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CXO Moves: Exec movements at Google, GroupM, Dentsu, Ogilvy, Disney+Hotstar and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Madhav Chinappa, Jose Leon, Dhurv Dhawan and Nikhil Rastogi)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Abhinav Kumar to take over from Rajashree R as CMO of TCS: Report

Rajashree, who comes with an experience of two decades started her career at Ramco Systems. She started her journey at TCS as head, retail solutions group. (From left to right: Rajashree R and Abhinav Kumar)

As per BSE filing, TCS is undergoing changes at its senior leadership management level, which will be effective starting August 1.

Disney+Hotstar ropes in Google’s Dhruv Dhawan as head of ads

During his stint at Google, Dhruv Dhawan’s role involved working closely on business, marketing, product areas across large FMCG players.

Dhruv Dhawan‘s role will involve driving advertising revenues for the streaming platform, Disney+Hotstar.

GroupM Nexus India makes Saif Shaikh the head of non-biddable

In his new role at GroupM Nexus, Saif Shaikh will focus on the long-term prioritization of campaign implementation, leveraging cutting-edge tools and software for media planning and data management, and providing media activation solutions to clients.

Saif Shaikh takes over from Sidhartha Patnaik, who has assumed a regional remit as head of non-biddable at GroupM Nexus APAC.

Dyson elevates Nikhil Rastogi as managing director for Dyson Benelux

At Dyson, he started his journey as director - marketing and e-commerce business, Dyson India. (Image source: ad:tech)

Nikhil Rastogi comes with an experience of more than two decades. Previously, he was the country manager, Dyson Austria GmbH.

Dentsu X India onboards Jose Leon as CEO

Prior to joining Dentsu X, Jose Leon held the position of managing director at the Publicis Groupe for over five years. His leadership experience also extends across global technology giants like Adobe.

Jose Leon will report to Anita Kotwani, CEO Media, South Asia, Dentsu.

Alok Jain joins Viacom18 as president and head of Colors Hindi and regional

In the last two years at Disney Star, Alok Jain was handling P&L responsibility of the company’s Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, and Kannada cluster of TV channels and Disney+Hotstar business.

An IIT Delhi- ISB alumni Jain, comes with 20+ years’ experience in in strategic, operational, and people leadership roles across diverse industries.

ACI Infotech appoints Tushar Sharma as chief marketing officer

Tushar Sharma is armed with an experience of 15 years and started his career at Woodstock Futures as the co-founder.

Previously, Tushar Sharma worked at Intel Corporation.

GroupM’s Sparsh Ganguli joins Astus Group as India head

He will be based out of Mumbai and will report to the founding members, Frances Dickens and Paul Jackson.

Sparsh Ganguli has over 25 years of experience and has worked across Star, Sony and BAG Films.

Droom appoints Vishwajeet Singh Rana as head of marketing

Vishwajeet Singh Rana has also worked with companies like Grafik International, Giorgio Armani, McCann Worldgroup, Max New York Life, and HDFC Life.

Vishwajeet Singh Rana’s last full-time stint was with TBWA\Media Arts Lab.