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  • Adfactors PR appoints Shilpa Desai to drive digital and innovation in BFSI and capital markets

    Adfactors PR appoints Shilpa Desai to drive digital and innovation in BFSI and capital markets

    MUMBAI: Adfactors PR has named Shilpa Desai as senior vice-president – digital and innovation for its BFSI and capital markets practices, a move that signals the firm’s intent to hardwire digital transformation into its core financial services offering. Working with the founders and senior leadership, Desai will design and execute initiatives that expand digital capabilities, integrate analytics, and build innovation-led systems to deliver sharper impact for clients and future-proof the organisation.

    With over 20 years of experience, Desai is no stranger to India’s financial sector. She began her career at ICICI Bank before moving to Standard Chartered, where she built the digital marketing practice for India and South Asia. At IDFC Bank, she was part of the founding team, launching the bank in 2015 and later setting up its digital business and marketing analytics functions. She went on to lead brand and marketing at Fullerton India and, most recently, served as executive vice-president and head of marketing at HDFC Ergo.

    In parallel, Desai has also run her own consultancy, Digital by Design, advising institutions on digital-first marketing and transformation. An engineer with an MBA, she is currently pursuing a PhD in management at IIT Bombay, adding academic rigour to her industry experience.

    Her appointment comes as Adfactors PR doubles down on its BFSI and capital markets verticals, a cornerstone of its business. The firm said Desai’s remit will be to strengthen its ability to offer integrated, data-rich, innovation-driven communications solutions at a time when fintech disruption, digital adoption and AI-led marketing are rewriting the rules of engagement.

    Industry watchers say the hire reflects both client expectations and competitive pressure. As BFSI players accelerate digital adoption, PR firms are under pressure to match pace with insight-driven, technology-enabled campaigns that deliver measurable outcomes.

    Adfactors PR, already the largest PR consultancy in India, is betting that Desai’s blend of operational depth, digital vision and sectoral expertise will give it an edge in a market where communications is increasingly inseparable from data and technology.

  • ZEEL appoints Animesh Kumar as chief people officer

    ZEEL appoints Animesh Kumar as chief people officer

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has appointed Animesh Kumar as the chief people officer (CPO). He will report to ZEEL MD and CEO Punit Goenka.

    In his new role, Kumar will be spearheading the human resources function to build a dynamic workplace that attracts the best talent and enables innovative people practices, supporting the growing workforce needs.

    The new CPO has also worked with the IDFC Group for nine years engaging in various roles like head of human resources, marketing head of IDFC Bank and CEO of IDFC Foundation. Prior to joining ZEE, he was associated with the Future Group as the chief people & transformation officer wherein he was responsible for driving the internal transformation.

    Having over 25 years of experience, Kumar has led the HR function at large scale Indian and MNCs for over 15 years. He has served on boards of various companies and has worked closely with non-profit organisations helping them enhance internal capacity to increase their social impact.

    Kumar started his career with Marico as the HR manager and served the organisation for more than five years from June 1993 to December 1998. He has done BA in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce and holds a post graduate diploma degree on PM&IR (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) in Human Resources from XLRI College, Jamshedpur.

  • IPG Interactive Avenues ‘best agency’: IAMAI

    MUMBAI: The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has named IPG Mediabrands’ full service digital agency, Interactive Avenues (IA), the Best Digital Agency of the Year for the fourth time in a row.

    The seventh edition of IAMAI’s India Digital Awards was part of the 11th India Digital Summit held in New Delhi yesterday. IAMAI is a not-for-profit industry body, which is mandated to expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors.

    At the 2017, India Digital Awards, Interactive Avenues won four Gold (including the Best Digital Agency of the Year), 1 Silver and 2 Bronze trophies. The agency picked the Gold awards for Reckitt Benckiser’s Display Campaign, Johnson & Johnson’s Search Marketing Campaign and American Express Email Marketing Campaign. It picked the Silver award for Coca Cola India’s Social Media Marketing Campaign. The agency grabbed the 2 Bronze awards for Samsonite Most Innovative Use of Content and Jockey’s Search Campaigns.

    “Last year when we picked up this trophy for the third time, it seemed liked a momentous occasion in our journey as an agency. But winning this award for the 4th time is really gratifying and reinforces our belief in the kind of work we are doing and the value we are adding to our client’s business”, said, Interactive Avenues CEO Amardeep Singh.

    “IPG Mediabrands’ commitment in bringing in the most cutting edge tools and techniques to India has made Interactive Avenues the most future ready digital agency in the country We have India’s largest end-to-end social management infrastructure & teams, the most advanced data analytics and programmatic platforms and listening centres and several proprietary research tools”, added Singh.

    IA is the fastest growing company under the IPG Mediabrands India umbrella with a 4-year CAGR of about 40 per cent. In 2016, Interactive Avenues added several new businesses including FunOKplease, IDFC Bank, Angel Broking, Wockhardt Hospitals,Saint Gobain and Saregama. This is in addition to the integrated businesses like Johnson & Johnson, Gionee and Tourism Australia.