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Havas India’s transformation chief Jaibeer Ahmad on his way out

Jaibeer Ahmad started his career at Lowe Lintas and Partners as account executive, and went on to work across Ogilvy & Mather, Draft FCB Ulka, Rediffusion Y&R, Samsung Electronics, Saatchi & Saatchi, J. Walter Thompson and Cheil Worldwide.

Jaibeer Ahmad was reporting to Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas India, South East Asia & North Asia (Japan & South Korea).

Cleartrip’s Ayyappan R to exit the Flipkart-owned firm?

Ayyappan R was also responsible for overseeing and driving the travel players' brand initiatives.

Flipkart’s churn is expected to see the exit of senior VPs like Ayyappan and others.

Kotak Mahindra Bank makes appointments at leadership levels; KVS Manian joins as joint managing director

KVS Manian, whole-time director, Kotak Mahindra Bank said, “We are embarking on an exciting journey of growth and innovation, and I am honoured to step into this new role as Joint Managing Director. I am committed to working closely with my esteemed colleagues to drive our group forward, delivering value to our customers and stakeholders while upholding our core values of ethics and integrity."

Shanti Ekambaram has been appointed as deputy managing director, Devang Gheewalla will succeed Jaimin Bhatt as the group chief financial officer,
Milind Nagnur has been elevated as chief operating officer and Paul Parambi has been elevated as group chief risk officer.

Dentsu’s global chief financial officer Nick Priday departs

Nick Priday took the mantle of global CFO of Dentsu International (formerly Dentsu Aegis Network) in 2013, following the acquisition of Aegis by Dentsu.

Nick Priday’s next move is unknown.

Meta’s Archana Vohra joins Google as managing director – payments and commerce, Asia Pacific

Vohra started her career at New Delhi Television, Adlabs, Times Internet and Amazon.

Archana Vohra was the senior director – global business group mid market and SMB at Meta.

Ripple’s Navin Gupta joins Crystal Blockchain as chief executive officer

Navin Gupta began his career at Citigroup and HSBC. During his stint at Citigroup, he was a relationship manager for tech. He had clients like Google, Amazon, Intel among others.

Navin Gupta led Ripple as managing director – South Asia and MENA.

Mars appoints Avik Sarkar as business head – South East Asia and South Asia

Avik Sarkar started his career at Parle Agro and went on to work across Emami and ITC. During his stint at ITC, he facilitated growth and became the biggest soap brand (Vivel) in East India through impactful strategies & innovation.

Avik Sarkar led Kellogg Company as regional marketing lead – Middle East, Turkey, Africa.

Domestic two-wheeler industry to witness double-digit revenue growth next fiscal: Hero MotoCorp CEO Niranjan Gupta

In October 2020, Hero MotoCorp and Harley-Davidson announced a partnership for the Indian market. The deal envisages Hero MotoCorp developing and selling a range of premium motorcycles under the Harley-Davidson brand name in the country. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The country’s largest two-wheeler maker, which reported a total income of Rs 10,031 crore in the October-December quarter this fiscal, also expects the entry-level segment to do better going ahead.

Parle bats on cricket craze again: Extends CCL partnership for 10th season

The newly designed team jersey will sport Kay Beauty on the front, with EaseMyTrip on the back of the jersey.(Representative Image: Alessandro Bogliari via Unsplash)

The brand has launched a 12th man contest, offering customers an opportunity to be a part of CCL teams along with the actors and the players.

CXO Moves: Exec movements across McDonald’s, Ogilvy, VML, OpenAI, Genpact, HMD and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Andrej Karpathy, Sunil Gupta, Vikas Gupta and Priya Rege Jaggi)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.