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Tarun Jha quits Skoda Auto as marketing chief

As Head of Marketing at Škoda Auto India, Jha was responsible for brand and product strategy, communications, media, digital, customer experience, retail marketing and events. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Tarun Jha, head of marketing at Skoda Auto, has put in his papers, as per reports. Ajay Raghuvanshi, head of sales, has also quit.

CXO Moves: United Breweries’ new CMO Vikram Bahl, Karthik Nagarajan is Hogarth India CEO; Plus, Quotient Ventures, DDB Mudra

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (Representative Image: Daryan Shamkhali via Unsplash)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.

WPP’s Hogarth India appoints Karthik Nagarajan as CEO

Most recently, Karthik Nagarajan served as the head of GroupM's branded content and Wavemaker India's chief content officer.

Karthik Nagarajan will drive growth and innovation at WPP’s global creative production company.

Vikram Bahl joins United Breweries as its new CMO

He had stints at GSK Consumer Healthcare India where he was EVP-Marketing and at the Kellogg Company, where he spent almost a decade. (Image courtesy: LinkedIn)

Vikram Bahl was global brand vice-president, Nutrition at Unilever before joining United Breweries as CMO.

Former Dentsu Creative exec Harsh Shah joins Wunderman Thompson South Asia as chief digital officer

In his new role at Wunderman Thompson South Asia, Harsh Shah will be responsible for accelerating the digital transformation of the group.

Harsh Shah will be based out of Mumbai and will report directly to Shams Jasani, CEO, Wunderman Thompson South Asia.

T. Gangadhar joins Quotient Ventures (Tilt) as group CEO and co-founder

Gangadhar joins Quotient Ventures from GroupM/WPP where he last served as Asia Pacific CEO for its media agency Essence. Prior to WPP, he has worked with Sony Pictures Networks, Lowe Lintas and DDB Mudra

Gangadhar will jointly lead and manage the Group with Shriram Iyer and Rajiv Chatterjee.

RS Sodhi and Amul, upGrad, Meta, Disney-Star, TVS, and more: CXO Moves

Amanjit S holds a degree in 'Strategic MR for Effective Marketing' from MICA. (Representative Image: Martino Pietropoli via Unsplash)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.

Ex-Sharechat exec Ajit Varghese joins Disney Star as head of network advertising sales

He would also be looking at developing the long-term vision and defining the strategic direction of the sales organization in his new role, said an official statement from the television network. Varghese would be reporting to K Madhavan, president and country manager, Disney Star

Ajit Varghese was the chief commercial officer at ShareChat and Moj. Prior to this, he headed WPP’s Wavemaker as the global president.

DY Works appoints Ashish Bahl as CEO

Bahl has spent over 25 years in advertising, marketing & media. He has worked with SABMiller India (now AB-Inbev) Neo Cricket & Sports, Mccann, Contract, JWT, Leo Burnett and O&M, where he’s worked with over 100 iconic global brands including Pepsi,Coca-Cola, MasterCard, Nestle, ESPN, SABMiller, Hero-Honda and many more

Bahl takes over from Tresa Paul who has moved out to pursue new opportunities.

upGrad’s CEO Arjun Mohan resigns

In 2022, the entire focus was on digital. Digital media spends of the company went up by 20 percent. Television took a complete backseat in the company’s marketing playbook. In fact, after their partnership with Shark Tank India, upGrad had zero spends on television between March and December

Mohan joined the company in April 2020 from competitor Byju’s where he last served as the chief business officer.