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Johnson Controls-Hitachi appoints Sanjay Sudhakaran as managing director, India and South Asia

Sanjay Sudhakaran previously worked for United Technologies as managing director, buildings and industrial solutions and for Otis Elevator as senior director, Asia Pacific, mergers and acquisitions, sales and marketing before joining Schneider Electric in 2019.

Sanjay Sudhakaran will succeed Gurmeet Singh, who stepped down as chairman and managing director on June 30.

Unilever former CEO Alan Jope: Businesses can choose to remain part of the problem or contribute to the solution

During his stint at Unilever as the CEO, Jope implemented the compass strategy. Speaking to Vox Media's Donald about what the strategy has achieved and what he wanted it to achieve, he states, "It merges our business and sustainability priorities. It begins with a recommitment to the purpose of Unilever, making sustainable living commonplace. And in it, we made a series of very simple declarations of what our strategic priorities were." (Image source: YouTube - Unilever)

Alan Jope retired from Unilever on June 30. He will be on the board of directors for Accenture and will be involved in a couple of not-for-profit organizations.

Infectious Advertising brings Subhash Kamath on board as leadership mentor

Subhash Kamath has an industry-wide network because of his involvement with Goafest for The Advertising Club and has been on the ASCI board for the past 13 years, serving as its Chairman between 2020-2022. (L to R: Subhash Kamath, Nisha Singhania, and Ramanuj Shastry)

Over the years, Subhash Kamath has provided strategic leadership to a lot of top brands – for both Indian and multinational clients. He believes strongly in driving leadership, as opposed to mere management.

McCann’s Prasoon Joshi on AI and what it will do for creative individuals and the industry

An ardent advocate for creative excellence, Prasoon's contributions have won numerous accolades, including Cannes Lions.

Prasoon Joshi, chairman APAC and CEO & CCO McCann Worldgroup India shares that while AI has immense potential, it remains to be seen how it tackles creative satisfaction.

Twitter puts ‘temporary’ cap on number of tweets users can read a day

X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, has announced it will cease its operational presence in Brazil, effective immediately.

Twitter owner Elon Musk said they have placed these limits to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.

CXO Moves: HUL’s CEO Sanjiv Mehta retires; Exec movements at Bombay Shaving Company, Landor & Fitch, Paytm and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Sanjiv Mehta, Gauri Malhotra, Kabeer Chaudhary and Lulu Raghavan)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Bookstrapping: The Defiant Optimist by Durreen Shahnaz

Durreen Shahnaz's book is about fueling change with optimism.

Durreen Shahnaz defines ‘defiant optimism’ as the attitude of women who refuse to accept that what they’ve been told is their fate, is the same as their future. Bookstrapping rating: 3.5 stars

L’Oréal India appoints Saloni Shah as chief digital and marketing officer

Saloni Shah joined L’Oréal in December 2013 as media manager for Consumer Products Division (CPD) and was elevated to digital & marketing manager for Garnier, where she spent three years before taking on the role of head – digital marketing for CPD in 2021.

Saloni Shah will be responsible for steering the company’s digital-first brands to deliver accelerated growth on online platforms and further strengthen the company’s future-ready digital capabilities.

AI isn’t a hype but a real revolution: Yannick Bolloré of Havas

Yannick Bolloré, Chairman and CEO, Havas commented, “I couldn’t be more excited about this transformative development for Havas. Aiming at supercharging our positive impact for our clients."

Yannick Bolloré, chairman and chief executive officer, Havas Group, talks to Storyboard18’s editor Delshad Irani at the Cannes Lions 2023, about the need for AI from a media maven’s perspective.

HUL’s Sanjiv Mehta shares a farewell note after his decade-long stint with the company

Mehta expressed his profound appreciation for the unwavering dedication and the unputdownable spirit of the people of HUL and everyone who has been a part of his journey. (Image sourced from Moneycontrol)

Sanjiv Mehta, chief executive officer & managing director, Hindustan Unilever Limited & president, Unilever South Asia signs off and hands over the baton to Rohit Jawa.