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WhiteHat Jr CEO Ananya Tripathi steps down

Ananya Tripathi, who joined the company April 2022, started her career as a software engineer at Tata Consultancy Services. She was the MD at KKR Capstone before joining WhiteHat Jr.

Ananya Tripathi joined WhiteHat Jr in April 2022. She was the MD at KKR Capstone before joining WhiteHat Jr.

How Maruti Suzuki is steering in the right direction

The carmaker intends to continue its sponsorship agreement with the International Paralympic Committee in the interim. (Representative Image: Adrian Balasoiu via Unsplash)

With the cost of owning compact cars having gone up substantially, the SUV segment is expected to drive growth.

Dilen Gandhi quits Reckitt as Regional Marketing Director, Health & Nutrition

Dilen Gandhi, who has a strong background in P&L management, brand strategy, innovation, new business development, key account management and marketing communications, started his career at Gillette India as area sales manager.

Dilen Gandhi has been with Reckitt for the past 2.5 years. He was previously with PepsiCo.

PB Fintech promotes Sarbvir Singh as Executive Director and Group CEO

Sarbvir Singh started his career at Emerson Electric as manager - marketing for the China region. He has worked across Citi, Hercules Capital, HomeShop18, Network18, JP Morgan Asset Management and WaterBridge Ventures.

Previously, Sarbvir Singh served as the CEO of PolicyBazaar.

Shell promotes Mansi Madan Tripathy as country chair

Mansi Madan Tripathy started her career at Bharat Electronics as an engineer, and began her journey at Procter & Gamble where her last position was as director - global shave care.

In her new role, Mansi Madan Tripathy’s mandate will involve overseeing Shell Group of Companies in the country.

Tata Motors unveils Tata.ev, it’s new home for passenger electric vehicles

Tata Motors PV and CV posted a 22 percent year-on-year decline in net profit

As the EV offering grows, spurred by surging consumer demand and a robust, thriving product lineup, customers expect a unique experience across all touchpoints, from the brand to the product and its ownership cycle, Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, a unit of Tata Motors, said in a statement.

Byju’s chief business officer Prathyusha Agarwal, two more senior execs quit

Prathyusha Agarwal began her career at Unilever, and went on to work across MarketGate Consulting, Star India, HDFC Life and Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

The departure of the senior executives come at a time when Byju’s is trying to get its operations and finances in place.

P&G India makes Mukta Maheshwari its CMO; Sharat Verma gets a new role

Prior to assuming her new role as the CMO and Fabric care category head, Maheshwari served as the vice president, Fabric Enhancers in the ASEAN region, based out of Singapore and was instrumental in delivering double digit top and bottom line for Downy in ASEAN.

Mukta Maheshwari is set to lead P&G’s marketing function in India effective September 1, 2023. Sharat Verma has been elevated as the senior vice president, Fabric Care for P&G India, Middle East, and Africa (IMEA) and will spearhead the efforts based out of Dubai.

BBDO India appoints Kaizad Pardiwalla as chief digital officer, GM – Mumbai

(L to R Suaraja Kishore, Kaizad Pardiwalla and Josy Paul)

Kaizad Pardiwalla will report to Suraja Kishore, CEO – BBDO India.

Over a third of urban Indians are aware that Deepika Padukone owns a beauty brand

YouGov's data shows that consumers seem divided on their opinion of a celebrity’s influence on their purchase decision. A third say they are more likely to buy from a beauty brand endorsed by a celebrity (32 percent), and another third disagree with this view (33 percent).

YouGov’s data shows that slightly over a fifth of urban Indians (22 percent) trust celebrities with beauty brand endorsements, while a slightly higher percentage (28 percent) trust them with advocacy of beauty brands owned by them.