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  • Dish TV brings back Gaurav Goel to chart new growth path

    Dish TV brings back Gaurav Goel to chart new growth path

    NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at sharpening its strategic focus, Dish TV has reappointed Gaurav Goel as chief strategy officer and senior management personnel, effective July 4. The decision was signed off by the board in a meeting on 3 July, following a nod from the nomination and remuneration committee. The company informed the Bombay stock exchange of the development through a regulatory filing. 

    Goel, a member of the promoter group, is no stranger to the satellite TV giant. He previously played a pivotal role in streamlining operations and driving business strategy during his earlier stint. With a background in digital transformation and partnerships, he is now expected to power Dish TV’s next wave of evolution in the increasingly digital DTH battlefield.

    A graduate of the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, Goel is known for his strategic foresight and analytical chops, qualities Dish TV will be betting on as it navigates a shifting media landscape.

    The board also noted the exit of Rajeev Kumar Dalmia from senior management, effective end of business 3 July, due to a change in contractual terms.

  • CommsCredible elevates Priyanka Wadhwa & Neena Biswal as co-founders

    CommsCredible elevates Priyanka Wadhwa & Neena Biswal as co-founders

    Mumbai: On its 2nd anniversary, India-headquartered PR tech start-up, CommsCredible has announced the addition of two women co-founders in its leadership team. The bootstrapped start-up has elevated Priyanka Wadhwa, from head of strategy & operations, to co-founder and chief strategy officer and Neena Biswal, from head of South office, to co-founder & director.

    Born during the covid pandemic, the company has won numerous prestigious awards in a very short span of time, which include ETBrandEquity’s ‘Emerging Agency of the Year’, Agency Reporter’s ‘Fastest Growing Agency of the Year’, and Inskpell Media’s ‘Best Consulting Start-up of the Year’, apart from winning many other for its partner clients at forums such a Mint-TechCircle, Campaign India, IDC etc.

    Commenting on her elevation, Wadhwa said, “The collective vision and future of CommsCredible is very exciting to me. The opportunities are endless when it comes to the play of technology in PR, as well as its business and community impact. I look forward to taking our business strategy to the next level as we head towards a global scale up in the next phase.”

    Added Biswal, “I am happy to be part of this growth journey of CommsCredible. Since inception, I have been privy to how we have grown incredibly through word of mouth and good storytelling, without having to focus on business development. It’s a very interesting time for us as a company, as we add technology to grow asset-lite, expand our client portfolio, and strengthen our offerings to become a preferred partner for brands from diverse industries.”

    In her previous role, Wadhwa was heading the company’s business strategy and operations, while Biswal’s prior role included responsibilities such as strengthening media relations and taking an integrated communications approach for partner brands.   

    Talking about CommsCredible’s success story, founder Aman Dhall said, “Our client and media community have helped us build a strong backbone and led our growth journey. We have been focused on improving collaboration with the media, and enhancing client experience from day zero. That will stay our focus going forward as well. We are very proud of our team having diverse industry experience, as well as great business and media understanding for effective storytelling.”  

    CommsCredible is currently working with 20+ partner brands across diverse sectors. Its partner clients include early-stage consumer internet startups such as BASIC Home Loan, Onsurity, Sugmya Finance, global VC firms, technology brands such as Picus Capital, PTC Inc., CAST Software and prominent Indian brands such as Grant Thornton Bharat, In-Solutions Global (ISG) and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

    Currently, it has presence across key geographies in India, including Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi, and overseas in Europe and the US. The company’s vision is to build a credible community, which thrives on factual information and authentic storytelling that builds trust within the media and communication ecosystem.

  • Girish Menon joins Jetsynthesys as chief strategy officer

    Girish Menon joins Jetsynthesys as chief strategy officer

    Mumbai: Jetsynthesys has appointed Girish Menon as chief strategy officer, according to his recent LinkedIn update.

    He was previously associated with KPMG as a partner for its media and entertainment practice. Jetsynthesys is an IT services and consulting company specialising in gaming, esports and entertainment domain.

    Menon is a professional with over 25 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, strategy and consulting with a specialisation in media, digital, gaming & consumer internet domains.

    He has been associated with KPMG for 21 years out of which 14 years were spent in the deal advisory practice covering strategy and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory. He has also had an entrepreneurial stint heading a film studio venture and also held the role of head strategy at Balaji Telefilms.

  • Brightcove appoints David Beck as chief strategy and corporate development officer

    Brightcove appoints David Beck as chief strategy and corporate development officer

    Mumbai: Brightcove announced the appointment of David Beck as its chief strategy and corporate development officer. Beck will lead strategy, business development and corporate development for the company.

    Working closely with Brightcove CEO Marc DeBevoise, Beck will be focused on developing strategies that enhance current offerings and create opportunities to expand Brightcove’s existing businesses. His broad remit will also focus on enabling Brightcove to expand into new markets and lines of business utilizing its market-leading software platform.

    “We are excited to bolster our executive team with the appointment of David Beck as chief strategy and corporate development officer,” said Brightcove chief executive officer Marc DeBevoise. “David is an exceptional strategist and operator with deep industry experience and a proven track record of architecting innovative strategies and initiatives for world-class companies and brands. I’m excited to get to work with David and have him help us realize our vision and crystalize our continued growth strategy.”

    Beck brings two decades of experience in strategy, operations, and business development at elite digital brands, most recently having served as the executive vice president, head of content strategy and business operations at AMC.

    At AMC, Beck led the strategy to accelerate AMC’s streaming business model transformation, including its integrated linear, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) (AMC+), and advertising video-on-demand/ free ad-supported streaming television (AVOD/FAST) services and partnerships for business-to-business (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) distribution.

    He also drove the modernization of its core operations across AMC, BBC America, Sundance TV, IFC, and WE TV. Prior to his time at AMC, David served as the EVP, corporate strategy and operations at WarnerMedia, and chief strategy officer of TNT and TBS. He is also the co-founder of advisory and investment firm BRAVE Ventures, acquired by Turner (now Warner Bros. Discovery).

    “Brightcove is an innovator and trailblazer in the video communications space, and I’m both energized and honoured to join the company at such an exciting time,” said Beck. “With a new CEO developing a focused vision, a fantastic team with building enthusiasm and ready to act, and a best-in-class technology platform to build on, I am incredibly excited to go after the opportunities ahead of us.”

  • Kaizzen appoints Soumya Dev as chief strategy officer

    Kaizzen appoints Soumya Dev as chief strategy officer

    Mumbai: PR agency Kaizzen has further strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Soumya Dev as Chief Strategy Officer. 

    In this role, Dev will be working closely with Kaizzen founder and CEO Vineet Handa in driving the organisational strategy for the company, including new service offerings, footprint expansion, acquisitions and partnerships.

    Dev brings with him close to two decades of experience in the full mix of communications, spanning digital marketing, content marketing, public relations and multimedia production. He is a seasoned communications professional, having worked at Fortune 500 corporates in international roles as well as at best-of-breed communications agencies in India. Most recently, Dev was leading the digital mandate for PepsiCo’s Asia, Middle-East and North Africa operations.

    “Soumya is highly experienced and is credited for driving successful campaigns at the intersection of technology, data-science and compelling storytelling. Having him on board further strengthens our aspirations to transform Kaizzen into a knowledge-based and data-led communications consultancy,” said Vineet Handa. “We are investing significantly to add highly specialised expertise into our client offerings such as insights, integrated communications and advocacy, as well as toward expanding our domestic and international market footprint.” 

    “I am excited to join Kaizzen at a very exciting juncture of its growth journey. Kaizzen has a tremendous talent pool and a host of successful client relationships across sectors. It presents exciting possibilities to bring value to our clients and in driving the growth story of the company,” said Soumya Dev.

  • Arvind Srivastava promoted to chief strategy officer of Ogilvy Asia

    Arvind Srivastava promoted to chief strategy officer of Ogilvy Asia

    Mumbai: Ogilvy has promoted Arvind Srivastava to the position of chief strategy officer of Ogilvy Asia. He succeeds Benoit Wiesser, who will be relocating to Europe.

    Srivastava started his career as a CRM planner at OgilvyOne Delhi and has spent nearly 18 years with Ogilvy Asia in various strategic planning roles across the markets. He is currently serving as chief strategy officer, Ogilvy China. “Srivastava will continue to work from Shanghai where he has been since 2016,” said the company.

    “Arvind has done an outstanding job for Ogilvy Asia for nearly 20 years in various strategy roles across several Asian markets,” said co-chief executive Asia and chief executive Greater China Chris Reitermann. “He has a deep understanding of the evolving strategy needs of our Clients and brings a great mix of business, brand and digital strategy to our offer. We very much look forward to partnering with him in building on the strong foundation set by Benoit and I’m personally excited to have a strong strategy partner continuing to be based out of China.”

    Srivastava previously led and anchored Ogilvy China’s strategy for global clients such as Nestlé and The Coca-Cola Company and played a key role on large Chinese brands, including AliExpress.

    “Ogilvy has one of the strongest and the most effective strategy teams in Asia, and I feel truly honored to be given this responsibility,” said Srivastava on his new role.“I am excited at the opportunity to partner with our strategy and business leaders to continue evolving and modernising Ogilvy Asia’s strategic solutions to drive growth and impact for our clients at the intersection of capabilities.”

  • Amin Lakhani elevated as Mindshare CEO, Parthasarathy Mandayam is GroupM CSO

    Amin Lakhani elevated as Mindshare CEO, Parthasarathy Mandayam is GroupM CSO

    Mumbai: GroupM, the media investment group of WPP on Tuesday announced the appointment of Parthasarathy Mandayam (Maps) as GroupM South Asia’s chief strategy officer (CSO) and Amin Lakhani, who is elevated to the role of Mindshare South Asia’s chief executive officer (CEO), which was earlier led by Maps.

    GroupM continues to invest in its talent, creating a strong leadership pipeline for the future driving the GroupM transformation journey for clients, partners, and internal teams, said the media company in a statement. “Both Maps and Amin have also helped m/SIX, Neo India, and Neo GDS grow significantly and become significant players within the industry,” it added.

    “We have witnessed a significant consolidation of existing businesses, with deeper penetration of our new core offerings under their tutelage,” remarked GroupM South Asia CEO Prasanth Kumar. “Both have been instrumental in strengthening and reinvigorating the agency as it stands today. I have the utmost confidence in their expertise and know that both Maps and Amin will continue to drive innovation and further transformations in their future roles.”

    With more than 25 years of experience in the advertising and communication industry, Maps has successfully managed multiple leadership roles in Mindshare – across data, analytics, strategy, client leadership and business unit leadership. Starting his career with Mindshare in 2009 as head of the newly created ‘business planning’ function, he went on to lead the North, East, and South offices. Later as chief product officer, he led specialist teams in driving strategic initiatives and creating bespoke tools that delivered client delight and recognition. He helped create diverse communities and a culture of learning and sharing. He has also been integral to the Mindshare new business powerhouse over the past decade.

    The role of GroupM’s chief strategy officer will be to channel data, technology, consumer understanding to chart the growth and transformation agenda. Map’s appointment into the new role is part of the strategy that envisions doubling the focus with a significant shift on new-age technologies, products and offerings that require a transformation of both GroupM and client businesses. He will report to Prasanth Kumar.

    “I am extremely grateful to have such an amazing journey at GroupM. I think learning and change have always been a part of my career here. Furthermore, as our offerings become more specialised, we need to ensure synergy and seamless flow of expertise between the various players both internal, WPP and external to get the full benefits of both scale and specialisation,” said Parthasarathy Mandayam on his new role. “As I steer through this journey I will continue to push forward with the growth and transformation agenda to bring in significant synergies between new-age data, technology, consulting, products and offerings for our clients and internal stakeholders.”

    Lakhani has more than 20 years of experience in various roles in Mindshare and GroupM. In his previous role as Mindshare South Asia’s chief operating officer, he has been instrumental in driving the best practices and strengthening key client relationships. Earlier in his career as the leader for Mindshare Fulcrum South Asia, he successfully led the integration of the digital business of Unilever in India, leading the team to the most coveted win of a Grand Prix at Cannes. 

    “We want to build on this existing momentum and drive Mindshare ‘Good Growth’ for our clients,” stated Amin Lakhani. “New age data, technology, creativity, research, consulting, and products will play a major role in this journey. As marketers, we need to take charge and lead this journey for our clients and brands. I am excited for this next phase of my journey.”

    Lakhani has extensive cross-functional experience in media, marketing, product management, leading large teams and has worked with various clients like Pepsi, GSK, ICICI, Castrol, HSBC, BYJU’s, Muthoot, Kellogg’s amongst others. He plays an active role in industry bodies like Barc and AAAI. In this new role, he will report to Prasanth Kumar and Mindshare Asia Pacific CEO Helen McRae.

    “Both Maps and Amin are distinguished leaders who have brought energy, skill and leadership, to the Mindshare Group over the past few years in office. They have both led the agency with their invaluable expertise bringing immense value for our clients and internal teams,” commented Helen McRae. “Mindshare’s achievements and client success journeys over the last few years narrate the business acumen of both Maps and Amin. I congratulate them both and wish them the very best for their new roles!

  • Hashtag Orange appoints P Sridharan Iyer as chief strategy officer

    Hashtag Orange appoints P Sridharan Iyer as chief strategy officer

    Mumbai: Digital communication agency Hashtag Orange on Monday announced the appointment of P Sridharan Iyer as chief strategy officer. 

    A brand strategist and communication veteran, Iyer has been instrumental in creating immense brand wealth within a number of consumer categories for organisations. Over a journey spanning more than 25 years, he has led the execution of transformational brand strategy for a number of international and Indian brands. His last stint was with Publicis Groupe, where he worked as EVP and head of office.

    “I am really excited to welcome Sridhar into the Hashtag Orange Family,” stated Hashtag Orange founder Mukesh Vij. “He has a proven record in managing large businesses and teams and his expertise helps us drive more value for our diverse portfolios of clients.”

    An MBA in marketing from IBMR, Pune, Iyer has multiple agency experiences like Everest Advertising, TBWA Anthem, FCB Ulka, J Walter Thompson, Publicis Groupe. 

    “I am looking forward to this journey, journey entailing sharing of learnings, old and new coming together to create inspiring stories,” said P Sridharan Iyer on his new assignment.

  • Navnit Nakra to spearhead OnePlus India operations

    Navnit Nakra to spearhead OnePlus India operations

    Mumbai: Global technology brand OnePlus has elevated its vice president, chief strategy officer, and head of sales in India, Navnit Nakra, to the role of OnePlus India CEO and head of the brand for India region.

    As part of this new senior leadership role, Nakra will spearhead the company’s business operations and overall strategy for the India region, said the statement.

    “Navnit has successfully led the strategy and sales operations at OnePlus India, and our team has gained immense growth under his leadership,” stated Oppo chief product officer and OnePlus founder Pete Lau. “India continues to be an important market for OnePlus, and we continue to focus on our India community’s needs as we work towards building a newer, more innovative ecosystem of products and services. Therefore, I am confident that Navnit will play a pivotal role in leading the future business operations effectively in the region.”

    Nakra’s journey with OnePlus India began in February 2020 as the vice president and chief strategy officer, wherein he drove the corporate strategy plans as well as key strategic partnerships that are vital to the India business. He went on to also oversee the sales operations of the company in the region, taking on the additional role of head of India sales over the past year.

    “Over the last eight years, OnePlus emerged as a leading technology brand for industry-first innovations. These efforts have been led by our talented and committed India workforce that embody our ‘Never Settle’ spirit towards our business in India,” said Nakra. “With the next phase of growth, I am excited for the opportunity to further drive the growth of OnePlus, as we continue to deliver the best of our flagship technology and build our affordable premium ecosystem portfolio to bring cutting-edge products to our community in India.”

  • Tilt onboards Gulshan Singh as chief strategy officer

    Tilt onboards Gulshan Singh as chief strategy officer

    Mumbai: Brand and communications consultancy Tilt Brand Solutions on Tuesday announced the appointment of Gulshan Singh as chief strategy officer, effective 23 August. Singh will work along with Paul Dueman, also a chief strategy officer, who was brought in a year back. Both Singh and Dueman will be reporting to Tilt Brand Solutions, founder chairman and managing director, Joseph George (Joe).

    “Gulshan’s competencies, experience, and interest are just right for what is needed to lead right-brained planning at Tilt,” said Joseph George. “With this appointment, Tilt Brand Solutions will be the first-ever brand and communications consultancy in the country that will have a two CSO structure – a tangible demonstration of our belief in full-brained thinking and the equal importance and criticality of both left and right-brained planning at Tilt. I am sure Paul and he will enjoy their tango.”

    Singh has almost 20 years of prior work experience across JWT, Publicis, Lowe Lintas, TNS, and IMRB and on clients like Britannia, General Motors, GSK, Mahindra & Mahindra, MakeMyTrip, Marico, Mondelez, Nestle, Nivea, P&G, Tanishq and Tata Tea. He has won Effies on almost all the clients he has worked on, especially so on Britannia, Tata Tea, and Tanishq. 

    Welcoming Singh to the team, Paul Dueman said, “Gulshan’s appointment reflects our belief and our conviction in how we want to drive the strategy function at Tilt. While this journey with him will now become a lot more interesting and a lot more enriching personally for me, our brands and clients of course are the ones who will benefit the most from this appointment.”

    On his new assignment, Singh said, “I have been following with admiration and interest, the way Tilt has gone about building itself the last three years, and I can’t be happier with this opportunity. The desire and insistence to get the strategy right at Tilt are palpable across functions and levels, and that is so motivating and spurring for me as a career planner. I am excitedly looking forward to partner and leverage Paul and his expert team of data analysts and solutions to jointly deliver superior brand and communication solutions.”