Brand Makers – Page 47

Xiaomi’s Sumit Sonal joins Qualcomm as head of marketing

Sumit Sonal began his career at Star News and went on to work across Lintas Media Group, Omnicom Group, HARMAN International, Myntra and Jio.

Sumit Sonal headed Xiaomi Technology as general manager – marketing.

GroupM Nexus appoints Rajiv Rajagopal as head – advanced TV

Rajiv Rajagopal started his career with Red FM and went on to work across Star India. As the South region’s head at GroupM, Rajagopal spearheaded the launch of Finecast, Group M's addressable TV solution. And, he led sales nationally.

Rajiv Rajagopal previously led Finecast as head – client development.

Publicis Groupe’s Performics India elevates Gautam Surath as chief operating officer

Gautam Surath will report to Lalatendu Das, chief executive officer of Performics India.

In his new position, Gautam Surath will provide strategic direction and oversight to all domestic large client portfolio, spanning across BFSI, CPG, telco, travel & hospitality, gaming and new-age startup industry verticals.

I am more hungry for artificial imagination, than for artificial intelligence: Shubhranshu Singh

Shubhranshu Singh thinks narrow intelligence may actually be more fruitful than artificial general intelligence.

Shubhranshu Singh, vice-president and chief marketing officer, Tata Motors says ChatGPT, Bard and large language models like Llama give marketers and brands the tools to be able to have qualified and unqualified conversations, and assist people in their journeys.

Good Glamm Group’s Priyanka Gill joins Kalaari Capital as Venture Partner

Gill has taken on the role of Venture Partner at Kalaari Capital, having already served as a Founding Board member of CXXO. (Image sourced via Priyanka Gill website)

The Good Glamm Group has also appointed Group Co-founder Priyanka Gill to the Board.

DDB Mudra Group’s MudraMax promotes Deleise Ross as senior vice president and head of business

Deleise Ross's innings at DDB Mudra Group began in 2018 as senior partner - client leadership.

Deleise Ross led MudraMax as associate vice president.

Sunil Dhar takes over Red Bull India as CEO

At Hershey India, Dhar headed sales & distribution of all product categories in organized retail channels including modern trade, HORECA and defence.

Sunil Dhar steps into the shoes of Bhaskar Sharma who has transitioned into a non-executive advisory role.

Netflix film’s chief Scott Stuber to step down

Scott Stuber began his career at Universal Pictures and then moved to Bluegrass Films.

Scott Stuber joined Netflix in 2017 and became the chairman of Netflix film in 2023.

Zee-Sony fallout doesn’t bother advertisers as long as we deliver the promised GRPs: Sujata Dwibedy

Dwibedy talks about expectations they had from the merger, implications of the fallout, the future of GEC and more.

According to Dwibedy, for advertisers seeking impactful properties and high GRPs, the potential combination of Sony and Zee would have been ideal.

Ad volumes on television saw 22 percent increase in 2023:TAM

Out of the top 10 brands present in 2023, 5 of them belonged to Reckitt Benckiser (India) and 3 belonged to Hindustan Unilever.

Compared to 2022, food & beverages sector retained its first position in 2023.