CXO Moves: Exec movements across Wakefit, PNBMetLife, Omnicom Media Group and others
Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.
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.
Kunal Dubey
Previous: Chief marketing officer, Cleartrip
Present: CMO, Wakefit
Wakefit appoints Kunal Dubey in a new role. He has worked across Reliance Communications, McDonald’s India, eBay India, Flipkart, Dentsu and Vedantu.
Sameer Bansal
Previous: Chief distribution officer, PNBMetLife
Present: CEO, PNBMetLife
PNBMetLife has elevated Sameer Bansal in a new role. He has worked across HDFC Bank, Royal Sundaram General Insurance, Aviva India and Bharti AXA Life Insurance.
Mandeep Sharma
Previous: Executive vice president, McCann Worldgroup
Present: National head, Cheil India - Samsung business
Cheil India appoints Mandeep Sharma in a new role. He has worked across Tata Press, OgilvyOne and Spark44.
Lauren Bloomer
Previous: Chief executive officer, BECCA Cosmetics
Present: President, The Good Glamm Group
Lauren Bloomer joins The Good Glamm Group in a new role. She has worked across The Boston Consulting Group, The Clorox Company, and The Estee Lauder Companies.
Ullas Vijay and Sudhanshu Krishna
Duroflex has appointed Ullas Vijay as Chief Marketing Officer and Sudhanshu Krishna as Chief Sales Officer – Consumer Business.
Vijay, who joins as the CMO from Bata India as head category & communication, will be taking the reins of Duroflex's marketing.
Krishna, who joins Duroflex as the CSO, will be leading the sales function for the consumer business of the organization. Prior to Duroflex, Krishna was with Eureka Forbes as Vice President and CoE Head of Direct Sales.
Urvashi Khanna
Previous: VP & Head Of Content, Social Media, Editorial, Content Operations, Eros Media World
Present: Vice president - content and brand solutions, Asymmetrique
Asymmetrique appoints Urvashi Khanna in a new role. She has worked across UTVi, Dream Factory Studios, BOLT Media, Publicis Media, Lenskart.com and Melorra.
Neelav Bose
Previous: Vice President - Client Leadership : Head Mindshare East & Lead Multi-category Clients in the North, Mindshare
Present: Chief strategy officer - Zenith, Publicis Groupe
Neelav Bose has been appointed by Publicis Groupe in a new role. He has worked across Nestle and Barista Coffee Company.
Debashish Vanikar
Previous: Chief Executive Officer, Rossari Biotech Limited
Present: CEO - Adhesives & ConstructionChemicals, Kansai Nerolac Paints
Debashish Vanikar has been appointed by Kansai Nerolac Paints in a new role. He has worked across P&G, Asian Paints, Aditya Birla and UltraTech Cement.
Rabe Iyer
Previous: Bharat lead - agency partnerships, ShareChat
Present: Chief media officer, Omnicom Media Group
Omnicom Media Group appoints Rabe Iyer in a new role. He has worked across Dainik Bhaskar, Enterprise Nexus, Zenithmedia North, Publicis Groupe Media, Reliance Broadcast Network, and Wavemaker MENA.
Heval Patel and Dhawal Jadwani
Heval Patel and Dhaval Jadwani, two company veterans, have been named joint COOs of The Womb.
While Patel will focus on our top-of-the-funnel business and manage the entire P&L, stakeholders, and talent, and continue to deliver excellent work for which we are already known, Jadwani will work across our clients and build mid and bottom funnel capability to ensure that each of our clients has access to our The Womb 2.0 capabilities.
Compiled by Kashmeera Sambamurthy
