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CXO Moves: Exec movements across P&G India, Microsoft, Flipkart, Nissan, Ogilvy and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Kumar Venkatasubramanian, Arun Kakatkar, Harsh Chaudhary and Mustafa Suleyman)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Angel One appoints Zameer Kochar as chief marketing officer

Zameer Kochar also worked with LoyaltyOne as Head of Marketing — Brand & Promotions. Kochhar has had stints at Star India, Godfrey Phillips India, and Hindustan Unilever.

Zameer Kochar joins the financial services firm from IPL team Rajasthan Royals, where he played a pivotal role in reshaping the Rajasthan Royals’ brand identity and spearheading innovative initiatives during his tenure.

Leverage.biz appoints Aakash Educational Services’ Sushant Kumar as chief marketing officer

Sushant Kumar has also had previous stints at Snapdeal and Lendingkart leading their marketing efforts.

Sushant Kumar was previously the CMO of Aakash Educational Services Ltd (AESL).

Prateek Chugh joins Simpl as vice president – D2C business

Chugh has over 10 years of experience and has worked with companies like OYO, Classplus, Spyne and Lentra.

He perviously worked as Business head with Classplus India.

Cinepolis India elevates Devang Sampat as managing director

Devang Sampat is skilled in marketing management, negotiation, budgeting, business planning, and operations management. (Image source: India Retailing)

Previously, Devang Sampat held the position of chief executive officer.

Diageo’s Chair Javier Ferrán to retire in Feb 2025, current non-executive director Sir John Manzoni to succeed

Sir John Manzoni will also succeed Javier Ferrán as Chair of the Nomination Committee in February 2025. (Image sourced via Diageo website)

Javier Ferrán joined the Diageo Board in July 2016 and was appointed Chair on 1 January 2017.

Jack Daniel’s ropes in Gaurav Sabharwal as managing director, India and South Asia

Gaurav Sabharwal spent over 14 years with Pernod Ricard in a range of leadership roles with a particular focus on driving strategic and transformational projects, including country and business leadership roles in India, Singapore, and Dubai. Before this, Sabharwal worked with Diageo in various commercial leadership roles.

In his new role, Gaurav Sabharwal will oversee Brown-Forman’s operations in the high-growth and strategic markets of India and South Asia. He will report to Eveline Albarracin, VP, managing director, Brown-Forman ANZPI IMENA Turkiye, and will be based out of Gurugram.

TVS Motor Company inducts Vijay Sankar and Shailesh Haribhakti as independent directors

Kuok Meng Xiong, independent director of the company, will step down as independent director effective close of business hours of the ensuing Annual General Meeting 2024, owing to his increased business commitments and personal reasons. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Vijay Sankar, whose appointment becomes effective on March 20, 2024, holds several independent directorships and trustee positions, including at Oriental Hotels Ltd and the Transport Corporation of India. Shailesh Haribhakti, who joins the board on April 1, 2024, is a certified internal auditor, financial planner and fraud examiner with over five decades of experience.

Wipro appoints Anne-Marie Rowland as CEO of Capco

Rowland joined Capco 14 years ago and has deep Consulting expertise in business change management, innovation, and transformation.

Lance Levy, who led Capco as CEO for over a decade, assumes a Strategic Advisor role to continue to support Capco and Wipro’s overall Consulting strategy.

Gaurav Soni appointed as Perfetti Van Melle’s head of media

In his career spanning over 15 years, Soni has worked with some of the top companies and agencies like Samsung Electronics, Starcom, Mindshare, Dainik Jagran, Lodestar Universal Mccann, Dentsu Communications, The Nielsen Company.

In his last role, Soni was head of media at Domino’s. He joined the company in 2022.