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  • George Kovoor named as SVP- beverages at PepsiCo India

    George Kovoor named as SVP- beverages at PepsiCo India

    Mumbai: PepsiCo India has announced the promotion of George Kovoor as senior vice president (SVP) – beverages.

    He is a PepsiCo veteran, having completed 28 years with the company, in various operating roles across India, APAC, and China and most recently as SVP international, at PepsiCo’s global HQ in New York.  

    “Kovoor will be the GM for the beverage business and will also be responsible for creating the long-term sustainability strategy for both the foods and beverage categories,” said the company in a statement.

    Kovoor is known for his hands-on understanding of the business and commitment to developing talent and forging strong stakeholder partnerships. He will be relocating back to India after 18 years.

  • BYJU’S taps Rachna Bahadur to lead global expansion

    BYJU’S taps Rachna Bahadur to lead global expansion

    Mumbai: Edtech company BYJU’S on Friday announced the appointment of Rachna Bahadur as the senior vice president to lead its global expansion plans.

    In her new role, Bahadur will lead the overall planning, strategy, and roadmap for BYJU’S expansion in new and existing markets. In addition to designing BYJU’S next growth phase, creating new partnerships, reinforcing sales, and solidifying the company’s market positioning across the globe, she will also be responsible for strengthening the footprint of BYJU’S recent acquisition of Epic in the US market, said the company in a statement.

    According to a statement, this appointment is a step towards strengthening BYJU’S leadership across verticals as the company aims to further build world-class products, teams, and partnerships. “Rachna is a leader with a proven track record. Her extensive knowledge, depth of experience, and core background in consumer product practice will prove a key asset to us,” stated BYJU’S chief people officer Pravin Prakash. “She will play a vital role in charting a high impact and high growth network for BYJU’S,  and we are pleased to welcome her on board and look forward to supporting her in this journey.”

    With over 15 years of experience, before joining BYJU’S, Bahadur was a partner at Bain & Company where she was a leader in the consumer product practice. She also co-led the ‘Women @ Bain’ India chapter which aims at creating an inclusive and gender non-conforming (GNC) environment for women to thrive in. At Bain, she has advised top Indian and MNC FMCGs on topics ranging across market entry, growth strategy, marketing, sales, M&A, and organisation design.

    “For a decade, BYJU’S has been at the helm of creating value in a student’s life, and I am thrilled to be a part of the team that is at the forefront of redefining the way education is delivered across the world. From building new partnerships to expanding existing ones, I look forward to crafting new strategies to take BYJU’S into its next phase of growth,” said Rachna Bahadur on her new assignment.

  • Star India elevates Vaibhav Goyal to SVP – ad sales for sports

    Star India elevates Vaibhav Goyal to SVP – ad sales for sports

    Mumbai: Disney-owned Star India Network has elevated Vaibhav Goyal to Star Sports senior vice president – ad sales, as per his LinkedIn profile. Previously, he held the position of Star Sports vice president – ad sales, for 6.6 years.

    Goyal joined Star Sports as assistant manager and he was named assistant vice president – ad sales in July 2003. Prior to Star Sports, he was with GroupM India as planning manager for over three years.

    A qualified engineer from MITS – Gwalior, Goyal has completed his MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

  • The Walt Disney Company’s Kaumudi Mahajan elevated to SVP, marketing & strategy for Marathi network

    The Walt Disney Company’s Kaumudi Mahajan elevated to SVP, marketing & strategy for Marathi network

    Mumbai: The Walt Disney Company has elevated Kaumudi Mahajan to the role of SVP – marketing and strategy for Marathi network.

    She has been associated with the media conglomerate for more than 13 years. In her previous role as vice president – head of marketing and content strategy for Star Pravah, she was responsible for the P&L, viewer engagement both above and below the line, driving availability of the channel in consumer homes and programming strategy.

    A post-graduate in marketing and communications from MICA, Mahajan has also worked as a programmer analyst with Syntel in the past.

  • InMobi appoints Todd Rose as SVP, global business development

    InMobi appoints Todd Rose as SVP, global business development

    Mumbai: InMobi on Wednesday announced the appointment of Todd Rose as senior vice president of global business development. He will be based out of San Francisco and report to InMobi Group co-founder and CEO, InMobi Marketing Cloud, Abhay Singhal.

    Rose joins InMobi to operationalise and accelerate a cohesive data and identity strategy, as well as expand strategic partnerships for clients to better leverage InMobi’s end-to-end advertising solutions to activate audiences, drive meaningful connections and ignite growth, said the company in a statement.

    “We’re thrilled to welcome Todd to lead our business development team, build on our growth and spearhead the next chapter of global expansion,” said Singhal. “Todd has deep domain expertise and rich relationships across the advertising ecosystem. He will play an integral role in defining and institutionalizing business development for InMobi, further advancing and expanding our strategy to address the market opportunities ahead.”  

    Previously, Rose worked for InMarket as chief business development officer. He also spearheaded agency holding company partnerships and led sales of GeoLink, InMarket’s real-time activation platform. Rose joined InMarket via the acquisition of NinthDecimal, a leading location intelligence platform, where he served in a similar capacity as part of the management team for eight years. He managed all platform and publisher partnerships and helped transition NinthDecimal from a Wi-Fi advertising network to a leader in mobile location intelligence.

    Earlier in his career, Rose led business development for YP / AT&T Interactive and had stints in management consulting with both McKinsey & Company and Marakon Associates.

    “InMobi has amassed a set of assets to provide end-to-end digital marketing capabilities for clients that can readily be tailored to the needs of specific verticals,” said Rose. “The depth of InMobi’s integrations with publishers and its role across the advertising value chain has poised the company to unlock and martial first-party data, for both publishers and advertisers, in an increasingly privacy-focused world.”  

  • Sony Pictures Network promotes Aman Srivastava, Amogh Dusad

    Sony Pictures Network promotes Aman Srivastava, Amogh Dusad

    MUMBAI:  Sony Pictures Network (SPN) has witnessed a flurry activity at senior positions of late. The latest movers in the hierarchy include for Aman Srivastava and Amogh Dusad who were elevated by the company. Srivastava has been promoted to senior vice president, head of marketing at Sony Entertainment Television (SET), while Dusad was handed a new responsibility as head of  digital products at SET.  Earlier Srivastava and Dusad occupied the roles of vice president, marketing and senior vice president and head – programming and content acquisition respectively.

    After a three-year stint as senior marketing manager at Sony, Srivastava joined Viacom 18 as associate director- international marketing. In 2013, he moved on from Viacom 18 as director- international business and syndication to join The Walt Disney Company as head of marketing, youth and movie channels. After almost three years in that role, Srivastava returned to SPN as Vice President Marketing.

    Srivastava has more than 14 years of experience in marketing, communication and new product development -brand management, research, activation, new product launch and content syndication. He has also lead brand to success in terms of profitability, Market share & Share of Mind. He has successfully conducted channel and product launches across geographies.

    Before joining Sony, Dusad worked with NDTV Imagine as director in strategic planning and research. He started his career as an associate director at TAM Media Research, working there for four years.

    Over a career spanning 15 years, Dusad has a demonstrated a history of working in leadership positions covering different facets of the broadcast media industry including content acquisition, creating partnerships with content creators, leading cross functional teams to drive business planning, ad revenue maximisation, consumer insight generation, spearheading initiatives towards digital and second screen engagement.

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  • Sunny Saha to step down from Turner International Asia Pacific

    Sunny Saha to step down from Turner International Asia Pacific

    MUMBAI: Sunny Saha today announced that he will step down as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Entertainment Networks, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. with effect from the end of February.

     
    Gerhard Zeiler, President of Turner Broadcasting System International, said: “Turner owes Sunny a great debt of gratitude. With passion and great professionalism, Sunny has safely guided Turner’s Southeast Asia Pacific business and its kids networks in Asia Pacific through a period of rapid change as a thoughtful business leader and strategic mind.”
     

    Sunny Saha said: “Turner is set for new growth. At the same time, I am looking for new challenges. Leaving on a high note ensures that the transition will be handled smoothly for all our employees and business partners. I am grateful for the time I have had at Turner, and for the support I’ve always received from so many great colleagues.”
     

    Since joining Turner in September 2000, Sunny Saha has led, in turn, advertising sales and research for India & South Asia; the Asia Pacific regional ad sales, promotional licensing, marketing, interactive and research teams; all kids and entertainment networks across Asia Pacific; and most recently the company’s business for Southeast Asia Pacific. He has also continued to have strategic oversight of Turner’s kids businesses across the Asia Pacific region. He has launched several TV channels, built five kids brands in the Asia Pacific region, and expanded Turner’s portfolio by developing general entertainment brands in India, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. In an increasingly competitive environment, he has managed culturally diverse teams, orchestrated strategic partnerships and accelerated new sources of licensing and digital revenues. Sunny Saha currently acts as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Turner’s Southeast Asia Pacific business, and General Manager of its kids networks throughout Asia Pacific.

    Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific Inc. is a Time Warner company which creates and programmes branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around Asia Pacific.