CXO Moves: Exec movements across The Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, Publicis Worldwide, P&G India and more

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

By  Storyboard18Jun 3, 2024 8:22 AM
CXO Moves: Exec movements across The Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, Publicis Worldwide, P&G India and more
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

First Published on Jun 3, 2024 8:22 AM

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