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Category: Brand Makers
RBI approves Dipak Gupta’s appointment as interim chief of Kotak Mahindra Bank
Gupta, who wears a lot of hats at the bank as head of IT, cyber security, customer experience and business intelligence, served as the joint managing director earlier.
United Breweries appoints Vivek Gupta as managing director and chief executive officer
Vivek Gupta was previously with Udaan, where he was the chief business officer.
This is prime time for India in the global marketplace: David Kohler
India is the only country in the world where Kohler has three experience centres. The brand plans to build more immersive experiences. It is adding 160 showrooms this year, growing its India network to 1,000.
Former Twitter exec head Kanika Mittal joins Taboola as country manager: Report
Kanika Mittal has also worked at Tata Teleservices and Reebok India.
Samsung appoints Shirish Agarwal as director – marketing
Shirish Agarwal was the head – marketing communication and brand at Panasonic India.
Oyo India CEO, Europe head quit ahead of planned IPO
Both roles were already transitioned six months ago to Varun Jain, as COO India, and, Gautam Swaroop, as CEO OYO Vacation Homes, respectively, the company said.
Understanding a market is not possible by sitting in air-conditioned rooms in Bombay: Ogilvy’s Piyush Pandey
Legendary ad man Piyush Pandey, who is the executive chairman of Ogilvy India talks about the India-Bharat opportunity, advertising strategy for Bharat and the challenges of penetrating Bharat for companies. He said, “Reaching out is a matter of availability and affordability. In terms of advertising and communication, it would be stupid to do two kinds of communication (one for Bharat and one for India, as marketers differentiate). For years I have been involved with Fevicol, we never did two kinds of advertising.”
Way2News appoints Abhishek Jaggi as national sales head
In his new role, Abhishek Jaggi will oversee the promotion and monetization of Way2News’ premium language inventory, while leveraging regional opportunities to enhance brand storytelling and venture into a fresh realm of advertising.
Netcore Cloud makes senior appointments; ropes in Kuldeep Sengar and Praveen Sridhar
Kuldeep Sengar joins as the group chief technology officer (Group CTO), and Praveen Sridhar comes aboard as vice president, growth and special projects.