Keep up with all the key people movements in the brand marketing ecosystem in Storyboard18’s CXO Moves. Here’s a round-up of the executives who’ve moved jobs, got bigger roles, switched industries and more.
Anshul Khanna
Previous: Senior director marketing, foods category, India, PepsiCo
Present: Vice president and foods category head, India and South Asia, PepsiCo
Anshul Khanna has been elevated to a new position at PepsiCo. Khanna, who has 21 years of experience started his career at PepsiCo and has held various roles in different capacities.
Deepika Warrier
Previous: Chief marketing officer, Diageo India
Deepika Warrier has moved on from her respective role. Ruchira Jaitly, who serves as the executive vice president will step into her shoes starting from August 1. Warrier has an experience of more than a decade and has worked across PepsiCo India, Pepsi Cola and NourishCo Beverages Limited.
Jailty comes with an experience of three decades and has worked across Unilever India, PepsiCo India, DSM and HMD Global.
Sindhuja Rai
Previous: Senior director, global media investment & AMEA consumer experience, Mondelez International
Present: Chief executive officer, Asia-Pacific, Wavemaker
GroupM’s Wavemaker has appointed Sindhuja Rai in a new role. Rai comes with an experience of more than 25 years and has worked across Madison World, IPG Mediabrands, Starcom Mediavest Group, Havas and MindShare.
Roopam Garg
Previous: Chief executive officer, Dentsu X
Roopam Garg has moved on from his role at Dentsu X. Garg has more than two decades of experience and has worked across Rediffusion Y&R, GroupM and Publicis Groupe.
Narayan Devanathan, the former chief client officer of Dentsu India, has rejloined. He will be taking up a consulting role as group chief strategic advisor. Devanathan was associated with the agency for 11 years before he moved on last year to become National Foundation for India’s chief strategy officer.
Shashank Sinha
Previous: Vice president – strategic marketing and business transformation, Eureka Forbes
Shashank Sinha has moved on from his respective role at Eureka Forbes. Armed with more than 25 years of experience, he has served various roles in different capacities within Eureka Forbes.
Madhav Sheth
Previous: Vice president – realme, president – realme international business group
Madhav Sheth has moved on from his respective role. Media reports suggest that he is likely to join Chinese electronics multinational company Huawei. Sheth comes with an experience of two decades and he has worked across Synopsis, Priory Business Group, Perfect Communications and Oppo.
Nimish Agrawal
Previous: SVP and head of marketing and digital sales, Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Present: Executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Nimish Agarwal has been promoted to a new role at Niva Bupa Health Insurance. Agrawal comes with an experience of 15 years and has worked across Reebok, Henkel CEE, Britannia, AkzoNobel Decorative Coatings and Naukri.com.
Siddharth Banerjee
Previous: Managing director and SVP, Pearson
Present: Chief executive officer and member of the board, UNIVO
Online program management company UNIVO has brought Siddharth Banerjee on board as the chief executive officer. Further, he is also a member of the board. Banerjee has more than two decades of experience and has worked across Citi India, McCann Worldgroup, Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, Unilever, Vodafone, Facebook and Games24x7.
Sandipan Bhattacharyya
Present: Chief creative officer, Grey Group
Sandipan Bhattacharyya has been elevated to a new position at Grey Group. In his new position, in addition to India, Bhattacharyya will focus on strengthening the agency’s creative offering across Pakistan and Bangladesh, and provide clients with exceptional creative output to drive business growth. Bhattacharyya comes with an experience of more than two decades and he has worked across Saatchi & Saatchi, Enterprise Nexus and BBDO.
Sumera Dewan
Present: Creative division, Punt Partners
Sumera Dewan has been appointed in a new role at Punt Partners. Her responsibilities will include establishing and driving the creative business for the company. Dewan has been armed with an experience of more than a decade and has worked across JWT, SoHo Square, Dentsu, Jack in the Box Worldwide and Dentsu Webchutney.
Ramya Nagesh
Previous: Group managing director, VMLY&R
Ramya Nagesh has moved on from her respective role. Nagesh is armed with an experience of 15 years and has worked across The Pioneer, Wizcraft International Entertainment, Hanmer MSL and the Glitch.
Tarvinderjit Singh
Previous: Creative head, Famous Innovations
Present: Senior executive creative director, Cheil India
Cheil India has brought Tarvinderjit Singh on board in a new position. Singh is armed with an experience of more than two decades and has worked across Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey Group, McCann Erickson, TBWA, Rediffusion Y&R, Bates CHI&Partners and Contract Advertising.
Compiled by Kashmeera Sambamurthy