Google India’s Vishal Sinha joins ShareChat as the director – ads strategy

Vishal Sinha has also worked with global tech companies like Gartner and Oracle as a business development manager, providing critical business insights to the organisations, building strong and trusted relationships at the CXO level of small and medium size organisations, leading account strategy and planning end-to-end sales cycle.

Vishal Sinha’s mandate will include leading the strategy team for ads business for both ShareChat and Moj.

Amul’s former chief RS Sodhi joins Reliance Retail Ventures to help build grocery business

RS Sodhi, who served as the managing director at Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) since 2010, moved on from the company on January 9. Sodhi was given an extension for a period of another five years. The decision to remove Sodhi was taken at the board meeting of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the farmers' cooperative that operates the Amul brand. In his place, the dairy sector cooperative giant has appointed Jayan Mehta as its MD for an interim period. (Image source: News18)

RS Sodhi will help build the company’s growth in the grocery space with a focus on fruits and vegetables.

Meta’s Deepa Jatkar joins Wavemaker India as chief growth officer

Deepa Jatkar has worked with the country's largest media agency ecosystem to build strategic growth programs, lead the revenue function, deploy business plans to enhance operational excellence and build capabilities at scale across the partner ecosystem. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Deepa Jatkar joins Wavemaker from Meta India, where she was a part of the global sales and marketing team and a key member of the India sales leadership team.

Manas Lahiri appointed Famous Innovations’ COO

With over 21 years of experience in marketing and advertising, Lahiri expertise lie in harnessing data and analysis to shape strategy for the companies. He has held senior positions at various renowned agencies and brands, including Samsung, Motorola, McCann, Ogilvy, Havas Worldwide, and more.

He joins the agency from Havas Group India where he was serving as the managing director (MD).

Noise hires Gaurav Mehta as chief marketing officer

In his role as chief marketing officer, Gaurav Mehta will be leading the marketing function through his strategic initiatives. Further, he will also be responsible for devising strategies and overseeing overall marketing efforts that will in turn reinforce strong brand building and revenue growth in the long run.

Gaurav Mehta, who is armed with an experience of more than two decades, has been associated with brands such as Yahoo, OLX, Car Dekho and Zupee.

Dentsu’s chief creative officer Fred Levron quits

Fred Levron started off as an executive creative director or creative director with Ogilvy & Mather. From there, he moved to the Creative Artists Agency as the global executive creative director. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Fred Levron, who comes with an experience of two decades, established the foundation of the Japanese network’s new creative unit, Dentsu Creative.

Dentsu appoints Ashish Khanna as Global CEO, Dentsu Global Services

Ashish Khanna will be responsible for operationalising a globally networked talent capability that enables clients to access high-quality, consistent, cost-competitive services, combining the right expertise with the right technology from the right locations. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Ashish Khanna comes with 25 years of experience, where he oversaw delivery and transformative programs for Fortune 500 companies and managed large global teams.

Haier India appoints Priyanka Sethi as Head of Marketing

In the past, Priyanka Sethi has held several leadership positions with Panasonic, Discovery and NEC Corporation India. She has conceptualised, led, and worked on numerous award-winning campaigns across the board. (Image source: LinkedIn)

In her new role, Priyanka Sethi will develop, implement marketing strategies and will look into strengthening the brand’s positioning and enhancing its customer engagement.

Diageo names Debra Crew CEO, making her the company’s first female CEO

With Debra Crew’s appointment as CEO, women will make up more than 50 percent of Diageo’s executive committee from 1 July. During the past decade, Diageo’s total shareholder returns have strongly outperformed the FTSE100, and the company has continued its progressive policy to increase dividends every year. (Image source: Diageo)

Debra Crew, who is currently the chief operating officer, was appointed in 2022. Prior to that, she was the president, Diageo North America and global supply