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Former Coca-Cola India executive Aditi Anand joins L’Oreal Professionnel as head of marketing

Aditi Anand, head of marketing, L’Oreal Professionnel

Aditi Anand has also worked with brands like HMD Global, Flipkart, and Airtel, among others. This is the first time she is going to work with the beauty category.

Aditya Birla Group’s chief marketing officer Ajay Kakar announces retirement

Ajay Kakar, who is an active member of The Advertising Club had joined Aditya Birla Group in February 2008 and was based out of the company’s Mumbai office

The veteran marketer has also worked with companies like Reliance Capital and Ogilvy & Mather.

Former Nestle marketing executive Ankit Kapoor joins Ananta Capital as chief marketing officer

An FMCG leader with almost over 15 years of experience in leading businesses and brands across countries, categories and companies, as the head of marketing for chocolates & confectionery, Ankit Kapoor led Nestle’s global brands - KitKat, Milkybar, BarOne along with E-Commerce and Modern Trade for the business unit.

Ankit Kapoor spent over six years at FMCG major Nestle where he led global brands – KitKat, Milkybar, BarOne along with e-commerce and modern trade.

Short video platform Josh’s country manager Rubeena Singh quits

Singh joined Josh, a homegrown short video platform in October 2021. Prior to this Singh was the chief executive officer of Dentsu Group-owned digital-first media agency iProspect, where she spent four years.

Prior to this, Singh was the chief executive officer of Dentsu Group-owned digital-first media agency iProspect, where she spent four years.

Dentsu hires Unmesh Pawar as chief people officer for India and South Asia

Unmesh has more than 25 years of experience in diverse aspects of human resources, with an early foundation in services and consulting. He has built differentiated capabilities for well-known brands such as Accenture, Mastek, Tata, and Peerless by designing and deploying innovative talent management practices. Previously, he served as KPMG's chief people officer, guiding the brand through a period of rapid change, and delivering on a progressive people agenda.

Sunil Seth, who has been supporting the network as human resource director-South Asia, will continue to maintain his role in Dentsu India. He will report to Pawar and focus on the people function’s operations.

MullenLowe Lintas Group: Amer Jaleel and Virat Tandon quit, Subbu new Group CEO

Calling it a strategic re-alignment from the previous model, the agency says that all the functions of the Group will now report to S. Subramanyeswar

S.Subramanyeswar (Subbu) will continue to directly lead the strategy function for the Group in India and maintain his role as chief strategy officer for the MullenLowe APAC region.

CXO Moves: The tale of two Bobs at Disney; L’Oreal India’s new MD

Licious, as per reports is the only unicorn in its sector that has witnessed a gradual slowdown over the last year. (Representational image via Unsplash)

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Aqilliz appoints Vivek Mishra as chief product officer

(Left) Vivek Mishra will be based out of Dubai working closely with founding chief executive officer of Aqilliz Gowthaman Ragothaman

Mishra will be based out of Dubai working closely with founding CEO of Aqilliz Gowthaman Ragothaman.

L’Oréal appoints Aseem Kaushik as India MD, Amit Jain retires

Jain will continue his association and assume the role of chairman for L’Oréal India to build on key stakeholder relationships in India.

CXO Moves: Crypto, e-commerce and food delivery companies lose execs; Plus, new guard at Meta

Mohit H Chablani started his career at Intelenet Global Services, and went on to work across Euclid Infotech Services, Aujas Networks, Media.net, ZEDO, Gameloft and mCanvas. (Representational image via Unsplash)

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