Brand Makers – Page 17

FCB/SIX India appoints Chinmay Chandratre as senior vice president – media

Prior to this role, Chandratre was the general manager at Madison World.

Chinmay Chandratre will head the media vertical for FCB/SIX India across its three offices in Mumbai, Delhi NCR & Bengaluru.

Women CMOs of India: Who are the ladies leading India’s top brands?

Take a look at some of the women chief marketing officers in India, from the Visionaries' Bangalore and Delhi editions, and how they have transformed the marketing landscape. (From left to right: Anuja Mishra, Roshni Das, Anurita Chopra, Minakshi Handa, Ruchira Jaitly, Chandrika Jain, Mohua Das Gupta, Shilpi Kapoor and Sumeet Singh)

Take a look at some of the leading women chief marketing officers in India, and how they have transformed the landscape of marketing and business.

Anupam Mittal: Shaadi.com to Shark Tank, more about the outspoken entrepreneur

In 1996, Anupam Mittal founded People Group, a venture that would later serve as the launchpad for his endeavors in the digital realm. One year later, Mittal's visionary leadership led to the creation of Sagai.com, an online matrimonial portal that would revolutionize the way people approach matchmaking in India. (Image source: Anupam Mittal via X)

Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com, is a notable investor on Shark Tank Seasons 1-3, backing over 250 ventures. His success with Shaadi.com and active role in startups highlight his commitment to innovation.

Hero Group’s Hero Vired appoints Arjun Assi as head of product

Arjun Assi's role will involve spearheading initiatives to enhance accessibility and scalability of Hero Vired's courses.

Arjun Assi will be responsible for driving innovation and excellence within the product and technology team at Hero Vired.

Tarun Jha moves on from Havas Worldwide India

Over the past one year, Jha was instrumental in building the creative agency, putting strong processes in place, and hiring a strong team of leaders who have helped the agency witness an impressive growth.

Anupama Ramaswamy, chief creative officer, Anirban Mozumdar, chief strategy officer and Kundan Joshee, managing partner, will continue to lead Havas Worldwide India jointly and will report to Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas India, Southeast Asia, and North Asia (Japan & South Korea).

Warner Bros. Discovery elevates Neeraj Jha as director – head of content and acquisition (sports)

In his past role, Neeraj Jha led rights and acquisition efforts for Eurosport and Discovery Plus, negotiated and secured key content deals, that resulted in a 30 percent expansion of the content library and increased viewer engagement.

He was the head of content and acquisition (sports) at Warner Bros Discovery.

Axis My India appoints Prateek Dubey as chief operating officer

Concurrently, Prateek Dubey will also support in enhancing talent and performance quotient for Axis My India by supporting the hiring of C-suite positions and setting up key performance indicators (KPIs) to enhance business performance.

Prateek Dubey will play an instrumental role in spearheading and setting in motion the company’s crucial strategic initiative, a revolutionary People Empowerment Platform (PEP) – ‘a’ App and its pan-India rollout campaign.

Bira91’s associate director – marketing Vishal Gaba quits

Vishal Gaba began his career at Adfactors PR and went on to work across Genesis BCW and BCW Global.

Vishal Gaba had led marketing communications for all verticals of Bira 91 including Beer, Beyond Beer – Ciders & Seltzers, Pubs – Taprooms & The Beer Café and Merch store.

Airtel Payments Bank appoints Anuj Bansal as chief financial officer

Before joining Airtel Payments Bank, Anuj was with MasterCard India as Vice President - Financial Planning & Analysis, where he led the Business Finance Centre for supporting the global FP&A operations for the organisation.

Anuj Bansal will be responsible for overall financial strategy, including corporate financial planning, budgeting, supply chain, and treasury management.

BluSmart appoints Aditi Shukla as President of Corporate Development

Aditi Shukla, President, Corporate Development, BluSmart, stated, “I am excited to join BluSmart at this stage of the journey as we build an integrated energy – infrastructure - mobility & technology business in line with our vision to ‘Decarbonise Mobility at Scale’”.

In her new role, Aditi Shukla is spearheading strategic initiatives for BluSmart across fundraising, strategic partnerships, and will work closely with the co-founders on organic and inorganic growth opportunities.