Category: Brand Makers

Dentsu Creative appoints Shweta Khosla and Punit Singh as EVP – strategy and planning

Air India traces its legacy through the evolution its logo. (Image taken from @airindia via Twitter)

As per the mandate, Shweta Khosla and Punit Singh will deliver transformative strategies for the agency’s key clients and brands. Their expertise will prove instrumental in addressing brand challenges and elevating the creative standards across both offices.

Diageo appoints Varun Koorichh as vice president – marketing

Varun Koorichh, who started his career at Perfect Relations as associate image manager, his innings at PepsiCo began as a management trainee.

With a 15 year experience at PepsiCo, his previous role at the American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation was marketing director, food service – global customers.

Xiaomi’s Jaskaran Kapany joins Table Space as CMO

In a career spanning two decades, Kapany has held leadership roles within marketing with leading companies such as smartphone brand Xiaomi; Paytm, mobile commerce company & ICICI Prudential- life insurance player.

Kapany mandate is to strengthen Table Space’s strategy to consolidate its position in the managed workspaces sector and establish it as a strong brand name.

Havas Worldwide India announces key appointments in strategy team

From left - Jasravee Kaur Chandra and Mohini Varma

Mohini Varma has joined as executive vice president & planning head – North, and Jasravee Kaur Chandra has been appointed as senior vice president of Havas Worldwide India. Both will report to Anirban Mozumdar, chief strategy officer, Havas Worldwide India, and will be based out of Gurgaon and Mumbai, respectively.

Coca-Cola appoints Irene Tan as Vice President – Human Resources

Irene Tan joined the company in 2012 in Singapore as a talent sourcing consultant for the Asia Pacific Group. She became the lead talent acquisition partner for Greater China and Korea and moved to Shanghai.

Irene Tan’s responsibilities will include accelerating INSWA’s growth by recruiting future-ready talent, performance enablement and employee development for the company in India and Southwest Asia.

Creativity meets tech: Storyboard18 YoungGuns

Storyboard18 will honour the YoungGuns at a glittering ceremony in August. There will be insightful and nuanced conversations as marketing and business leaders come together for an exclusive gathering to encourage, support and celebrate the bold brand makers.

Josy Paul, chairman and chief creative officer, BBDO India, Vaishali Verma, chief executive officer, Initiative and Arun Iyer, founder and creative partner, Spring Marketing Capital share why they’re excited about Storyboard18’s YoungGuns initiative.