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George Kovoor to become PepsiCo India’s president: Report

George Kovoor, who is the senior vice-president and general manager, beverages at PepsiCo India, has been in role since January 2022.

Ahmed ElSheikh, the current chief of PepsiCo India, is expected to get global role at the American food and beverage company early next year.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Unilever, McCain Foods, The Walt Disney Company, Yes Bank and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Gaurav Jain, Geetanjali Makhijani Ray, Piyush Patnaik and Amrita Choudhary)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Sociowash onbords Amisha Gulati as business head

Amisha Gulati's core objective will be to elevate the agency to one of the top integrated advertising agencies in India.

Amisha Gulati’s role includes client relationship management, championing award-winning campaigns, P&L management and fostering a collaborative culture within the organization.

Amrita Choudhary joins The Walt Disney Company as head of media and partnerships

Amrita Choudhary started her career at DNA and went on to work across Star India, Maxus and Sony Entertainment.

Amrita Choudhary was the managing partner of Wavemaker India.

ShareChat elevates Gaurav Jain to chief business officer

Gaurav Jain, chief business officer, ShareChat and Moj stated, "Advertising will remain our very big focus because we believe that with the consumer base we have, we can offer a lot of it to advertisers of all sizes in the country. We also have a micro-transactions business in which users of Moj can show their gratitude to their influencers by giving them a token. We as a platform charge some platform fees so that is another source of monetisation."

Gaurav Jain was the head of emerging business and ShareChat and Moj.

WebEngage elevates Ankur Gattani as chief growth officer

An IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta graduate, Ankur Gattani joined WebEngage in 2021 to streamline the marketing function of the organisation.

Ankur Gattani, who has been heading the marketing function for the B2B SaaS leader, will now also take charge of customer growth and success functions in this newly constituted role.

Intel’s Gayatri Makhijani Ray joins Unilever as head – digital hub

Gayatri Makhijani Ray began her career at MTV Networks and went on to work across DDB Tribal, Rediffusion Y&R, Yahoo and Amazon.

Previously, Gayatri Makhijani Ray led Intel Corporation as head – brand, creative and media.

Radisson Hotel Group’s Zubin Saxena joins Hilton as senior vice president and country head – India

Zubin Saxena was the managing director and area senior vice president, South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group.

Zubin Saxena will be assuming his role in January 2024.

Piyush Patnaik steps down as McCain Foods’ managing director

However, Piyush Patnaik stated that his departure has more to do with him embarking on pursuing other interests.

As per reports, Piyush Patnaik’s departure comes after allegations of “improper conduct”.

Yes Bank appoints Tushar Patankar as chief risk officer

Patankar joins Yes Bank from L&T Financial Services where he last served in the capacity of group chief risk officer managing retail, microfinance, corporate, infrastructure, real estate, and mutual fund across over 1,800 locations.

In his role, Tushar Patankar will be responsible for enterprise risk, credit policy, market risk, operations risk management (ORM), information security and all other Pillar II risks of the Bank.