Brand Makers – Page 3

The Walt Disney Company’s Dwijendra Parashar joins Rajasthan Royals as head of marketing

Parashar began his career at Samsung Electronics as senior engineer and went on to work at Pidilite Industries.

Previously, Dwijendra Parashar led The Walt Disney Company as senior marketing manager – cricket, marketing lead Cricinfo.

NBCUniversal’s Krishan Bhatia to join Amazon as vice president – global video advertising, Amazon Ads

In his new role, he will lead global sales where he would seek to monetise Amazon's growing video operations that is tied to Prime Video, Twitch and Freevee. (Image source: X)

In his new role, Krishan Bhatia will lead global sales where he would seek to monetise Amazon’s growing video operations which is tied to Prime Video, Twitch and Freevee.

Sharp India appoints Sujai Karampuri as CEO

Sujai Karampuri has experience in telecommunication industry, creating businesses, developing and launching products and solutions in the high-barrier-to-entry wireless technologies such as cellular RAN (2G, 3G, 4G), broadband wireless Access (WiMAX, WiFi), carrier grade networks and cellular offload. (Image source: digitimes)

Sujai Karampuri led Sharp India as chairman.

Wipro appoints Malay Joshi as CEO of Americas 1

Malay Joshi began his career at Wipro as regional manager - comms, media and entertainment industry, Europe, and went on to hold various roles in different capacities.

Malay Joshi succeeds Srinivas Pallia, aka Srini Pallia, who has been elevated to the position of managing director and CEO of Wipro.

L’Oréal India appoints Raagjeet Garg as director – consumer products

In his new role, Raagjeet Garg will be responsible for the accelerated growth of L’Oréal India CPD which houses L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, and NYX Professional Makeup.

Raagjeet Garg will take over from Pankaj Sharma, who has been elevated to Managing Director – Consumer Products Division, L’Oréal Australia and New Zealand.

L’Oreal India’s Pankaj Sharma elevated to MD – Consumer Products Division for Australia, NZ

Pankaj Sharma was previously Director – Consumer Products Division (CPD) for L'Oréal's India market.

Raagjeet Garg will take over from Pankaj Sharma as Director – Consumer Products Division (CPD) for the beauty major’s India market.

TCS elevates Ashish Babu to chief marketing and communications officer for global markets

Ashish Babu, who began his career at Genesis Burson Marsteller, has gone on to work across Hanmer MSL, Weber Shandwick and Tata Sky.

In his new role, Ashish Babu will be leading strategic initiatives across North America, Europe, UK, MEA, Latam, Japan, ANZ, and APAC to drive TCS’ brand, reputation, and growth in diverse markets.

Disney Star’s Venke Sharma quits; Sharma was exec director consumer strategy, innovation

Venke Sharma stated, "Among the numerous digital marketing campaigns executed early on, 'Satyamev Jayate' for Star Plus, IPL, PKL launch campaigns and the iconic Mauka Mauka for Star Sports stand out."

Venke Sharma began his career at Mudra Communications as general manager, and went on to work across Tribal DDB India, ARC Worlwide, Leo Burnett Worldwide and Star TV Network.

Shamsuddin Jasani joins adtech firm Frodoh World as strategic advisor

Shamsuddin Jasani last served as chief executive officer at Wunderman Thompson South Asia.

In addition to scaling the business and capitalising on emerging market opportunities, Shamsuddin Jasani will help in the teams expansion plans. He will also play a pivotal role in the launch of Frodoh World’s Digital Retail Media platform.

Start Design Group appoints ad and media veteran Tarun Rai as its co-chairman

After serving as the CEO of Worldwide Media, a joint venture of BBC Worldwide and The Times of India, Tarun Rai re-joined JWT in 2015 as its CEO for South Asia.

Tarun Rai has over three decades of experience in the advertising and media industry.