Category: Brand Makers

Stellantis elevates Aditya Jairaj as chief executive officer and managing director

Since his appointment as the CEO and MD in 2021, Roland Bouchara has led Stellantis India's expansion, playing a role in establishing a foundation for Citroën and Jeep. Prior to 2021, Bouchara launched Citroën brand in India and led the operations in his capacity as senior vice president of sales and marketing for the brand.

Aditya Jairaj currently deputy managing director, Stellantis India and head – Jeep India, will succeed Roland Bouchara.

Infectious Advertising appoints Neville Suraliwala as business head

Neville Suraliwala has worked across agencies such as FCB Ulka, Lowe Lintas, Soho Square (Now 82.5), L&K Saatchi and Saatchi and Makani Creatives.

Neville Suraliwala has worked with brands like Indian Oil, Fair & Lovely, Clinic Plus, Head & Shoulders, Piaggio, Bisleri, Franklin Templeton, Yes Bank, Nilkamal, Lee Cooper, Tata Real Estate, and several other respected names.

ACKO appoints Aravind Sampathkumaran as senior vice president, core products

Aravind Sampathkumaran, an alumnus of companies like Swiggy, Sun Mobility, Yahoo, and Microsoft, has demonstrated leadership in various domains, including online and mobile consumer products, portals, search, advertising platforms, and social platforms.

Aravind Sampathkumaran has also founded the Chatterati App, a cloud-hosted platform aimed at fostering highly engaged communities.

Diageo’s Shweta Jain: “Seeing unprecedented horizontal growth”

Shweta Jain has also worked in companies like ShopsClues, Pernod Ricard India, Ogilvy, McCann Worldgroup, Gillette India, Rediffusion DY&R.

Shweta Jain, chief business officer, Luxury, Reserve & Craft, India & South Asia, Diageo, talks about Don Julio, the tequila category, young affluence in India, and the growth of the alcohol beverage industry in India.

Millennials, Gen Z constituted 53 percent of demand for home loans between Oct 2022 & Oct 2023: report

According to the data shared by Magicbricks, the highest number of home loans disbursed were in Mumbai followed by Bengaluru and Noida. The fourth highest was Delhi followed by Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and others. (Representative Image: Edu Lauton via Unsplash)

Eighty percent of the home loan applicants Magicbricks handled came from residents in tier 1 cities and Mumbai (22 percent), Bengaluru (19 percent) and Noida (17 percent).

Full-funnel agency tgthr introduces its creative leadership team

Collectively, they will amplify the agency's impact as a ‘force multiplier.’

The team comprises of Anadi Sah – national creative director, chief innovation officer & founding partner, Vibhor Yadav – regional creative officer – North and South, & founding partner, Pragati Rana – regional creative officer – West, head of originals & founding partner and Anirudh Venugopal- senior creative director, head of culture and founding partner.

Ogilvy elevates Anurag Agnihotri as chief creative officer

Anurag Agnihotri will report to the Ogilvy India CCOs, and be a part of the core Ogilvy West leadership running these offices alongside Hirol Gandhi, president and head of Office - Mumbai and Kolkata, and Ganapathy Balagopalan, chief strategy officer.

Anurag Agnihotri’s new role will be effective January 1, 2024.

OpenAI sets sights on India; appoints Rishi Jaitly as senior advisor

The appointment has hinted at OpenAI’s plans to set up in India to capitalise on the country’s growing market and potential. (Image sourced from Virginia Tech website)

In his role, Jaitly will bridging the gap between OpenAI and the Indian Government by fostering a strong relationship between them to understand AI policies.