Brand Makers – Page 102

Disney+Hotstar ropes in Google’s Dhruv Dhawan as head of ads

During his stint at Google, Dhruv Dhawan’s role involved working closely on business, marketing, product areas across large FMCG players.

Dhruv Dhawan‘s role will involve driving advertising revenues for the streaming platform, Disney+Hotstar.

GroupM Nexus India makes Saif Shaikh the head of non-biddable

In his new role at GroupM Nexus, Saif Shaikh will focus on the long-term prioritization of campaign implementation, leveraging cutting-edge tools and software for media planning and data management, and providing media activation solutions to clients.

Saif Shaikh takes over from Sidhartha Patnaik, who has assumed a regional remit as head of non-biddable at GroupM Nexus APAC.

India is open to Chinese investments: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

This was followed by similar questions on former American president Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In 2020, over 300 Chinese apps were ban and several electronics companies including Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo experienced stringent interrogations for their operations in India.

Dyson elevates Nikhil Rastogi as managing director for Dyson Benelux

At Dyson, he started his journey as director - marketing and e-commerce business, Dyson India. (Image source: ad:tech)

Nikhil Rastogi comes with an experience of more than two decades. Previously, he was the country manager, Dyson Austria GmbH.

Sujith Kumar Nair joins Swiggy SteppingOut as lead – brand partnerships

Swiggy SteppingOut is an events platform that curates events across cities in the country.

Before joining Swiggy, Nair held the position of assistant general manager at Paytm Insider for over 1.5 years.

Dentsu X India onboards Jose Leon as CEO

Prior to joining Dentsu X, Jose Leon held the position of managing director at the Publicis Groupe for over five years. His leadership experience also extends across global technology giants like Adobe.

Jose Leon will report to Anita Kotwani, CEO Media, South Asia, Dentsu.

Alok Jain joins Viacom18 as president and head of Colors Hindi and regional

In the last two years at Disney Star, Alok Jain was handling P&L responsibility of the company’s Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, and Kannada cluster of TV channels and Disney+Hotstar business.

An IIT Delhi- ISB alumni Jain, comes with 20+ years’ experience in in strategic, operational, and people leadership roles across diverse industries.

Kingshuk Mitra moves on from Essence to join Star Sports

At Essence, Mitra’s role entailed reporting into the Global COO, ensuring the ongoing success and profitability of the agency by delivering consistent work quality to their clients across APAC, and making sure their business strategy translates into smart day-to-day operational decisions.

At Star Sports, Kingshuk Mitra would be reporting to Ajit Varghese, Disney Star’s Head of Network Advertising Sales. Mitra’s appointment comes after Ambarish Bandyopadhyay’s departure from the company in March during the IPL season.