Tag: Global CMO

  • Shoumyan Biswas takes the global marketing wheel at Practo

    Shoumyan Biswas takes the global marketing wheel at Practo

    MUMBAI: Shoumyan Biswas, one of India’s most pedigreed marketing minds, has just hung his boots at Tata Digital and laced up for his next sprint—as the global chief marketing and strategy officer at Practo. The move puts him squarely in the driver’s seat of the healthtech player’s next growth phase.

    Biswas, known for launching Flipkart Plus, scaling Big Billion Days, and making loyalty glamorous  again, isn’t your average CMO. He’s also held P&L roles, built brands from scratch, and juggled strategy, product, and people mandates across unicorns and FMCG giants alike.

    From starting out at Pepsi to orchestrating multi-million dollar brand lifts at Hindustan Unilever, scaling kitchen empires at Rebel Foods, advising ICICI Lombard’s board, and leading loyalty and growth at Flipkart and Tata, the man’s résumé reads like a marketer’s bucket list.

    At Tata Digital, he wore three hats—CMO, business head, and chief of group loyalty. Now, at Practo, he’s sharpening his scalpel to carve out new-age healthcare narratives, with a dose of data and digital sorcery.
    With over two decades of shaping brands and boosting bottom lines, this boardroom giant is now gunning for a healthier, wealthier Practo.

     Watch this space—Biswas rarely misses a prescription for impact.

  • AiTrillion onboards Sudiptaa Paul Choudhury as global CMO

    AiTrillion onboards Sudiptaa Paul Choudhury as global CMO

    Mumbai: AiTrillion, a SaaS marketing platform for e-commerce sellers worldwide, has announced the onboarding of Sudiptaa Paul Choudhury as chief marketing officer (CMO).

    In this role, Choudhury will be responsible for marketing strategy, planning, budget design, and execution backed by research and data-led insights, the company said in a statement. “Her key operation will be leveraging marketing automation across channels to improve customer experience and managing company-wide internal and external communication campaigns,” it added.

    With over a decade of experience in the marketing domain, Choudhury has successfully led multi-million-dollar projects in Intuit, Tally, Ericsson, Oracle, HP, and other notable organisations. With core strengths in planning breakthrough marketing strategies and executing them, she has been a persistent marketer poised with technology and knowledge.

    “With Sudiptaa’s expertise in B2B marketing we can leverage on her strengths to captivate and attract Indian, USA clients and customers thus educating customers on our marketing automation tool which will enable, empower and enlighten them to use online and thus convert sales more effectively,” stated AiTrillion founder Manoj Dhanotiya.

    Choudhury is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and an engineer in computer science from Vishveshswaraya Technology University, Belgaum, Karnataka.

    “I am excited to start and charter a new roadmap for AiTrillion in the USA and penetrate amongst customers in other key geographies e.g., Canada, UK, Australia, India, APAC,” said Choudhury. “The product and industry knowledge expertise that we have in the overseas market will be an asset towards nurturing the e-commerce industry in India and providing a platform for millions and this gives a huge opportunity for me to drive performance-led marketing, thought leadership and engage in interesting success stories for the organisation.”

  • QuEST onboards Yumi Clevenger-Lee as global CMO

    QuEST onboards Yumi Clevenger-Lee as global CMO

    Mumbai: Product engineering and lifecycle services company QuEST Global on Thursday announced the appointment of Yumi Clevenger-Lee as global chief marketing officer (CMO). She will be based out of Connecticut, USA, and will report directly to QuEST Global, chairman & CEO, Ajit Prabhu.

    Yumi will be responsible for marketing strategy, brand positioning, advertising, and corporate communications to build the QuEST brand across geographic regions, industry verticals, and services, said the company in a statement.

    A marketing veteran, Yumi joins QuEST Global with 17 years of experience in consumer-packaged goods. Her vast marketing experience includes new product innovation, reinventing brands through purpose, developing engaging campaigns and creating new communication and business models. With her marketing expertise, she has built many well-known brands around the world including  S Pellegrino, Perrier, Cheerios, and Green Giant.

    Extending a warm welcome to Yumi on joining QuEST, Ajit Prabhu said, “She is known as a passionate brand builder who has been instrumental in developing strategies that have helped organisations accelerate growth. I believe under her able leadership and in-depth understanding of marketing; we will be able to further strengthen the QuEST brand and drive growth across our engineering services portfolio.”

    Yumi has robust global experience spanning her career. Before joining QuEST, she was the executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Nestle Waters North America, where she was responsible for a $4.5 billion portfolio of 16 brands. Previously, she served as the director of marketing for the Latin America region of Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), head of innovation globally based in Switzerland for CPW, and led the Cheerios brand for General Mills Canada.

    Commenting on her appointment, Yumi said, “QuEST has an excellent track record of helping its clients reinvent their businesses through innovation. With a strong vision to build solutions that advance the way we live, work, travel, and engage with each other, I look forward to helping QuEST strengthen its global leadership to be both a force for growth and a force for good.” 

  • Havas Worldwide appoints Matt Weiss as Global CMO

    MUMBAI: Havas Worldwide (formely known as Euro RSCG Worldwide) has appointed Matt Weiss as global chief marketing officer.

    In his new role, Weiss will work closely with key leaders across the Havas Worldwide network to drive growth for the agency and its clients.

    Based in the New York office, Weiss will officially begin his new role in January 2013.

    Havas CEO David Jones said, “Matt joins our team at an exciting time for Havas Worldwide. We‘re coming off one of our strongest ever years for new business. The rebranding has underscored our unique integrated structure and digital-at-the-core model while acting as a real growth accelerator.”

    “Matt‘s experience working with some of the world‘s largest and most innovative brands will be a huge asset in driving our clients‘ businesses forward and with it our own growth,” Jones added.

    Weiss joins the network three months after Havas renamed its 316 offices (including India) to Havas Worldwide. According to the agency, in the last two months the agency has won Louis Vuitton globally, Berluti globally, Diet Coke in Europe, the European Central Bank, and La Poste together with the global Unilever data business.

    Weiss replaces Naomi Troni, who was recently appointed CEO, Havas Worldwide Southeast Asia.

    Weiss said, “I was drawn to the scope and scale of Havas Worldwide and their unique position as being one of the most agile, collaborative, and digitally innovative of all the global networks. Equally intriguing is their unique view of the changing marketing landscape – a deep understanding of how social media and corporate responsibility are intrinsically linked to drive business results for clients.”

    Prior to joining Havas Worldwide, Weiss has also worked with companies like McCann Worldgroup and kbs+.