewers in all the ways that suit their consumption behavior. Ramchandani reports to Lee and will be based in Singapore.

     
    Commenting on the executives’ new leadership roles, Lee said, “Our business is growing rapidly in Asia and our success depends in large part on having the right leaders in place. Rohit and David have been an integral part of the FIC Asia family so I can’t think of better executives to take on the roles they have. Non-linear products are a big part of our future and I’m pleased to have an experienced executive like Prakash onboard to help us drive this area. He is a pioneer and early mover in this space and I have no doubt he will take our plans forward rapidly.”

     
    “As our business grows, so do our people. We have a clear vision for our business and having the right talent in key roles is integral to achieving all that we want to achieve. I am lucky to be surrounded by very capable executives who complement each other and are equally driven to achieve our vision. FIC Asia’s leadership team will continue to strengthen and I look forward to taking our business to new heights as a team,” added Gandevia.

     

  • Kotak Mahindra Bank gets new head of corporate and investments

    Kotak Mahindra Bank gets new head of corporate and investments

    MUMBAI: TV Raghunath has been appointed as the new head of corporate and investment banking at Kotak Mahindra Bank. His new position will see him focussing on covering the larger corporates in India in an integrated manner, with the help of the current Kotak Investment Banking senior executive director, Chetan Savla, as well as continuing to oversee Kotak Mahindra Capital Company (Kotak Investment Banking).

     

    Raghunath’s former post as managing director and CEO of Kotak Investment Banking is now taken up by S Ramesh — a veteran in the capital markets with extensive experience in handling marquee transactions, who can be credited with introducing many landmark initiatives in the Indian capital markets.

     

    In addition, Sourav Mallik has moved up to become the joint managing director of Kotak Investment Banking, while the Equities business will be headed by V. Jayasankar. Pankaj Kalra is expected to play a significant leadership role in coverage and ideation for corporates in the Corporate Advisory Group of the investment bank.

     

    Investment Banking corporate president KVS Manian said, “As I contemplate the future, I am excited about the significant opportunities that exist for us as a group to build a high-quality corporate franchise. With these organizational changes, I am confident that we are well structured to achieve the next level of growth.”