Brand Makers – Page 237

Pidilite Industries brings on board Manish Dubey as chief marketing officer

Manish Dubey began his career at Asian Paints as group brand manager and went on to work across General Mills and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company.

In his prior role at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Manish Dubey held the position of chief of marketing and e-commerce.

Colgate reaches nine out of ten Indian households

Colgate-Palmolive is a leader in toothbrush sales and is focusing on water conservation, water-led programmes and speeding up action on climate change. (Image source: CNBC-TV18)

Colgate-Palmolive has employed hundreds of scientists that make sure that their products use cutting-edge science.

Punt Partners appoints Kunal Sawant as head of sales for martech

Kunal Sawant, head of sales - martech, Punt Partners.

Kunal Sawant has previously worked with organisations such as SAS Institute Inc, Resulticks, Tata Teleservices and Zenith Infotech.

Poonawalla Fincorp appoints Kumar Gaurav as CMO

Gaurav is a seasoned industry professional with close to two decades of experience across banking, NBFC, insurance and FMCG.

In his new role, Kumar Gaurav will lead the marketing, brand, corporate communications, public relations, digital marketing and will be responsible for developing brand campaigns to enhance company’s brand presence and reputation in a manner that drives consistent business growth.

My role is to ensure leadership teams are sober about how they approach technology, says WPP Chief AI Officer

Daniel Hulme, chief AI officer, WPP. (Image sourced via Forbes Espana)

Daniel Hulme, global chief AI officer for WPP says his role entails helping boards and clients strategize to ensure that they are using these technologies to add value to their business.

Bacardi’s Zeenah Vilcassim joins Zomato Live Entertainment as CEO

Vilcassim was promoted in April 2021 to head consumer and customer marketing across the entire Bacardi portfolio of brands. She joined Bacardi four years ago as global brand director for Dewar’s Scotch whisky. She was based out of the company’s Gurugram office.

Zomato Live Entertainment is the experience arm of restaurant aggregator and food delievery company.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Coca-Cola, Havas, Bacardi, Meta and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Bobby Pawar, Vishal Kaul, Aneesh Jaisinghani and Sajeev Chemmany)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

Bookstrapping: Through the broken glass by TN Seshan

TN Seshan is India’s own Ramon Magsaysay Award winner whose phone has not stopped ringing! And he picks it up himself!

The book discusses pertinent concerns about the conduct of political parties; do they function in accordance with their own party’s constitution? (the one they submit to the election commission at the time of registration. BookStrapping rating:3.5

LaLiga hopes image makeover will help corner new arenas in India

Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma continues his four-year association with the league as its brand ambassador. (Representational image by Fancy Crave via Unsplash)

LaLiga is focusing on new markets and sees Gen Z as the future. As tier 1 and 2 cities in India develop into football hubs, the football league is keen on improving its presence here via social media and fan activation.

Bobby Pawar moves on from Havas

Prior to joining News18 Studio, Bobby Pawar was chairman & chief creative officer at Havas Group. With successful stints as a CCO in Publicis and JWT India, he is credited with turning around the creative reputations and fortunes of these agencies. His advertising work, created for agencies in India and USA, has won more than 400 Indian and international awards.

Bobby Pawar has decided to move away from advertising. He will, however, be a part of Havas India officially till September 2023 and will continue to consult on Havas’ clients and projects as and when necessary.