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  • JWT appoints Mohit Hira as SVP & regional biz director

    Mumbai: JWT India has appointed Mohit Hira as SVP and regional business director. He will be based in Delhi.

    Hira has joined from NIIT where he was the chief marketing officer for their retail individual training businesses and the recently launched NIIT University.

    JWT South Asia CEO Colvyn Harris said, “Mohit’s proficiency in creative, content and strategic planning skills and his experience as a brand custodian will work towards creating a great value proposition for our clients. His strong creative and digital capabilities make Mohit a great asset for JWT.”

    Hira brings with him 26 years of diverse experience in advertising, marketing, print and digital media. He has also worked with The Times of India Group with ET and Navbharat Times and later went on to become the director of Times Internet.

    Before joining the corporate world, he was with Contract Advertising (Kolkata and Delhi) and DDB Needham (Oman) where he had creative, account planning and business responsibilities.

  • MSN India appoints Samir Saraiya as head of business development

    MSN India appoints Samir Saraiya as head of business development

    MUMBAI: MSN India, the leading online destination for Indians across the globe, today announced the appointment of Samir Saraiya as head of business development.

    Saraiya will be reporting to MSN India & Windows Live country head Jaspreet Bindra.
    According to Bindra in an official statement, “The Indian Internet market is flourishing and the growth that MSN India is experiencing reflects that. The appointment of Samir is part of our commitment to strengthen our pool of experience and expertise that MSN customers have come to expect.”

    In this newly created role, Saraiya will be responsible for leveraging the strengths of MSN India and Windows Live to create new opportunities and relationships with businesses in the Indian market.

    He has been with the internet industry for the past several years. The early dotcom wave saw him shifting to Mid-Day where he headed the group’s business development portfolio across its digital assets. He then joined the Indian media conglomerate, The Times of India Group, where he worked with the vice chairman’s office overseeing business strategy across the Group’s media properties, including Indiatimes, The Economic Times and Bombay Times.

    In 2003, he moved to Yahoo! India where he was responsible for creating new revenue streams across both the internet and mobile divisions including launching Yahoo! India’s E-commerce initiative and its mobile adverting products, states the release.