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  • Virginia Sharma moves on from JioSaavn

    Virginia Sharma moves on from JioSaavn

    Mumbai: JioSaavn vice president of brand solutions Virginia Sharma has decided to move on from the company after close to a two-year stint. 

    Prior to joining JioSaavn in May 2020, Sharma was employed with LinkedIn as sales director, marketing solutions.

    Based out of JioSaavn’s Gurgaon office, Sharma was spearheading the music streaming company’s global digital ad monetisation efforts across platforms. She was responsible for driving the adoption of JioSaavn’s innovative advertising solutions for brands while overseeing agency and client relationships.

    “Wrapping up an incredible 2 year journey at JioSaavn for Brands with a little victory dance! Today is my last day, and I am leaving feeling grateful and satisfied with my contributions to the team and our clients. We delivered double digit revenue growth throughout the pandemic and have built a world class full stack digital sales and customer success organization. Thank you to the founders of JioSaavn Vinodh B, Rishi Malhotra, and Paramdeep Singh for giving me this incredible opportunity!” Sharma wrote in the LinkedIn post.

    With over two decades of experience in sales and marketing, Sharma has worked in the US, Singapore, Japan and India. She has also worked with IBM for more than 15 years in various global and regional roles, including India vice president of marketing and communications before joining LinkedIn Asia Pacific in 2014.

    “Over the next few weeks, I will be investing in my mom’s recovery after her month-long hospital stay and preparing for my EFPM Doctoral Defense. More on my #nextplay in the coming weeks!” she further said in the same post, about her future plans.

  • Sleepy Owl appoints Aseem Sood as VP of sales

    Sleepy Owl appoints Aseem Sood as VP of sales

    Mumbai: Sleepy Owl, a Delhi-based D2C company in the innovative coffee space, has announced the appointment of Aseem Sood as vice president of sales. His appointment aligns with the brand’s plan of solidifying the core leadership team.

    In this role, Sood will be responsible for leading the brand’s sales division with a focus on driving customer and business growth and increasing the company’s foothold across India. “He will also be responsible for setting up the demand creation and fulfillment eco-system along with building the team to drive and deliver the ambition for the coming phase of growth,” said the brand in a statement.

    “Since inception, our vision has been to disrupt the at-home coffee industry in India, and give our patrons the best quality coffee in a convenient format and we are very excited to have Aseem join us in our growth journey,” stated Sleepy Owl Coffee co-founder Ajai Thandi. “Given his expertise in sales and a proven track record of breakthrough growth for a business across the offline channels for some of the most respected and popular global & Indian brands, I am confident that we will further strengthen our reach and help us in our vision of making India a country of coffee lovers.”

    Sood brings with him over 15 years of diverse leadership experience across business and customer development, sales transformation, capability building, strategy formulation and implementation, and people leadership. He brings with him a deep understanding of the consumer goods segment of the Indian market.

    An MBA in marketing from Xavier Institute of Management – Bhubaneswar, Sood previously headed Modern Trade for Mars Wrigley and also drove the strategic reinvention across import business and supply and supply chain in his tenure of eight years. He started his career with Cavinkare Pvt Ltd in 2005 and has also been associated with Marico Ltd, where he served as regional sales head.

    “With the changing market dynamics and ever-evolving consumer needs, Sleepy Owl continues to innovate to define how India brews up to enjoy coffee as a product and a category and I am excited to be a part of their vision of making India a coffee-loving nation,” said Aseem Sood on his new role. “I hope to further transform the business with a refreshed strategic vision that embodies multi-channel strategies. My vision for Sleepy Owl is to make the products more relevant and more accessible for consumers in India. The emphasis would be on driving a coherent demand and distribution strategy across channels/geographies where consumers and shoppers engage with our brand.”

  • toothsi names Vishwanath Shetty as VP of brand partnerships

    toothsi names Vishwanath Shetty as VP of brand partnerships

    Mumbai: toothsi, a D2C start-up recognised for its smile makeover products and services has named Vishwanath Shetty as its new vice-president of brand partnerships. 

    With more than 15 years of experience in IP/branded content sales across media, advertising and martech, Shetty will lead the newly-formed partnership development team. The team was created to optimise the information flow and develop new initiatives with partners across the marketing and advertising ecosystem.

    “At toothsi, we are proud of the long-term value exchange we have developed with our partners. Nurturing these partnerships and integrating new ones is a significant concept of our mission in a fast-evolving technology, said toothsi co-founder and CEO Dr Arpi Mehta. “Shetty’s strong cross-functional expertise and dynamic leadership style will guide our new partnership development team to even higher levels of excellence in serving our clients.”

    Before joining toothsi, Shetty was associated with Pocket Aces as vice president, head of sales and brand solutions, where he was instrumental in building and growing its business and advertising partnerships team. He has also served at The Walt Disney Company as regional head – brand content (W&S), where he was instrumental in strategising high-profit revenue model for youth cluster in media networks by creating marquee intellectual properties such as “Girl in the City” season 1-3 and “The Trip” season 1-2.

    “I am thrilled to join the toothsi team at this pertinent juncture in their development and to collaborate with a brilliant set of people across the company,” said Vishwanath Shetty. “Our efforts to build partnerships will strengthen our position, allowing us to integrate strategic objectives that create mutual value for brand marketing strategies that involve our partners.”

  • Industry veteran Prasoon Kumar joins Arzooo as VP-strategy

    Industry veteran Prasoon Kumar joins Arzooo as VP-strategy

    Mumbai: Consumer electronics veteran Prasoon Kumar has joined B2B commerce platform Arzooo as vice president, strategy. Kumar has been at the forefront of leading distribution, sales and channel strategy for some of India’s largest white goods brands.

    At Arzooo, Kumar’s charter will be to drive the company’s expansion and reach into the breadth and width of the country with mid to long term strategy and bringing strategic partnerships on it’s mission to power offline retail with technology and financial capability and making them competitive and scalable, said the statement.

    In his last assignment at Voltas, Kumar played a pivotal role in setting up the business for the Voltas-Beko – a joint venture of India’s voltas and Turkey’s Beko. He was leading the sales and marketing function for Voltas-Beko while spearheading the launch for the JV brand in India including the channel strategy and consumer marketing.

    “As someone from the industry I have followed Arzooo’s journey closely and it’s very fascinating how it has evolved in short span and cracked one of the most complex categories,” said Prasoon Kumar. “Arzooo is already making waves in the retail and consumer electronics ecosystem and I am thrilled to be a part of this young and energetic team and excited about taking the venture to new heights.”

    Backed by over 20 years of cumulative experience in channel sales, and revenue management, Kumar has displayed innate proficiency in formulating strategy for sales & distribution, new business development of general trade. Before his Voltas-Beko tenure, Kumar has worked as the sales head for Godrej and played a crucial role in expanding presence for Haier India. He worked with LG India in its founding days and has played his part in establishing LG as the market leader in India’s consumer durable market.

    “I have known Prasoon as an industry leader from my flipkart days, and always been impressed about his business acumen and innovative ideas. I am pleased to have him onboard with us at Arzooo,” commented Arzooo co-founder and CEO Khushnud Khan. “His extensive experience in the white goods space will help us shape our vision to transform offline retail.”

  • Pepperfry onboards Naveen Murali as VP and head of marketing

    Pepperfry onboards Naveen Murali as VP and head of marketing

    Mumbai: Homegrown furniture and home products marketplace Pepperfry continues to strengthen its leadership team as it announced the appointment of Naveen Murali as vice president and head of marketing. 

    In his new role, Murali will lead Pepperfry’s marketing and brand strategies with an aim to drive brand awareness across lucrative untapped markets as well as capture a share in the furniture and home décor industry.

    As a new-age marketing evangelist, Murali will work towards charting out a strategy that helps to break the barriers that consumers have towards shopping online, especially for big-ticket items, said the company.

    Commenting on the appointment, Pepperfry co-founder & CEO Ambareesh Murty said, “Our mission is to spark a feeling called home across India and I am confident that Naveen’s addition to team Pepperfry will help expand and accelerate our marketing agenda towards cementing our leadership of India’s home and living market.”

    Murali has extensive experience of over ten years in marketing, sales and building business competencies. Prior to joining Pepperfry, he was associated with brands like Asian Paints and Oracle across business and marketing roles. 

    He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and holds a degree in Engineering from NIT Warangal. 

    Commenting on the new role, Naveen Murali said, “Pepperfry has transformed the way Indians shop for furniture and build their dream homes. Over the years, Pepperfry has secured a significant consumer mind share in the country. I am super excited to work towards enabling Pepperfry to further increase this share and build an unrivaled brand of the future.”

  • Pepperfry names Ruchir Aswal as VP of product – business

    Pepperfry names Ruchir Aswal as VP of product – business

    Mumbai: Homegrown furniture and home products marketplace Pepperfry has named Ruchir Aswal as vice president of product (business). 

    In this role, Aswal will be responsible for driving products for channel expansion (franchisee and other programmes), merchant or seller network, pepcart logistics, distributor management systems and sales systems across the country, said the brand in a statement.

    “At Pepperfry, our goal is to spark a feeling called home amongst consumers by democratising the furniture and home products category in the country. Even as we continue to scale up our existing business, provide a seamless experience to our stakeholders, we are also working hard to expand into adjacent categories,” said Pepperfry co-founder and COO Ashish Shah. “Technology will be a key differentiator and I am certain Ruchir with his vast experience and perspective will accelerate Pepperfry’s journey.”

    A post-graduate diploma holder (MBA) in finance and marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Aswal has over 13 years of experience in business and product management having worked for global brands like Jio, Intuit, Nium, Shaadi.com and Rediff.com. Prior to joining Pepperfry, he was associated as an angel investor/consultant for startups like Goodify, qonsept, ethnic, squeakee, etc.

    “Today even when Pepperfry is already a household brand I feel we have just scratched the surface,” stated Ruchir Aswal. “I am super excited to be a part of this truly differentiated journey and look forward to taking some strategically bold initiatives & making a lasting impact in the hypergrowth future for the brand.”

  • mediasmart elevates Nikhil Kumar to VP, India and SEA

    mediasmart elevates Nikhil Kumar to VP, India and SEA

    Mumbai: mediasmart has elevated Nikhil Kumar to the role of vice president, India and Southeast Asia region. He was previously senior director of brand and strategy, India and SEA.

    Kumar is a marketing professional with 14 years of experience. He joined mediasmart in November 2020. He was previously associated with Bytedance as business head – global business solutions. His prior stints include InMobi as director brand strategy and industry head CPG and AlcoBev, Housejoy as head of marketing, Puma India and SEA as senior marketing manager and L’Oreal.

    He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

  • Neeraj Sharma joins Globale Media as vice president, global business

    Neeraj Sharma joins Globale Media as vice president, global business

    Mumbai: AI-driven mobile advertising platform Globale Media has announced Neeraj Sharma’s appointment as vice president, global business. In this role, Sharma will advise on the strategy and critical decisions in the APAC market where digital penetration is skyrocketing, said the company in a statement.

    Sharma brings over 14 years of experience in digital and mobile advertising, with his previous experience at Mobvista as country manager South Asia & MEA. He has also served at Seventynine – SVG Media Pvt Ltd as regional manager of sales.

    “We are delighted to continue our growth in APAC. With Neeraj Sharma’s appointment, we are marking a significant milestone for our global vision,” said Globale Media founder and CEO Bhavesh Talreja. “Neeraj has extensive experience working within rapidly scaling organizations and digital marketing technology. He excels at defining GTM & revenue strategies, strategic alliances, and at leading multicultural teams across different business verticals. His experience will undoubtedly help us to get the message of Globale Media’s unparalleled offering out to the market.”

    In his previous role at Mobvista, Sharma has successfully defined GTM strategy for the Indian subcontinent, Middle East & Africa, led business growth and marketing initiatives, and represented the company at various platforms and industry events. In 2020 he was also felicitated by World Marketing Congress and CMO Asia as one of the 100 smartest Digital Marketing Leaders.

    “I am looking forward to working closely on strategy with the dynamic team of Globale Media, as the business continues upon its growth trajectory,” said Sharma on his new assignment. “I am excited to be equipped with the opportunity to help Globale Media further extend innovative solutions and deliver world-class service to the app marketers.”

  • Bolo Live onboards Abhay Singh as vice president, marketing

    Bolo Live onboards Abhay Singh as vice president, marketing

    Mumbai: Homegrown social live-streaming platform Bolo Live has brought Abhay Singh Kumpawat on board as its vice president of marketing to drive the next level of growth for the company.

    In this new role, Singh will lead the entire gamut of digital, product, and brand marketing initiatives for Bolo Live and will play an important role in scaling the company’s growth in new and existing markets as well as broadening its global reach, it said in a statement on Monday.

    An IIT Roorkee alumnus, Singh is a growth specialist for over seven years and has played an instrumental role in driving early-stage growth and scale for startup brands like Mitron TV and YourQuote. While his specialty includes product marketing, brand building, and the development of transformational strategies for startup brands, Singh has also co-founded IndiaMeets and E-Vogue.

    “Driving business value through real-time, relevant conversations between the content creators and their fans has never been more challenging yet exciting with the complexity and volume of marketing channels in today’s era,” said Singh on his new role. “An exciting market opportunity at the amalgamation of live streaming, microtransactions, and gamification coupled with addressable market size, a profitable business model, the founders’ vision, and the quality of young talent within the team is a great combination at Bolo Live.”

    Bolo Live has over one lakh monthly live streamers on the platform spending close to 120 min daily on the platform, with 18 live streamers already making over a lakh rupee monthly from the platform already; all driven by microtransactions of captive audience base and not fixed payouts from the platform, said the company.

    “As we chase bigger ambitions, it is key to ensure that the growth and marketing strategies of the company keep pace with the evolving business. It is exciting to have Abhay on board as he brings in stellar expertise in the field of growth and marketing,” stated Bolo Live co-founder and CEO Varun Saxena. “He has a clear vision for the future of marketing and innovation and can build a strategic team to execute the vision at Bolo Live. Abhay is an all-rounder who also has an entrepreneurial bent and we do foresee that the team and the brand will flourish under his guidance.”

    “We are currently ramping up the team aggressively and in the next few weeks will see announcements of prominent hiring across Technology, Product and Marketing roles,” he further added.

    Singh is also a Limca World Record holder, International Children’s Excellence Fund scholar, MMCF scholar, and has won an award for Republic Day Honor for academic excellence.

    “Abhay’s appointment is another validation of our commitment and leadership in the industry. As we continue our transformational journey, we are poised for unparalleled growth and innovation,” said Bolo Live co-founder and CPO Tanmai Paul. “We are confident that Abhay’s vision and in-depth understanding of the consumer internet marketing landscape will translate into the exponential growth of the percentage of power users on the platform.”

  • Navnit Nakra to spearhead OnePlus India operations

    Navnit Nakra to spearhead OnePlus India operations

    Mumbai: Global technology brand OnePlus has elevated its vice president, chief strategy officer, and head of sales in India, Navnit Nakra, to the role of OnePlus India CEO and head of the brand for India region.

    As part of this new senior leadership role, Nakra will spearhead the company’s business operations and overall strategy for the India region, said the statement.

    “Navnit has successfully led the strategy and sales operations at OnePlus India, and our team has gained immense growth under his leadership,” stated Oppo chief product officer and OnePlus founder Pete Lau. “India continues to be an important market for OnePlus, and we continue to focus on our India community’s needs as we work towards building a newer, more innovative ecosystem of products and services. Therefore, I am confident that Navnit will play a pivotal role in leading the future business operations effectively in the region.”

    Nakra’s journey with OnePlus India began in February 2020 as the vice president and chief strategy officer, wherein he drove the corporate strategy plans as well as key strategic partnerships that are vital to the India business. He went on to also oversee the sales operations of the company in the region, taking on the additional role of head of India sales over the past year.

    “Over the last eight years, OnePlus emerged as a leading technology brand for industry-first innovations. These efforts have been led by our talented and committed India workforce that embody our ‘Never Settle’ spirit towards our business in India,” said Nakra. “With the next phase of growth, I am excited for the opportunity to further drive the growth of OnePlus, as we continue to deliver the best of our flagship technology and build our affordable premium ecosystem portfolio to bring cutting-edge products to our community in India.”