Brand Makers – Page 229

The Advertising Club elects Havas’s Rana Barua as president

The expansion of Barua’s scope adds nine additional markets under his leadership in his new role as Group CEO India, South East and North Asia.

Partha Sinha will continue as a member of the managing committee as the immediate past president for the ensuing year.

Srinivasan K Swamy elected as chairman of ABC

Srinivasan K Swamy has been a stalwart in the marketing services industry since October 1998 when he first joined the Executive Committee of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI).

Srinivasan K Swamy has been elected for the year 2023-2024.

Swiggy’s Anuj Rathi joins Jupiter as chief product and marketing officer

In his last stint at Swiggy, Anuj Rathi was in charge of product, marketing, growth, financial services, and partnerships.

Anuj Rathi will work closely with the founder and CEO of the company Jitendra Gupta.

SBI’s former chairman Rajnish Kumar joins Mastercard India as chairman

Rajnish Kumar said in the statement that he is keenly looking forward to sharing his knowledge, experience, and expertise with Mastercard as the company becomes an even more deeply embedded player and strategic partner to organizations across the public and private sectors in India. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The veteran banker has previously served as the chairman of India’s largest public sector bank SBI.

Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ former CEO to step down from the board

Howard Schultz is the co-founder of Schultz Family Foundation and emes project llc. His innings at Starbucks began in 1987 as chairman and CEO.

Howard Schultz, whose association with Starbucks dates back to 1987, transformed the small company selling only whole beans to a global coffeehouse chain busy in 86 markets with 36,000 cafes.

Mindshare’s Amin Lakhani: AI will not be AI without human intelligence

Amin Lakhani, chief executive officer - South Asia, Mindshare, said, "If you look at the opportunities in India, everything is 2X or 3X of what the global averages are. Therefore, there is massive opportunity, whether it is in classical creative, whether it is addressable creative, whether it is fast moving content, you name it, and there are ample opportunities."

Amin Lakhani, chief executive officer – South Asia, Mindshare, said, “I think AI is a great enabler for what humans can achieve, and process. But, there is no match to human creativity, human emotions, and human connection.”

Pooja Sahgal and Shriram Parthasarathy share insights on creativity and marketing post Covid

Shriram Parthasarathy (left), head - digital media marketing and social media marketing lead - India, at Microsoft and Pooja Sahgal (right), CMO and R&D Head at Raymond Consumer Care

Pooja Sahgal, CMO and R&D Head at Raymond Consumer Care and Shriram Parthasarathy, Head – Digital Media Marketing and Social Media Marketing Lead – India at Microsoft talk about creativity during Storyboard18 YoungGuns.

Max Healthcare onboards Mayank Mathur as senior vice president – marketing

Mayank Mathur started his career at ITC. He had also worked with companies like JK Lakshmi Cement, Airtel and SRL Diagnostics.

Mayank Mathur was the senior general manager – brand and integrated marketing communications at Apollo Hospitals.

Capri Sports bolsters leadership team; appoints Apurv Gupta and Chandan Roy

Apurv Gupta joins the team with the experience of having helped launch the Pro Kabaddi League with Mashal Sports. Chandan Roy comes in on the back off a stint with Star Sports as head of sponsorship marketing for the Emerging Sports portfolio - Football (ISL, Premier League), F1 and Grand Slams in the Indian market.(From left to right: Apurv Gupta and Chandan Roy)

Apurv Gupta will be responsible for managing the operations of the Capri Sports’ Bengal Warriors and Rajasthan Warriors with an objective to build their equity. Chandan Roy will pick up the baton in terms of creating brand and fan engagement plans for the Capri Sports teams – UP Warriorz, Bengal Warriors, Sharjah Warriors and Rajasthan Warriors.

Sanjay Mishra moves on from Marico

Sanjay Mishra started his career at Dunlop India as district manager. He went on to work across Spencers and PepsiCo.

During his stint as COO – India and CEO – new business, Sanjay Mishra was responsible for driving the digital transformation journey and leading its digital-first brands.