Category: Brand Makers

Wavemaker India promotes Sairam Ranganathan to chief digital officer

Team Wavemaker NorthStar will bring in the right experts across platforms, commerce, analytics and tech to orchestrate data-led solutions that yield business results. In his new role, Ranganathan will continue to report into Vishal Jacob, chief transformation officer at Wavemaker India.

As the head of Wavemaker NorthStar, Ranganathan will work with clients to drive business outcomes.

Atul Sinha elevated as chief operating officer of CaratLane

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Sinha joined CaratLane on June 1, 2015, after commencing his career at Hindustan Unilever.

Atul Sinha will assume responsibility for the P&L operations of CaratLane India, focusing on driving growth and efficiency.

India’s booming online gaming industry faces challenges in transition to 28 percent GST bracket

Moving on from taxes and revenues, the report also said that India’s online gamers are expected to grow at a CAGR of 5 percent and reach 53.8 crore by FY28. (Representational image via Unsplash)

While the government’s efforts to regulate and tax the sector are understandable from a revenue generation and user protection standpoint, it’s crucial to ensure that these measures do not stifle the industry’s potential.

Honasa Consumer hires Nishchay Bahl as SVP – offline business

Nishchay Bahl comes with over 15 years of leadership experience managing cross functional teams in various [P&L roles in the FMCG domain across channels (GT, MT, e-commerce) with functional expertise in sales, key account management, digital marketing, customer and shopper marketing and brand management across some of the leading CPG companies in India like Britannia and Reckitt.

In his last role, Bahl was the chief business officer (offline) for Good Glam Group.

WPP’s Martina Suess Cromer joins FCB as global chief communications officer

Cromer joins FCB from WPP, where, for the last four years, she led corporate communications across the U.S., the company’s largest market. Prior to joining WPP, she was the global head of marketing and communications at Hearst-owned agency iCrossing and, before that, the vice president of global corporate communications at Wunderman.

Based in New York, Cromer joins FCB’s global leadership team reporting to global chief executive officer Tyler Turnbull and global chair and global chief creative officer Susan Credle directly.