Brand Makers – Page 5

Unacademy’s former CMO Karan Shroff sets up LightFury Games

Karan Shroff began his career at Pixie Events, and went on to work across Wizcraft International Entertainment, Bertelsmann, and Xiaomi India.

Karan Shroff was previously the partner and chief marketing officer at Unacademy.

Rahul Sinha joins Zee News as managing editor

He has worked with Zee News in the past where his stint lasted 18 years, starting 2002. (Image sourced via X)

Sinha previously worked at TV9 Bharatvarsh, where he worked for around 4 years.

Air India appoints BIA’s Jayaraj Shanmugham as head – global airport operations

Jayaraj Shanmugham began his career at Singapore Armed Forces and went on to work across Singapore Airlines, Jet Airways, Aircel, Maxis and Qatar Airways.

Previously, Jayaraj Shanmugham led Bangalore International Airport as chief operating officer.

Bandhan Bank’s Chandra Shekhar Ghosh to step down

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh has also been the founder of Bandhan Bank and has had experience in the microfinance and development arena. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh stated that his departure was voluntary, and the bank had begun its hunt for a new CEO.

Pearson India’s Deepak Mehrotra to join Byju’s Aakash as CEO

As the former MD at Pearson India, Deepak Mehrotra was responsible for managing Pearson's education portfolio in India. He focused on boosting growth across three verticals - school, higher education, and vocational - with an increased focus on digital tools to improve learner outcomes.

Previously, Deepak Mehrotra was the managing director of Pearson India.

Infectious Advertising ropes in Prashanth Kumar as chief digital officer

Prashanth Kumar has worked in India, South East Asia, China, the UK, and the GCC with agencies like Dentsu Aegis, Publicis, WPP, and Interpublic.

Prashanth Kumar has nearly 25 years of experience leading brands across a multitude of sectors including automotive, beverage, BFSI, construction, entertainment, FMCG, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, travel, tourism, governmental, and PSUs.

The Coca-Cola Company elevates Kaustubh Jha as global cricket lead

At ESPN, Kaustubh Jha managed the re-entry of the ESPN brand in the broadcast business in India and launched SONY ESPN in collaboration with Sony Pictures Network. He launched the only multi sports destination in India – ESPN.in.

Kaustubh Jha began his career as a consultant (media and advertising) at WWF – India. Then, he went on to work across Lodestar Universal, MTV India and ESPN.

Nissan’s director – marketing, Mohan Wilson to handle additional responsibility of corporate strategy

Mohan Wilson started his career at Gothaer AG and went on to work across AXA, Audi India, Audi AG, and INFINITI Motor Company.

Mohan Wilson is director – marketing, product and customer experience at Nissan India.

HP elevates Prashant Jain as head of marketing – North West, Europe

Prashant Jain began his career at ITC Limited and went on to work across Unilever and Flipkart.

Previously, Prashant Jain held the designation of senior director, marketing at HP.

Srinivas Pallia takes over as CEO and MD of Wipro

Srinivas Pallia, who has been with Wipro for over 30 years, as the CEO of Americas 1, his responsibilities included looking after diverse industry sectors, implementing growth strategies and resulting in increased share markets within these sectors.

Srinivas Pallia succeeds Thierry Delaporte, who has put down his papers after a stint of four years.