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  • Vimal Singh, Varun Khullar pair up for Happy mcgarrybowen’s Gurgaon team

    Vimal Singh, Varun Khullar pair up for Happy mcgarrybowen’s Gurgaon team

    MUMBAI: Happy mcgarrybowen, the creative idea shop from Dentsu Aegis Network, has appointed Vimal Singh as senior creative director and Varun Khullar as creative director for its Gurgaon creative team. Singh moves from Ogilvy, Gurgaon while Khullar moves from Happy mcgarrybowen Bangalore after a three year stint at the HQ to bolster operations at Happy mcgarrybowen Gurgaon.

    Singh started his career in advertising 14 years ago with Ogilvy Calcutta. Since then, he’s worked with various agencies like McCann Delhi, Contract advertising, and has done two stints with Ogilvy Gurgaon. He’s worked on numerous award-winning ideas for brands like Coca-Cola, Fanta, Mother Dairy, Domino’s Pizza, Google, Phillips, WWF, and many more. He’s no stranger to national and international accolades such as Cannes, Clio, Lurzer’s Archive, Envies and Goa Fest. His classy yet disruptive style and happy demeanour make him a perfect fit for Happy mcgarrybowen Gurgaon.

    On his new role Singh said, “I’ve always loved the kind of work Happy mcgarrybowen has done over a decade and when the opportunity to join the team came along, it didn’t take me a moment to grab it. And just a couple of days with the energetic, fun, happy shiny folks here, one realizes how aptly the place is called ‘Happy’ mcgarrybowen and how that shines in their work. I’m really excited about my role and have happily dived headfirst into it.”  

    Khullar graduated with an honours degree in Economics, but then decided that it was not his cup of tea. Khullar as been in the advertising world for the best part of the last decade with stints at Ogilvy, McCann, Creativeland Asia and currently at Happy mcgarrybowen. Over the years he has won various awards and handled a wide array of clients like Sprite, Appy Fizz, Flipkart, Honda, Ola, Myntra, KFC, Pizza Hut, Godrej Aer, and many more.

    Commenting on his appointment Khullar says “I’ve been a part of the bucktoothed brigade for a good three years now and each has been more interesting and challenging than the previous. I joined the Bangalore office as a glorified daydreamer who helps big brands sell their stuff. But the forging torches at Happy mcgarrybowen moulded and chiseled me into something resembling a creative director. And so I felt I was ready to carry the happy flag and their way of working to the newly minted Gurgaon office. The clients are new, the team is new but it has the same vibe. It is an ever-changing, ever-evolving organism that’s full of surprises. Like the opportunity of writing a quote for my first press release.”

    Co-founder and CEO  Kartik Iyer said, “It has been a little over six months since we started operations in Gurgaon. The response from the market and the results have been extremely encouraging. We are very happy to have the quality of talent that Vimal and Varun bring to the already energetic team at Happy mcgarrybowen Gurgaon. The fact that they have worked together before shows in the chemistry of how they work together. I look forward to them pushing the envelope of Happy’s creative product. We wish them all the best and look forward to many more successes at Happy mcgarrybowen Gurgaon.”

    Happy mcgarrybowen, Gurgaon currently handles the business of Suzuki Two wheelers, MG Motor Company and Jabong.com

  • Paytm hires ITC’s Varun Khullar as head of partnerships – payments bank

    Paytm hires ITC’s Varun Khullar as head of partnerships – payments bank

    MUMBAI: Paytm has hired former ITC executive Varun Khullar for its payments bank business. 

     

    Khullar will lead the partnerships division and will be responsible for building relationships with potential partners such as insurance companies, banks and non-banking financial institutions.

     

    Prior to joining Paytm, Khullar, an alumnus of IIT Madras and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, worked with companies like Boston Scientific Corporation, McKinsey & Co and ITC. 

     

    Paytm vice president Amit Sinha said, “We are looking at building a robust leadership team for our Payments Bank business over the next three – four months. Varun’s professional career, his rich experience and demonstrated dynamism in an evolving business eco-system is the perfect combination for us at this juncture. We’re pleased to have him on board to head the partnerships division of our upcoming business.”

     

    Khullar added, “Paytm’s proposed Payments Bankis in sync with the national vision of a cashless economy with greater financial inclusion for all. It is indeed an honour to be a part of this vision. I’m thrilled to come on board at one of the fastest scaling m-commerce and payments platforms in the country and look forward to a mutually successful tenure at Paytm.”

     

    Khullar’s appointment comes three weeks after Paytm brought Amazon India’s Vikas Purohit on board in a similar leadership position for its Payments Bank. The company aims to recruit 3,000 people for the business and has also enlisted the services of management consulting majors, Ernst & Young and McKinsey& Co to help in the rollout.