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  • Sanjeev Misra joins Yoho’s board as an executive director

    Sanjeev Misra joins Yoho’s board as an executive director

    Mumbai: Yoho, India’s fastest growing D2C footwear brand, has appointed Sanjeev Misra as executive director, effective 1 November. He is also an investing partner holding equity in the startup.

    Misra has over three decades of experience in the corporate world. Prior to joining Yoho, he spent more than five years as the senior vice president & director of Paytm, where he led B2B commerce and global exports & imports.

    His leadership approach has been built around sharp prioritization and focus, growing businesses and brands through innovation, transforming sales, driving productivity, while building teams with the right structure, talent, and culture.

    Prior to Paytm, Misra held the position of vice president – group business & renewables at the Adani Group for almost 3 years. He was responsible for accelerating sales, building strategic planning and overall business development, including corporate governance & IT, telecom. Additionally, he was managing large-scale projects at the firm. Before that, he has spent over a decade in Silicon Valley, working for brands including Motorola Semiconductors, Cisco Systems, Adobe, Compaq Computers and Silicon Graphics.

    Commenting on his appointment, Misra said, “I feel both honoured and humbled on being appointed as the executive director of one of the fastest growing and innovative Indian footwear brands. I’m also excited about the journey ahead in this fascinating space. The Indian footwear industry has the potential to grow 10 folds in the coming years. According to some recent reports, the revenue in the footwear market in India amounts to $23.73 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow annually by 6.77 per cent, CAGR 2022-2027. At Yoho, I look forward to building on the versatile brand that believes in offering comfortable and stylish footwear that cost less than half of the ones offered by popular global giants.”

    Yoho founder Ahmad Hushsham said, “We are delighted to welcome Misra, first as one of our angel investors and now as our executive director. He has played an instrumental role in our strategic development in the initial stage of coming out of stealth mode.”

    Yoho founder Prateek Singhal said, “We are privileged to have Misra join Yoho at this opportune time when we are looking at building and investing in new technology to build new product propositions and directly support our long-term strategic plan. In his new capacity as an executive director we will seek his guidance to scale up the business and expand the consumer base as we continue to disrupt the footwear market with our state-of-the-art technology and AI-powered solutions to create high-performance footwear that is affordable for all.”

    Recently, Yoho raised Rs 20 crore in a Series A round of funding by a group of influential investors, led by Softbank Vision Fund CEO Rajeev Misra, Rukam Capital, and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, along with participation from other investors.

    Founded in 2021, Yoho has already sold 1,00,000+ pairs of footwear after coming out of stealth mode four months back, with just three products – Bubbles, Waves, and Breeze. The products designed with orthopedic ergonomics are available for both men and women across all top e-commerce platforms. Before launching the product lines, Yoho created almost 700 prototypes before settling for the right product line. Each prototype went through stringent tests to ensure that customers get a product that is super comfortable and long-lasting.

  • Madison Media Alpha wins the integrated media AOR of Godrej & Boyce

    Madison Media Alpha wins the integrated media AOR of Godrej & Boyce

    Mumbai: Madison Media Alpha, a unit of Madison World, has just announced the win of Godrej & Boyce integrated media AOR.

    The account was won in a multi- agency pitch and the agency will handle the entire gamut of media including TV, print, social media, digital, performance marketing, OOH and activations.

    Speaking about the agency’s appointment, Mehernosh Pithawalla, senior vice president and head – brand and strategic insights, Godrej & Boyce said, “Madison World has been an industry leader in the realm of communications for several years, now. During the pitch, we observed a lot of synergies, brand resonance and a strong intent by the Madison team to work on Godrej & Boyce. We couldn’t have thought of a better ally to further business metrics and propel brand growth.”

    Commenting on this development Madison World chairman Sam Balsara said, “My association with Godrej goes back to 1985, even before Madison came into being and I am delighted that Madison World has won this business in a competitive pitch and G&B has found our expertise and capabilities a cut above the rest and handed over the media AOR of this much respected company to us. We look forward to growing their brands with our innovative and client first approach.”

    For the record, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd (G&B) was set-up way back in 1897 by Ardeshir Godrej. Since its inception the company has played a pioneering and crucial role in India’s economic growth and created sustainable value for all its stakeholders through its products and services across ten industries. The company right from its inception has launched new and innovative products and consistently contributed to the country’s journey of self-reliance.

    G&B is a highly diversified company operating across as many as 10 industries and 14 businesses ranging from critical industries like aerospace, defense, clean energy, railway and automotive to a range of consumer products. The company offers a range of high quality modern furniture under the brand name of Interio, appliances, like washing machines, refrigerators, microwaves, and air-conditioners, security systems, safes, CCTV cameras, locks and now digital locks too.

    G&B was the first to patent a springless lock, build a fire and burglar resistant safe in the early 1900s and the same spirit of innovation has remained with the company all through.

  • News Nation appoints Anita Khanna as senior vice president & network sales head West

    News Nation appoints Anita Khanna as senior vice president & network sales head West

    Mumbai: News Nation Network has appointed Anita Khanna as senior vice president and network sales head for the West. In her new roles, she will be responsible for the performance of all revenue-generating avenues; drive growth through strategic decisions; partner with key stakeholders and steer revenue acceleration.

    Prior to this, Anita Khanna was vice president of sales for TV Today Network. She was an integral part of the original team to see through the launch of Aaj Tak. She grew the market in the West from scratch to its success. Anita is a well-known media professional with over two decades of experience and a unique, relationship-driven personal approach with clients, advertising agencies, and with her team.

    Speaking about her new position, Anita Khanna said, “It gives me great pleasure to join the enthusiastic and aggressive team of News Nation Network. The brand is already well established and I look forward to collaborating with all stakeholders to achieve long-term goals.”

    On her appointment, News Nation Network chief business officer Bhuwan Bhatt said, “Inclusion of Anita will further strengthen the national team as well as the growth of our west region. We are immensely hopeful that Anita will bring huge value to the organisation with her leadership and interpersonal skills. We look forward to driving growth of all the brands with each passing day in their role.”

    News Nation Network executive vice president and national head of sales Vivek Makkar added, “Joining of Anita will give a strong boost to the revenue potential of the network. I’m confident that, as a seasoned professional, Anita will scale new heights.”

  • NDTV elevates Parimal Dutta to senior vice president

    NDTV elevates Parimal Dutta to senior vice president

    Mumbai: NDTV has elevated Parimal Dutta as senior vice president. He has been associated with the company for over 11 years. He leads the brand solutions team at the news broadcaster.

    During his career spanning 23 years, Dutta has been associated with The Times of India, Star India, CNBC and Bloomberg before joining NDTV in 2011.

    He has delivered demonstrated results in digital and broadcast media and is skilled in sales, negotiation, integrated marketing, advertising, channel sales and strategic planning.

    Dutta is an alumnus of Delhi University. 

  • Dina D’Souza joins MX Player as senior vice president direct and OTT AVOD

    Dina D’Souza joins MX Player as senior vice president direct and OTT AVOD

    Mumbai: Times Internet owned MX Player has appointed Dina D’Souza as senior vice president of direct and OTT (AVOD) business, according to her LinkedIn profile.

    MX Player is one of the largest AVOD OTT platforms in the country with a base of 300 million monthly active users.

    “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as senior vice president at MX Player! I will be driving the Direct and the OTT AVOD business for the organisation, in this new role,” said D’souza in the post.

    D’Souza’s previous assignment was short video platform Trell as vice president and head of the monetisation. She was associated with Flipkart as director of the monetisation and before that was with advertising platform Pokkt as vice president of sales.

    She has over 22 years of experience in sales and marketing across organisations such as 9XM Media, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Bennett Coleman and Co.

    D’Souza has widespread experience across the media, internet and ad-tech industry and has worked in the revenue function across print, web, mobile, ad-tech and commerce products.

  • Jio Haptik brings in Prashant Rao as SVP – customer value & experience

    Jio Haptik brings in Prashant Rao as SVP – customer value & experience

    Mumbai: Jio Haptik Technologies, a conversational AI company and a subsidiary of Reliance Jio Platforms, has brought Prashant Rao on board as senior vice president of customer value and experience. He will serve as the leader for the pre-sales/sales engineering, professional services, and customer success groups to drive consistent, frictionless value-driven outcomes in the customer journey.

    In this role, Rao will spearhead the newly formed customer value and experience business unit, a cohesive organisation responsible for end-to-end customer onboarding and experience with a singular focus on maximising success, said the statement.

    Rao comes with over 20 years of technology experience and has served with several prominent organisations across B2B SaaS, AI/ML, conversational AI, speech technologies, and GRC. Prior to Haptik, he was the leader for global services and customer success at Uniphore and also at MetricStream, working in multiple leadership roles and scaling the company’s business for close to a decade. 

    Leveraging his sharp technical skills and extensive experience, Rao made his way up the corporate ladder and even served with tech giants like Microsoft, Intel, and ANSR Consulting during the early part of his career, said the statement.

    “Haptik’s customer value and experience function has been set up with a key element of our mission to become even more customer-centric than ever. Prashant has a proven record of success in both startups and large tech companies and his arrival marks a critical moment in Haptik’s growth journey,” said Haptik co-founder and CEO Aakrit Vaish. “I am confident that under his leadership, this group will be instrumental in driving customer delight across the depth and breadth of Haptik’s product portfolio to steer us towards becoming a global leader in the conversational AI economy.”

    Over the years, Rao has played the role of a trusted advisor to customers and scaled high-performance teams to drive phenomenal business outcomes of SaaS product-led businesses. Being a startup champion and advisor, he is a known leader in the startup ecosystem of India and is well-revered in the digital transformation technology industry, which has helped him earn valuable experiences during his time in the field collaborating with customers and partners globally.

    Speaking on the appointment, Prashant Rao said, “What co-founders Aakrit and Swapan have created in Haptik is truly special, embracing a growth-oriented work culture at the organization supported by the fueling energy of the team. I would look forward to building on this momentum and bolstering the vision of being the global category leader in the conversational economy and AI/ML technology.”

  • Wow Skin Science appoints Gurpinder Singh Walia as SVP-offline sales

    Wow Skin Science appoints Gurpinder Singh Walia as SVP-offline sales

    Mumbai: FMCG personal care brand Wow Skin Science has appointed Gurpinder Singh Walia as the senior vice president – offline sales. He will be heading the offline sales including general trade and modern trade for Woe Skin Science and Body Cupid. 

    “Gurpinder’s role will entail contributing to the development, implementation, monitoring, and review of business strategies that maximise the brand’s retail top and bottom line,” said the brand in a statement.

    In his career spanning over 19 years, Gurpinder comes with vast experience in the consumer goods industry-leading mandate for brands such as Dabur India, Abbott Nutrition International, Henkel India, SC Johnson Products, Parle Products.

    “Wow has led an iconic journey through its vast online presence in a country that is 90 per cent rooted in offline experientials. I am excited to be driving the next growth phase of the organisation through various offline touchpoints,” said Gurpinder Singh Walia.

    “Being an experienced and a strong sales professional, Gurpinder will be able to devise and navigate sales strategies that will strengthen the brand positioning and recall. With him now as part of our brand, we are looking to enhance a WOWsome offline experience through various interesting collaborations,” stated Wow Skin Science co-founder Manish Chowdhary.

  • Pickrr brings in Vineet Budhiraja as SVP – operations

    Pickrr brings in Vineet Budhiraja as SVP – operations

    Mumbai: Pickrr, a SaaS-based logistics start-up has announced the appointment of Vineet Budhiraja as senior vice president, operations. 

    In this role, Budhiraja will supervise the company’s overall operations, curate growth-centric strategies for client onboarding, maintain customer success, and drive the force for the company’s holistic growth, said the statement.

    With over 13 years of robust experience in the industry, Budhiraja comes with in-depth expertise in operations, product management, and customer experience. He has amassed knowledge of the logistics sector, e-commerce, B2B & D2C marketplace.

    “Vineet joins us at a time when Pickrr has already set foot on the growth accelerator, and with his help, we believe Pickrr will achieve more significant milestones and solve more problems for sellers in the D2C industry,” said Pickrr co-founder and CEO Gaurav Mangla.

    Budhiraja holds an MBA from the prestigious SJMSOM- IIT Bombay and a B-Tech degree from NIT Kurukshetra. With the experience of working with top industry players, he has a clear outlook on the role of tech-driven logistics and innovative operation strategies. Prior to joining Pickrr, he was the SVP of Lime Road and has also worked with Snapdeal and Amazon.

    “Joining a team of like-minded people committed to innovation is an excellent opportunity for me to keep growing,” said Vineet Budhiraja. “I hope to add significant value to Pickrr’s inspiring journey towards revolutionising the tech-driven logistic sector by up-scaling the company operations.”

  • CoinSwitch brings in R Venkatesh as SVP of public policy

    CoinSwitch brings in R Venkatesh as SVP of public policy

    Mumbai: Homegrown crypto unicorn CoinSwitch has announced the appointment of R Venkatesh as senior vice president of public policy. 

    Venkatesh will work on policy, regulation, and external affairs to help create a regulatory framework for crypto assets in India, which fosters growth and innovation with consumer protection at the forefront, said the company in a statement.

    “I am delighted to welcome Venkatesh to the CoinSwitch team,” said CoinSwitch founder and CEO Ashish Singhal. “His rich experience across organisations with significant government interfaces will help accelerate our vision towards building a wealth-tech platform that customers and regulators can trust.”

    Venkatesh comes with nearly 25 years of experience in policy and government relations spanning diverse industries, including e-commerce, oil and gas, liquor, banking, and tobacco, with complex policy challenges impacting business operations. Most recently, Venkatesh was associated with MakeMyTrip India as the head of corporate affairs.

    “I am excited to join CoinSwitch on their mission to make money equal for all, keeping customer protection at the forefront,” stated R Venkatesh on his new assignment. “My top priority is to work closely with the industry and the Government to help create a progressive regulatory framework for this emerging but attractive asset class to support more Indians in their financial journey.”

    CoinSwitch, in September 2021, raised $260 million in Series C funding from Coinbase Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to become India’s most valued crypto unicorn at a valuation of $1.9 billion.

  • CoinDCX appoints Divakar Prayaga as senior VP & head of information security

    CoinDCX appoints Divakar Prayaga as senior VP & head of information security

    Mumbai: Crypto exchange and unicorn CoinDCX has announced the appointment of Divakar Prayaga as senior vice president and head of information security. 

    Prayaga will play a key role in building, scaling and sustaining CoinDCX’s industry-leading security systems, enabling customers to enjoy a seamless and safe trading experience. He was formerly the head of cyber defence at e-commerce giant Flipkart and the vice president of Cybersecurity at Wells Fargo and brings his wealth of expertise from the traditional financial sector to the future of finance, forging greater trust and credibility within the wider crypto and blockchain industry.  

    In this new role, Prayaga will now steer CoinDCX’s information security strategies and governance processes and spearhead an inclusive and comprehensive data protection programme to support development, research, and administrative information systems and technology. At the same time, Prayaga will chair the Information Security Advisory Committee and lead the Information Security Liaisons, championing information security within the crypto and blockchain industry, said the company in a statement.

    Commenting on Divakar’s appointment, CoinDCX co-founder Neeraj Khandelwal said, “In the digital-first world of crypto and blockchain, information security is critical to ensuring customers enjoy uninterrupted access to digital assets and a safe trading experience. Divakar will be the lynchpin in advancing CoinDCX’s security systems and furthering our position as India’s safest crypto exchange, fostering a security-first approach for the sector at large.”

    Prior to joining CoinDCX, Prayaga has had an extensive career building and scaling information security and cybersecurity protection for global conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies from the likes of Wells Fargo, Wipro, Unisys, and IBM.

    Speaking on his appointment, Divakar Prayaga said, “With crypto being at the forefront of the future of finance, I am thrilled to step into an exciting sector to enhance CoinDCX’s security posture and contribute to the industry’s developing information security landscape. As the crypto and blockchain industry is underpinned by digital technologies, information security is more paramount than ever to protect customers and companies alike from cyber-attacks and exploits.”