Category: Brand Makers

Diageo names Debra Crew CEO, making her the company’s first female CEO

With Debra Crew’s appointment as CEO, women will make up more than 50 percent of Diageo’s executive committee from 1 July. During the past decade, Diageo’s total shareholder returns have strongly outperformed the FTSE100, and the company has continued its progressive policy to increase dividends every year. (Image source: Diageo)

Debra Crew, who is currently the chief operating officer, was appointed in 2022. Prior to that, she was the president, Diageo North America and global supply

L&K Saatchi & Saatchi appoints Pallavi Nayak as EVP – Strategy

Pallavi Nayak has worked with some of the top agencies across India and South Asia. This includes Happy Creative Services, DY Works, Ogilvy, Contract Advertising and Lowe Lintas.

Pallavi Nayak, who is armed with an experience of over two decades in advertising and marketing, was previously associated with DY Works as senior vice president – business design.

#ShareTheSpotlight: Grapes’ Shradha Agarwal on intrapreneurship, aspirations, and the woman she wants to spotlight

Shradha Agarwal (left) shares spotlight with Pooja Narayan (right) as Narayan made tough instead of stereotypical choices and prioritized both her and her partner's career equally.

Both Shradha Agarwal of Grapes and the woman she endorses, shatter stereotypes and conquer age-old biases.

Dentsu X appoints Ritika Goswami as VP – Strategy

Ritika Goswami started her career at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) as assistant manager. From there, she moved to IMRB International, a market research, survey and business consultancy firm as senior research manager. (Representative Image: CoWomen via Unsplash)

Ritika Goswami, who comes with 18 years of experience, previously worked at NielsenIQ as associate director.

DDB Mudra appoints Saad Khan as president and managing partner – growth & strategy

With more than two decades of experience under his belt, Saad Khan has worked with brands such as Coca-Cola, Amul, Reckitt Benckiser, Tata Motors, ITC Foods, Volvo Cars, Honda, and Nerolac among others. His strategic expertise specifically in building the Tata Motors' brand has played a significant role in its success within the EV category. (Image source: LinkedIn)

In this new role, Saad Khan will lead business and build on strategic capabilities for the West region of the Group.

Ajit Gurnani appointed as chief business development officer, Publicis Groupe, South Asia

Ajit Gurnani has been with Groupe for nearly 8 years now across various roles in Zenith and Publicis Media. Apart from the agency and media experience he gained through leadership roles in leading media networks, he also brings a wide spectrum of client-side experience from his stint at Marico and others.

Gurnani takes on this role in addition to his current role as chief growth officer, Publicis Media Services, India wherein he works closely with Tanmay Mohanty, CEO, of Publicis Media Services India.

With IPL in sight, govt to crack down on online betting ads disguised as content, says consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh

Rohit Kumar Singh, the former Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, has called out cab aggregators as "one of the biggest culprits" in the deceptive landscape of dark patterns.

Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Ministry for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, speaks exclusively to Storyboard18 on influencer marketing guidelines, violators, crypto ads, and more.

Kellogg India’s Sumit Mathur joins Paytm as CMO

Previously, Sumit Mathur was the CMO at Kellogg India and led the overall category strategy/vision and business P&L as part of the South Asia Leadership team for five and a half years. (Image source: LinkedIn)

From FMCG to fintech, Paytm’s new CMO Sumit Mathur started his career at Unilever as an area sales manager.

Bookstrapping: The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel

As per the book, the horror of horrors appears in the introduction itself- in the 19th century, art dealers used to erase women’s signatures from paintings and replace it with more well-known male names. Because women’s smaller less creative brains were supposed to be less capable of professional art. (Image source: Amazon)

The book lists details on various forms of art, highlights on the Italian city of Bologna, traces ‘Western Art History’ and mentions global names in western art. Rating: 4 Stars.