Brand Makers – Page 76

Wagh Bakri’s executive director Parag Desai dies; Desai was a 4th gen entrepreneur

(Image source: Della Leaders Club) Parag Desai was active on industry platforms such as Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and international organisations.

Parag Desai led the transformation of Wagh Bakri Tea Group with forays into tea lounges, e-commerce, digital and social media.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Wavemaker, Jio Studios, Meesho, Bharti Airtel and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Vidyadhar Kale, Prerna Jha, Shashwat Sharma and Shivani Singh Deo)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

VAHDAM’s global chief marketing officer Sneha Beriwal quits

Beriwal’s previous stints included the role of a marketing manager for Dabur, head of brand and campaigns at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited and Joint Vice President - Product, Digital and Direct Marketing at Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company.

Professionally, Beriwal is on the lookout to advise early stage founders looking for help on brand and marketing thinking. She is also keen to speak with private equity and venture capital firms and explore how can she can use her operative skills in helping them and their portfolio companies.

Visionary marketers must recognize an idea, appreciate it and back it to the hilt: Navin Talreja, The Womb

A marketer who realises and appreciates an idea rallies the entire organization behind that idea. (Representative image by David Walker via Unsplash)

Media maven Navin Talreja on what it takes to be entrepreneurial and opportunistic.

Here are IAA India Chapter’s members for managing committee FY 23-24

Currently, A India Chapter is uniquely positioned with such diverse group of industry leaders from ad-agencies, media, mediatech and advertisers, said Avinash Pandey.

The list of members was decided during the first meeting of the managing committee chaired by re-elected president, Avinash Pandey, chief executive officer, ABP Network.

Aditya Kanthy to lead Omnicom Advertising Services in India

Aditya Kanthy began his career in Mudra in 2003 as a strategic planner, taking on various responsibilities over the years.

The respective creative agencies within the group – DDB, BBDO and TBWA – will maintain their current branding in the Indian market.

Cricket World Cup: Aman Gupta’s boAt makes India’s first AI music video with Vishal Dadlani

Restaurant operators also highlighted that during the match, the footfalls were higher compared to a normal Sunday. Cricketer Virat Kohli’s restaurant One8 Commune in Mumbai too witnessed full reservation. (Image by @ICC via twitter)

To celebrate the spirit of cricket in India, during ICC World Cup, boAt has launched an AI music video with singer Vishal Dadlani

Tim Cook on why Apple launches new iPhones every year

"The feeling of working with people who bring out the best in you is incredible; fundamentally, we all believe one plus one equals three, i.e., your idea plus my idea is better than the individual ideas on their own," Cook said. (Image via Twitter - @appleinsider)

Addressing Apple’s environmental initiatives, Cook shared that Apple’s aim is to be copied in this regard.

Meesho to undergo organisational restructuring; Megha Agarwal to replace Utkrishta Kumar as CXO

Megha Agarwal, who is at present CXO, growth, will step into his shoes. When Agarwal assumes her new role, her previous role CXO, growth will be split into three categories. They are user growth, product quality and net merchandise value retention (NMVR). These roles will be allocated to executives at an internal level, stated the report.(From left to right: Utkrishta Kumar and Megha Agarwal)

Utkrishta Kumar will be stepping down in January in order to set up his own fintech company.

Bharti Airtel promotes Shashwat Sharma as COO

Shashwat Sharma joined Airtel in 2018 as chief marketing and brand officer and has been credited with the brand's resurgence in recent years.

Previously, Shashwat Sharma was the director – consumer business, CEO DTH.