CXO Interview – Page 22

Wavemaker’s chief growth and marketing officer Hamish Davies gives an inside view of the agency’s pitch game

Hamish Davies's local visits, especially for pitches, are to bring in a level of consistency across the board.

Hamish Davies, global chief growth and marketing officer, Wavemaker, discusses the new business dynamics in advertising; his India team’s performance; and more.

Instagram’s new features are driven by deep human insights: Meta’s Paras Sharma

Brands create products or services, and creators create content. The product and services get sold, that's what the brand's objective is. Unless in some cases there is brand imagery, by using creators who can create the most impactful content, depending on the brand's objective, their objective will be met.

The new additions give users more control over their feed, help creators perfect their content, and allow fans to show appreciation through gifts while giving brands a wider reach through a bigger collaboration with creators, Paras Sharma, director and head of content and community partnerships at Meta tells Storyboard18.

IPL will keep growing on digital medium with the shift happening from TV’s pie: Sangam Nayal, Dentsu

Video views for IPL on JioCinema in the first weekend alone have eclipsed entire IPL season views on Disney+ Hotstar and ICC World Cup 2022, says Sangam Nayal.

Dentsu Creative’s Sangam Nayal shares insights on the effectiveness of connected TV advertising during the IPL, the shift from linear TV to CTV, and the reduction in wastage of ad spend on digital platforms.

E-comm will do to the sexual wellness category what it did to the beauty industry: Pooja Sahgal, RCC

Pooja Sahgal, CMO, Raymond Consumer Care with Storyboard18's Delshad Irani

Maker of KamaSutra condoms, Raymond Consumer Care’s CMO Pooja Sahgal talks about category expansion and how women are leading the conversations and innovations in India’s booming sexual wellness category in India.

PepsiCo’s Saumya Rathor on the brand’s new campaign and its impact on consumers

Saumya Rathor, category lead, Pepsi Cola

In a conversation with Storyboard18’s Shibani Gharat, Saumya Rathor, category lead, Pepsi Cola talks about the idea and motive behind the brand’s latest campaign and how it affects consumers.

India recorded highest growth globally for Mercedes: Lance Bennett

Lance Bennett, VP - Sales and Marketing, Mercedes-Benz India (Image sourced via LinkedIn)

A Storyboard18 exclusive conversation with Lance Bennett the new VP of sales and marketing at India’s leading luxury car maker Mercedes Benz India.

Kartik Mohindra, CMO, Pernod Ricard India on innovation of the existing portfolio of brands

Kartik Mohindra, CMO, Pernod Ricard India

In an exclusive interview with Storyboard18, Kartik Mohindra, chief marketing officer, Pernod Ricard India talks about the brands plans to continue its premiumisation drive, introduction of premium global innovation and focus on consumer experiences.

Sidharth Rao lived life King size, from the beginning to the end: Ashish Bhasin

"Sidharth Rao with Ashish Bhasin, their friends and colleagues in happier times

Ashish Bhasin, co-founder and chairman, RD&X Network and former CEO APAC and chairman, Dentsu India shares a heartfelt message about his friend and colleague Sidharth Rao.

Meet Tista Sen, the woman behind the all-women advertising agency – Ladyfinger

"I genuinely believe that correcting the gender imbalance will only increase brand salience and increased business for the brand." - Tista Sen, COO and CEO, Ladyfinger

Tista Sen, COO and CEO, Ladyfinger discusses challenges, goals and learnings while setting up a female-focused agency in an interview with Delshad Irani.

Is Campa’s revival the best thing that has happened to India’s cola category? Coca-Cola’s Arnab Roy thinks so. Here’s why.

"The growth in India whether it is economic growth or cultural growth is going to come from small town India. That’s where Bharat is at its core, that’s where Bharat lives. And we thought it is very interesting out there." - Arnab Roy, VP- marketing, Coca-Cola

Arnab Roy, vice-president, marketing, Coca-Cola India and Southwest Asia, shares his views on Coke Studio Bharat, the cola category in India and what Campa’s revival means for the industry.