Brand Makers – Page 233

AnyMind Group appoints Riddhi Gupta as lead – gaming

Riddhi Gupta has worked along with the world’s biggest betting brands with a broad mandate of optimisation through key strategic, cross-functional initiatives to drive end-to-end performance.

Leveraging over 12 years of expertise spanning the digital, television, and radio sectors, Riddhi Gupta will spearhead the company’s gaming vertical.

Pepperfry elevates Ashish Shah as chief executive officer

Ashish Shah's appointment follows the untimely demise of Ambareesh Murty, Pepperfry's co-founder and former CEO. Under Murty’s leadership, Pepperfry ushered in a transformative era in Indian furniture and home goods online shopping marketplace.

Ashish Shah, who co-founded Pepperfry alongwith late Ambareesh Murty, was the COO of the company.

Pilgrim strengthens leadership team; appoints Anirudh Likhite and Nilesh Kambli

Anirudh Likhite, ex-Nykaa and LOreal, brings over 13 years of hands-on experience in building supply chain teams, networks, and strategic processes. Nilesh Kambli, a seasoned professional with over 11 years of experience. (From left to right: Anirudh Likhite and Nilesh Kambli)

In their new role, Anirudh Likhite and Nilesh Kambli will play an important part in delivering easy product accessibility, superior experience and quality across both digital and physical touchpoints.

Bata’s Anand Narang steps down; joins Vedant Fashions as chief marketing and digital officer

Anand Narang started his career at Bharti Airtel, and went on to work across Comverse, Nokia UK, Huawei and Reliance Jio Infocomm.

Anand Narang led the transformation of Bata and drove digital and e-commerce growth.

Not walking away from an opportunity but walking towards the best opportunity: Mastercard’s Raja Rajamannar on cricket WC

Raja Rajamannar, chief marketing and communications officer and president - healthcare business, Mastercard (left) talks about Mastercard aiming to curate experiences that are unique from an Indian consumer’s point of view and bringing them to life to create priceless moments for consumers, and amplifying storymaking as opposed to advertising which is storytelling. (Right image sourced from @ICC via Twitter)

Mastercard’s global CMCO Raja Rajamannar on cricket, the global partnership with ICC, the BCCI deal and sports marketing.

Marriott International promotes Khushnooma Kapadia to vice president – marketing

Khushnooma Kapadia started her career at Arther Andersen as senior associate. She has worked with Good Relations India too.

Prior to this, Khushnooma Kapadia was Marriott International’s area director – marketing.

MRF Tyres appoints Pratip Francis as general manager – advertising and digital marketing

Pratip Francis started his career at Haier as assistant manager - sales and marketing.

Pratip Francis will lead brand management across, above the line (ATL), below the line (BTL), digital and public relations.

Bookstrapping: Madam President – The Biography of Droupadi Murmu by Sandeep Sahu

The author Sandeep Sahu asks the question whether Droupadi Murmu's candidature was meant to puncture the narrative that tribals have a distinct religion of their own by suggesting that they're actually Hindus. (Image source: Amazon)

In Madam President by Sandeep Sahu, the author touches upon the nomination of Droupadi Murmu as a presidential candidate, her attributes, practical workings of the presidential elections and more.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kellogg’s, P&G, Reckitt, BharatPe, Byju’s and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Uday Kotak, Mukta Maheshwari, Sonam Pradhan and Dilen Gandhi)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

Uday Kotak resigns as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO, Dipak Gupta takes interim charge

Uday Kotak, in his message, said as founder, he is deeply attached to brand Kotak and will continue to serve the institution as Non-Executive Director and significant shareholder. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

As an interim arrangement, Dipak Gupta, the Joint Managing Director, will carry out the duties of the Managing Director & CEO until December 31, 2023, subject to the approval of the RBI and the members of the Bank, the bank added.