Brand Makers – Page 143

Infectious Advertising gets Siddhartha Singh as managing partner and chief operating officer

Ramanuj Shastry, Siddhartha Singh and Nisha Singhania

An alumnus of INSEAD, Siddhartha Singh comes with over twenty-six years of experience – in multinational agencies such as Leo Burnett, Ambience Publicis, Rediffusion, and with boutique agencies like Salt Brand Solutions, Famous Innovations and Hyphen.

Havas Worldwide India appoints Jaibeer Ahmad as managing partner – north

Following Anupama Ramaswamy’s appointment as the chief creative officer earlier in October, Ahmad’s appointment is part of Havas Worldwide India’s ongoing senior leadership restructuring.

FCB Interface onboards Gaurav Dudeja as chief operating officer

With over 21 years in the industry, Gaurav Dudeja brings the expertise of building and leading high-performing marketing communication teams. This is on the back of playing leadership roles across advertising and marketing in the last 10 years at Leo Burnett, Fortis Healthcare, Philips India and DDB Mudra.

Gaurav Dudeja will be based out of the agency’s Mumbai office and report to Joemon Thaliath, vice chairman and CEO of FCB Interface.

CXO Moves: Leadership changes at MullenLowe Lintas Group; L’Oréal, Aditya Birla Capital, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Schbang, HDFC Bank, Dentsu

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (Representational image via Unsplash)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.

Bookstrapping: The Architect of the New BJP — How Narendra Modi Transformed the Party by Ajay Singh

In this detail oriented book, the author talks about how Narendra Modi would insist on computerisation, regimentation, documentation, and discipline, long before he becomes the Prime Minister of India. So much so, that whenever senior BJP party leaders in the 1980s and 1990s had an insurmountable problem, they would depend on him to manage the situation. (Image: Amazon)

This book is a credible attempt to analyse the work of Narendra Modi before he became Prime Minister, says our reviewer. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars.

This is a moment of reckoning for Indian brands: Vivek Gambhir, boAt CEO

"I believe that the future is even more exciting. So being paranoid, being humble, being agile, being obsessed with consumers, that's what keeps us going. We are market leaders, but at the heart, this is a company with a lot of hustle and a company that is continuing to be a challenger." - Vivek Gambhir, CEO, boAt

boAt’s chief executive officer, Vivek Gambhir speaks about the brand’s journey from challenger to leader and plans to become a global Indian brand.

Workplace Bullying: How Unilever’s Nitin Paranjpe dealt with a boss who was a bully

Nitin Paranjpe, 61, joined Unilever's Indian unit in 1987 as a management trainee. He was the youngest CEO at the Indian unit and had a successful five-year tenure at the helm of HUL before he took on the role of president-homecare business in 2013.

Paranjpe, who is non-executive chairman of HUL and chief transformation officer and chief people officer at Unilever, says that he dealt with a former boss whose working style was nothing short of bullying.

Aditya Birla Capital promotes Darshana Shah as head – marketing and CX

Shah has over 26 years of work experience. She started her career at Boston Software & Technologies as a marketing manager, business manager - Cyberkids. Then, she joined NIIT as the product manager for the sales and marketing department. Shah also held senior level marketing roles at Future Group, Reliance Retail and HyperCITY Retail

Prior to this, Darshana Shah was the executive vice president – digital, marketing and customer experience at Aditya Birla Capital.

Nitish Mittersain takes over as CEO of Nazara

Nitish Mittersain, the founder and joint managing director of gaming and sports media company Nazara Technologies is taking charge as the CEO.

The company also saw some other changes at the management level this year. Sudhir Kamath was appointed as Nazara Technologies’ new chief operating in October.

Former Coca-Cola India executive Aditi Anand joins L’Oreal Professionnel as head of marketing

Aditi Anand, head of marketing, L’Oreal Professionnel

Aditi Anand has also worked with brands like HMD Global, Flipkart, and Airtel, among others. This is the first time she is going to work with the beauty category.