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Keep up with all the key people movements in the brand marketing ecosystem in Storyboard18’s CXO Moves. A round-up of the executives who are in, out, and in-between in the past two weeks. (Representational image via Unsplash)
Keep up with all the key people movements in the brand marketing ecosystem in Storyboard18’s CXO Moves. Here’s a round-up of the executives who've moved jobs, got bigger roles, switched industries and more.
LV Vaidyanathan
Previous: CEO and MD, P&G India
Present: Executive chairman, Modenik
LV Vaidyanathan has joined Modenik in a new role. He started his career at Procter & Gamble India.
Quotient Ventures
T. Gangadhar, Shriram Iyer and Rajiv Chatterjee have stepped down from their respective positions at Quotient Ventures (Tilt Brand Solutions & Vector Brand Solutions). Currently, they are serving notice till June 30th.
Sagar Sharma
Previous: Senior director - growth strategy, India and SW Asia, The Coca-Cola Company
Present: Senior director - central operations, The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company has elevated Sagar Sharma to a new role. He has worked across Aricent, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting and GSK Consumer Healthcare India.
Swati Rustagi
Previous: CHRO, Paytm
Swati Rustagi, as per reports, has moved on from Paytm. She has worked across Hindustan Unilever, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Max Healthcare.
Nitin Sood
Previous: CFO, PVR INOX
Nitin Sood has moved on from PVR INOX. He has worked across Escorts Finance and Dimensions Consulting.
Azazul Haque
Previous: Chief content officer, Media.Monks
Present: Group chief creative officer, Creativeland Asia
Creativeland Asia has appointed Azazul Haque in a new role. He has worked across Mudra Communications, Rediffusion Y&R, McCann, Contract Advertising, Ogilvy and Mullen Lintas.
Saurabh Saksena
Previous: President, VML
Saurabh Saksena has moved on from VML. He has worked across Clarion Communications, Ogilvy Outreach, DDB Mudra Group, JWT and Red Fuse Communications.
Madhur Gupta
Present: CEO, Hero Realty
Hero Group’s Hero Realty appoints Madhur Gupta as CEO. He has also worked at Jindal Stainless Limited.
Philip Kuncheria
Previous: Associate vice president, Sebamed India
Present: Senior vice president and country head, Sebamed India
Sebamed India has elevated Philip Kuncheria to a new role. He has worked across Wrigley, The Kraft Heinz Company, 3M and Fractal Analytics.
Srijan Shukla
Previous: Executive creative director - head of creative, Publicis Worldwide India
Present: ECD, Ogilvy
Ogilvy appoints Srijan Shukla in a new role. He has worked across DDB Mudra Group, Leo Burnett, Tilt Brand Solutions and Havas Group.
Ashish Rai
Previous: Head - distributive trade transformation, Unilever
Present: Chief business officer, decorative paints, JSW Paints
JSW Paints has appointed Ashish Rai in a new role. He has worked across Infosys and Colgate Palmolive India.
Dhwani Shah
Previous: Associate business director, Interactive Avenues
Present: Head of media, Schbang
Schbang has appointed Dhwani Shah in a new role. She has worked across Iksula, Performics India, Unicare Ingredients and PHD.
Rajesh Sethi
Previous: Group chief financial officer, Ster Group
Present: Group CFO, Lava International Limited
Lava International has appointed Rajesh Sethi in a new role. He has worked across Tata Teleservices, Bharti Airtel, Essar Telecom Group, Telenor and Snapdeal.
Pradeep Saluja
Previous: Vice president, Sprinklr
Present: Chief operating officer, HiveMinds
Pradeep Saluja joins HiveMinds in a new role. He has worked across Caterpillar Inc, KPMG, Encore Capital Group and Mu Sigma Inc.
Mrinalini Srinivasan
Previous: Head of corporate finance, P&G India
Present: Chief financial officer, P&G Hygiene and Health Care
Mrinalini Srinivasan has joined P&G Hygiene and Health Care in a new role. She started her career at Procter & Gamble.
Karishma Gupta
Previous: Vice president - finance, Jubilant FoodWorks
Present: Chief financial officer, Licious
Licious has appointed Karishma Gupta in a new role. She has worked across ITC Limited, GSK Consumer Healthcare India and Diageo India.
Priya Dogra
Previous: President and MD, Warner Bros Discovery, EMEA
Present: Chief advertising and new revenue officer, Sky
Priya Dogra has joined Comcast owned Sky in a new role. She has also worked at Citigroup.
Compiled by Kashmeera Sambamurthy
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