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Atul Sinha elevated as chief operating officer of CaratLane

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Sinha joined CaratLane on June 1, 2015, after commencing his career at Hindustan Unilever.

Atul Sinha will assume responsibility for the P&L operations of CaratLane India, focusing on driving growth and efﬁciency.

upGrad’s Mayank Kumar moves on from India Edtech Consortium

Mayank Kumar had been leading IEC since 2022 alongside Divya Gokulnath, co-founder of Byju’s, an edtech company.

Prateek Maheshwari, co-founder of PhysicsWallah, an edtech company will succeed Mayank Kumar.

Alex Lubar is DDB Worldwide’s new CEO

Alex Lubar was appointed president and chief operating officer of DDB Worldwide last October 2022, following ten years at McCann.

Lubar succeeds current global CEO Marty O’Halloran who will continue as chairman.

Honasa Consumer hires Nishchay Bahl as SVP – offline business

Nishchay Bahl comes with over 15 years of leadership experience managing cross functional teams in various [P&L roles in the FMCG domain across channels (GT, MT, e-commerce) with functional expertise in sales, key account management, digital marketing, customer and shopper marketing and brand management across some of the leading CPG companies in India like Britannia and Reckitt.

In his last role, Bahl was the chief business officer (offline) for Good Glam Group.

WPP’s Martina Suess Cromer joins FCB as global chief communications officer

Cromer joins FCB from WPP, where, for the last four years, she led corporate communications across the U.S., the company’s largest market. Prior to joining WPP, she was the global head of marketing and communications at Hearst-owned agency iCrossing and, before that, the vice president of global corporate communications at Wunderman.

Based in New York, Cromer joins FCB’s global leadership team reporting to global chief executive officer Tyler Turnbull and global chair and global chief creative officer Susan Credle directly.

Wieden + Kennedy bolsters their leadership team; appoints Snigdha Bose and Tania Dey

Snigdha Bose and Tania Dey bring with them skills in customer experience roadmaps and building omnichannel brands. (From left to right: Snigdha Bose and Tania Dey)

Snigdha Bose and Tania Dey have been welcomed aboard the Delhi and Mumbai offices respectively.

Mankind Pharma elevates Sanjay Koul as chief marketing officer

Sanjay Koul has more than two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Prior to this, he held the position of senior president at Mankind Pharma.

Dunzo co-founder Dalvir Suri to exit cash-strapped startup

While Dalvir Suri overlooked operations across the company, he was particularly responsible to scale Dunzo's B2B business, Dunzo Merchandise Service (DMS), which now accounts for a majority of Dunzo's business since the company has been scaled down its customer-centric arm.

Sources at the company highlighted that Suri has tried exiting the firm earlier, but had stayed back after discussions with CEO Biswas. Suri has no stake in Dunzo and took home just a salary with some ESOPs, like several other employees.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Ogilvy, Deloitte, Tips, JSW Sports and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Smita Murarka, Swati Balani, Arpan Jain and Anand Singh Saluja)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

Duroflex’s Smita Murarka joins Deloitte as director

Murarka, who started her career at brand-comm, and has worked in companies like Bulchee, Landmark Group, Lifestyle International and MAS Holdings.

Previously, Smita Murarka headed Duroflex as chief marketing officer – corporate and brands, digital.