Brand Makers – Page 89

WPP promotes COO Andrew Scott to board

Andrew joined WPP in 1999 as director of corporate development.

Andrew Scott’s additional mandate is to improve operational effectiveness.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Leo Burnett, Samsung, BharatPe, Twitter, Pepperfry and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Dheeraj Sinha, Nishant Jain, Vivek Gupta and Shirish Agarwal)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

Consumers think of financial services apps like a petrol pump: Kunal Shah, CRED

CRED, the fintech company started by Kunal Shah, has cut marketing expenses by 27 percent in the fiscal ending March 2023. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

One of the unicorns in the record breaking year of 2021, surfing on the pandemic-led digital wave, Kunal Shah’s startup has raised nearly $800 million since inception in 2018 and its current valuation stands over $6 billion.

MG Motor India appoints Abhishek Malhotra as brand head – EV

Abhishek Malhotra began his career at Ogilvy & Mather.

Prior to this, Abhishek Malhotra worked at edtech platform Unacademy as associate director – brand marketing.

G20 Summit: PM Modi’s opening address at G20 Summit delivered from behind a ‘Bharat’ plaque

Prime Minister Modi's chair mentioned the country's name as 'Bharat' as he started his opening remarks at the G20 Summit 2023. (Image source: PM Narendra Modi via Twitter)

The two-day summit of the Group of 20 nations kicks off today. World leaders including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and others arrived in the national capital yesterday.

Bookstrapping: Happy Sexy Millionaire by Steven Bartlett

Steven Bartlett is a successful entrepreneur and the host of UK's No.1 podcast 'The Diary of a CEO’. The reason he writes this book is that as an 18 year old insecure dropout, he wrote in his diary that by the age of 25 he would like to be a 'happy sexy millionaire.' When he got there he realised that the world had lied to him. (Image Source: Amazon)

In his book, Happy Sexy Millionaire, Steven Bartlett writes about things he has been discovering after finding fame and money at an early age. Here’s what it is all about.

Hate the idea of having an opinion about everything. That’s my magic mental mantra: Samriddh Dasgupta

Samriddh Dasgupta began his career as the director of strategic planning at abm communication, and went on to work across Times Internet, Xynteo, Aakash Digital, AKIVA, and Bombay Shaving Company.

In our newest Weekender column, we spoke to Heads Up for Tails’ CMO who said that with non-toxicity, only a personal commitment (from management) can translate into a corporate commitment.

Every viewer on JioCinema will be able to watch matches for free: Anil Jayaraj

Anil Jayaraj, chief executive officer, Viacom18 Sports, says, "CTV is a critical part of our strategy going forward, even on IPL we had 125 million consumers watching on CTV. That is a massive number. It is significantly bigger than any high-definition television through linear TV and it is growing really fast."

The Viacom18 Sports CEO speaks on securing exclusive media rights for both TV and digital for BCCI’s international and domestic matches for the next five years and how the objective is to move the linear TV viewer to digital.

Dheeraj Sinha quits Leo Burnett, Publicis Groupe

Insiders suggest Dheeraj Sinha's appointment at FCB Group is a factor of his leadership and contribution in turning around Leo Burnett's fortunes, bringing fame and awards to the agency, and turning it into a future-ready firm.

Sinha was chief of Leo Burnett South Asia and Chairman, BBH India.

CRED’s Kunal Shah: Want to make a lifestyle first company

CRED, the fintech company started by Kunal Shah, has cut marketing expenses by 27 percent in the fiscal ending March 2023. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Kunal Shah, founder of CRED, talks about his aspirations for the fintech, UPI changing the game and focusing on top-end customers.