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Britannia Industries CMO Amit Doshi quits

Amit Doshi, CMO, Britannia Industries

Amit Doshi’s last working day is on March 17, 2025.

We Are Social appoints Toby Southgate as Global Group CEO

Southgate’s new role will see him focus on evolving the agency’s ways of working, strengthening its global reach, and innovating its offerings in partnership with a prestigious roster of clients.

Southgate previously served as the global CEO of Forsman & Bodenfors, where he unified the agency’s offices post-merger and achieved gender pay equity.

Chiradeep Gupta moves on from Unilever

Having started his career at Starcom Mediavest Group as management trainee where he rose to the position of regional director, ASEAN, Chiradeep Gupta then joined Unilever, where his stint went on to last for 13 years. He began in the position of global innovation manager.

Chiradeep Gupta was Unilever’s vice president, personal care head of media and digital & global integrated media strategy lead.

Thomas Cook’s MD and CEO Mahesh Iyer to oversee the Group operations as Madhavan Menon retires as exec chair

Menon joined Thomas Cook India in 2000 as the Executive Director responsible for the Foreign Exchange business and stepped up to the position of Managing Director in January 2006

Priyanka Gill moves on from Kalaari Capital; starts lab-grown diamonds brand Coluxe as Founder and CEO

Last year in January, The Good Glamm Group appointed Group Co-founder Priyanka Gill to the Board. She had concurrently also been named Chairperson of Good Media Co.

Priyanka Gill made an announcement that she is launching Coluxe, a lab-grown diamond (LGD) brand, and gemstone jewellery omni-channel brand.

Record 1.86 crore unique visitors log in for Moneycontrol’s Budget coverage

In addition to the record Union Budget numbers, Moneycontrol has consistently been India’s leading business news platform on every digital metric (in terms of unique visitors per month, time spent and page views) as measured by the digital rating agency Comscore. The platform surpassed 10 crore unique visitors in October on Google Analytics.

India’s most trusted business, finance and markets news brand Moneycontrol also recorded a whopping 24.5 crore page views and 3.16 crore sessions during its 72-hour Union Budget coverage.

BharatPe’s CMO Parth Joshi resigns; set to launch own venture

Parth Joshi has vast global experience and has managed portfolios including Dettol. In a career spanning over 20 years, Joshi has been associated with top FMCG brands and has managed large brands such as Horlicks.

Parth Joshi was appointed as BharatPe’s CMO in June 2021. He was also leading the ‘invest Bharatpe’ business.

GSMA Board appoints Gopal Vittal as Acting Chair

Vittal will focus on strengthening the telecom industry and infrastructure in India

Vittal was recently re-elected as the Deputy Chair of the GSMA Board for two years, beginning from January 1, 2025.

ZEEL’s Dheeraj Jaggi resigns; read the CHRO’s resignation letter to Punit Goenka

In an email note to Punit Goenka, as mentioned in the filing, Jaggi stated, "From handling the HR agenda for the largest, diverse and complex businesses across ZEEL and leading the internal transformation, Culture and capabilities agenda, my journey at ZEEL has been one of my career best. The opportunity to reimagine and drive your vision forward through strategy and robust execution, has been an honour and a privilege." (Image Source: Web)

Dheeraj Jaggi had replaced Animesh Kumar, former President – HR and transformation at ZEEL, as the acting CHRO in June 2024.