Costin Mandrea appointed CEO of SLMG Beverages, Coca-Cola India’s largest independent bottler

Costin Mandrea holds a degree from the University of Bucharest.

Costin Mandrea has held key leadership positions at Coca-Cola Bottling System in Western and Central Europe, Russia, and Japan, where he demonstrated expertise in driving business growth through company-wide transformation, sales force operations, customer engagement, and route-to-market strategies.

Watch brand Timex ropes in Paul Ruban as brand head, VP

The global watch brand announced just this week that it is back at the 17th edition of TATA IPL with a partnership with Punjab Kings that makes it the ‘official timekeeper of the Kings’. This association will see Timex branding on Punjab Kings with a very prominent logo placement on the trousers.

In his last role, Paul Ruban was director – planning, APAC and EMEA, for Fossil Group.

GroupM’s Mindshare appoints Priyadarshi Banerjee as principal partner – content+ (Unilever)

During his stint at Future Group India as marketing manager - Ack Media, Priyadarshi Banerjee held entrepreneurial responsibilities including setting up and leading the direct-to-consumer sales & marketing efforts for the licensed businesses of National Geographic, Bloomberg Businessweek and Forbes International.

Priyadarshi Banerjee, previously was the vice president – account management at Kofluence.

Noise’s chief marketing officer Gaurav Mehta quits

During his stint at Yahoo, Gaurav Mehta as the chief manager handled the largest group in Yahoo India (Revenue-wise) and key verticals like Travel, Government, Education, Real Estate and other key clients.

Utsav Malhotra, who is the chief operating officer at Noise, is currently overseeing the company’s business strategy, operations, and marketing initiatives.

Maagh Advertising and Marketing Services’ MD Azharuddin Rabbani Mulla resigns

At Snapdeal, as the director of supply chain, Arora handled multiple roles in supply chain covering first mile and last mile management, customer experience and cost optimization. He was responsible for Snapdeal’s Premier Customer Program: SD Gold's strategy, faster delivery service expansion, operational adherence and customer NPS. (Representative Image: Raphael Koh via Unsplash)

Maagh launched its public issue in September 2022 to fund its expansion plans including for buying media inventory, purchase of software and general corporate purpose.