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Disney Experiences announces key leadership appointments

Disney Experiences has an expansive footprint in the global theme park travel and experience business with 12 parks around the world.

The announcement comes as Disney Experiences has embarked on expansion plans for its cruise line business and at theme parks around the world.

CXO Moves: Exec movements across Coca-Cola India, Parle Products, LinkedIn, Publicis Groupe and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Desmond Nikhil D’Souza, Krishnarao Buddha, Vidhya Srinivasan and Geraldine White)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Parle Products’ Krishnarao Buddha steps down

Krishnarao Buddha, who is an alumni of IIM-Ahmedabad, began his career at Maxwell Apparels, and then moved to Uncle Chipps as deputy product manager. Then, he joined Excelcia Foods as product manager, and then joined Gold Cross.

As the senior category head – marketing, Krishnarao Buddha handled the portfolio of confectionery, snacks, cakes and rusks.

Bookstrapping: Five books to know India better

The masterful Shashi Tharoor describes the many humiliations and hurdles that Ambedkar had to overcome in a society that stigmatized the community he was born into and what he made of himself in the process in 'AMBEDKAR: A LIFE BY DR SHASHI THAROOR', states Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Unsplash)

Ahead of the Republic Day weekend, our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down five books to read to know India better.

Diageo’s Hina Nagarajan to lead dialogue on Viksit Bharat at Storyboard18’s Global Pioneers Summit

A trailblazing leader, Hina Nagarajan brings her global perspective, inclusive leadership, and transformational approach to Storyboard18’s landmark event, Global Pioneers Summit, in March 2025.

From Jaipur to Jackpot: How two brothers turned skincare into a Rs 2,955 crore prize

Minimalist founders Rahul Yadav (Left) and Mohit Yadav (Right) (Photo source: Chirag Taneja on LinkedIn)

FMCG behemoth Hindustan Unilever’s purchase of a 90.5% stake in homegrown skincare brand Minimalist is one for startup history books. Find out why.

Great brands are built on timeless insights: HUL’s Rohit Jawa

Rohit Jawa further added that by harnessing HUL's research and development capabilities, supply chain expertise, and wide distribution network, Minimalist is expected to further strengthen its presence in India's burgeoning premium beauty market.

HUL secures a 90.5% stake in the fastest-growing D2C skincare brand Minimalist, signalling an expanded foray into the premium beauty segment.

Car price hike: Maruti Suzuki raises rates of 18 models, including Celerio, Jimny, Brezza

According to Maruti Suzuki, the ex-showroom prices for Celerio will increase upto Rs 32,500–the highest among all car models

ZEE Entertainment appoints Divya Karani as Independent Director

Previously, she served as the CEO of Dentsu Media, South Asia, leading the agency for over 12 years as a prominent media agency network in the region.

Karani has over four decades of extensive experience spearheading some of the largest advertising and media agencies across India, South Asia, UK and Asia Pacific.

Zee Entertainment’s ad spend jumps 36.8% in Q3 FY25, profit surges 180%

Zee Entertainment reported a 180 percent jump in its profit in the December quarter.

In the nine months of FY 25 (April-December), ZEEL’s operating revenue from advertising declined by 7 percent to Rs 2,753.6 crore compared with Rs 2,947.5 crore in the last fiscal due to the sluggish festive season.