Tag: CXO Interview

“We will scale our organics portfolio in a short time”: Amul’s Jayen Mehta

"It's a very interesting time for not only doing what we've been doing at Amul but also building something new which will be even bigger and more lasting in times to come." - Jayen Mehta.

GCMMF’s managing director in-charge, Jayen Mehta, spoke about Amul’s vision to become a complete foods brand with special focus on creating an affordable range of organic products and associating with sports to promote health and nutrition. In the cricket Asia Cup, Amul was doing promotions on the ground and television. For Women’s IPL, the brand was the beverage partner for three years. Amul has plans to tie up with teams for the cricket World Cup too.

Pooja Sahgal and Shriram Parthasarathy share insights on creativity and marketing post Covid

Shriram Parthasarathy (left), head - digital media marketing and social media marketing lead - India, at Microsoft and Pooja Sahgal (right), CMO and R&D Head at Raymond Consumer Care

Pooja Sahgal, CMO and R&D Head at Raymond Consumer Care and Shriram Parthasarathy, Head – Digital Media Marketing and Social Media Marketing Lead – India at Microsoft talk about creativity during Storyboard18 YoungGuns.

WPP’s CEO Mark Read: When the hype around AI declines, that’s when we still need to invest

Mark Read, CEO, WPP, says, "AI is fundamental to WPP’s business in the future and it has been in some ways for some years in our media business and in our production business. What's changed with generative AI, we've seen the ability for computers to do things that we thought only humans could do. Produce images, take photos, create videos, write copy and poems - all of those things that our creative people do."

WPP could double the size of the business in India in the next five years, said CEO Mark Read, as he shared his views on AI, the hype around the technology, AI’s impact in elections and elections’ impact on advertising. In an interview with Storyboard18, Read also spoke about India on the global stage: “India is the world’s most populous country, the world’s fifth biggest economy, heading to be the world’s third biggest economy. In a time of some turmoil in global relations, it is great to see India taking a lead.”

Max Life Insurance fields Rohit Sharma, Ritika Sajdeh to win ‘trust’

"AI will continue to grow in influence as we move forward and enable BFSI as an industry to deliver experiences that delight and differentiate themselves to their consumers," Rahul Talwar, chief marketing officer, Max Life Insurance. (Image: Stills from the ad)

Rahul Talwar, chief marketing officer, Max Life Insurance, shares the strategies behind the making of the brand’s new ad campaign, why they chose the celebrity couple, and plans for the festive quarter.

Hate the idea of having an opinion about everything. That’s my magic mental mantra: Samriddh Dasgupta

Samriddh Dasgupta began his career as the director of strategic planning at abm communication, and went on to work across Times Internet, Xynteo, Aakash Digital, AKIVA, and Bombay Shaving Company.

In our newest Weekender column, we spoke to Heads Up for Tails’ CMO who said that with non-toxicity, only a personal commitment (from management) can translate into a corporate commitment.