Brand Makers – Page 179

Tarun Chhabra to be Nokia’s country manager; replaces Sanjay Malik

The firm, in a statement, said Chhabra will continue in his role of head of mobile networks market India in addition to assuming India country manager responsibilities.

Tarun Chhabra will be replacing Sanjay Malik who retires on March 31.

Urban Company makes its platform accessible for persons with visual impairment

To make the platform accessible, Urban Company worked with the team at Mission Accessibility, an NGO dedicated to eliminating barriers faced by individuals with disabilities. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Using assistive technologies, available as part of smartphone operating systems, persons with disabilities will be able to book at-home services on the Urban Company app easily using touch gestures.

Havas India’s transformation chief Jaibeer Ahmad on his way out

Jaibeer Ahmad started his career at Lowe Lintas and Partners as account executive, and went on to work across Ogilvy & Mather, Draft FCB Ulka, Rediffusion Y&R, Samsung Electronics, Saatchi & Saatchi, J. Walter Thompson and Cheil Worldwide.

Jaibeer Ahmad was reporting to Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas India, South East Asia & North Asia (Japan & South Korea).

Cleartrip’s Ayyappan R to exit the Flipkart-owned firm?

Ayyappan R was also responsible for overseeing and driving the travel players' brand initiatives.

Flipkart’s churn is expected to see the exit of senior VPs like Ayyappan and others.

Kotak Mahindra Bank makes appointments at leadership levels; KVS Manian joins as joint managing director

KVS Manian had been with the lender for almost 30 years.

Shanti Ekambaram has been appointed as deputy managing director, Devang Gheewalla will succeed Jaimin Bhatt as the group chief financial officer,
Milind Nagnur has been elevated as chief operating officer and Paul Parambi has been elevated as group chief risk officer.

Dentsu’s global chief financial officer Nick Priday departs

Nick Priday took the mantle of global CFO of Dentsu International (formerly Dentsu Aegis Network) in 2013, following the acquisition of Aegis by Dentsu.

Nick Priday’s next move is unknown.

Meta’s Archana Vohra joins Google as managing director – payments and commerce, Asia Pacific

Vohra started her career at New Delhi Television, Adlabs, Times Internet and Amazon.

Archana Vohra was the senior director – global business group mid market and SMB at Meta.

Ripple’s Navin Gupta joins Crystal Blockchain as chief executive officer

Navin Gupta began his career at Citigroup and HSBC. During his stint at Citigroup, he was a relationship manager for tech. He had clients like Google, Amazon, Intel among others.

Navin Gupta led Ripple as managing director – South Asia and MENA.

Mars appoints Avik Sarkar as business head – South East Asia and South Asia

Avik Sarkar started his career at Parle Agro and went on to work across Emami and ITC. During his stint at ITC, he facilitated growth and became the biggest soap brand (Vivel) in East India through impactful strategies & innovation.

Avik Sarkar led Kellogg Company as regional marketing lead – Middle East, Turkey, Africa.