Tag: CXO Moves

Wunderman Thompson elevates Vijay Jacob as managing partner – East and South

Jacob has a proven track record of handling key businesses and has worked extensively in the South. This includes leadership roles in agencies in Bangalore and Chennai, and partnering with leading clients such as Britannia, ITC Foods, 3M, UB, TVS Motors.

Vijay Jacob has more than two decades of experience and has worked with ad agencies like Mudra Communications, Grey Group and Bates 141.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at PepsiCo, Diageo, Grey Group, Wavemaker, Cheil, and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Anshul Khanna, Deepika Warrier, Sindhuja Rai and Ruchira Jaitly)

Deepika Warrier has moved on from Diageo India as the chief marketing officer. Ruchira Jaitly, who serves as the executive vice president will step into her shoes starting from August 1. Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

The Coca-Cola Company elevates Pratik Thakar as global head of generative AI

Thakar comes with an experience of more than three decades and has worked with companies like Pressman Advertising & Marketing, Mudra Communications, Lowe and Partners Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi Asia, McCann Worldgroup, and Grey Group. (Image source: LinkedIn)

In his new role, Pratik Thakar will work on ideation and development of creative platforms leveraging AI technology.

After two years of turmoil, Dentsu in India scripting a turnaround

The representation of female HODs (head of departments) in Hindi content remained at a stagnant 17 percent, making it the only language with double-digit female HOD representation. (Representative Image: Ross Findon via Unsplash)

Dentsu India under its new leadership is working on a turnaround plan after a raft of leadership changes and key client losses over two years.

Shashank Sinha moves on from Eureka Forbes

Shashank Sinha is armed with an experience of more than two decades and started his career at Eureka Forbes as management trainee.

Shashank Sinha has more than 25 years of experience, his last role at Eureka Forbes was vice president – strategic marketing and business transformation.

Sandipan Bhattacharyya elevated to CCO, GREY South Asia

Sandipan Bhattacharyya has over 23 years of experience in advertising. Prior to GREY, he worked at BBDO and Saatchi & Saatchi in significant leadership roles.

In his new position, in addition to India, Sandipan Bhattacharyya will also focus on strengthening GREY’s creative offering across Pakistan and Bangladesh and provide clients with exceptional creative output to drive business growth.

Pearson’s Siddharth Banerjee joins UNIVO as CEO

Siddharth Banerjee went on to lead Unilever as the country marketing director and board member.

Siddharth Banerjee has more than two decades of experience and has worked across Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, Unilever, Vodafone, Games24x7 and Pearson.

Madhav Sheth quits realme, likely to join another Chinese phone maker

Madhav Sheth is armed with an experience of two decades and started his career at Synopsis Inc as data analyst. He moved to Priory Business Group as sales manager and from there, he moved to Perfect Communications as the sales director.

Madhav Sheth, who served for more than five years at realme, started his career at the company as the CEO in 2018.