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Bhavnish Lathia appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Bhavnish's appointment is part of Kotak's strategic efforts to strengthen its leadership team and drive growth through innovation.

Bhavnish’s appointment is part of Kotak’s strategic efforts to strengthen its leadership team and drive growth through innovation.

Westlife Foodworld elevates Akshay Jatia to CEO position

Akshay Jatia, new CEO of Westlife Foodworld

Westlife Foodworld said that the incumbent CEO Amit Jatia will cease to play the CEO role with effect from 18 March

Tuhin Kanta Pandey takes charge as SEBI’s 11th Chairperson

His term will last for three years.

During his tenure, Pandey managed a ₹1 lakh crore tax relief package for the middle class in Budget 2025 and played a key role in drafting a new Income Tax Bill to replace the 1961 law, according to finance ministry reports.

Nirvik Singh appointed as Independent Director at Gulf Oil

Nirvik Singh's leadership journey took him to Singapore, where he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Grey Asia-Pacific in 2010 before assuming his global role in 2019.

With over 35 years in the advertising and marketing industry, he has played a key role in shaping global brands and driving business transformation.

Firebolt expands into APAC with Sandeep Mathur as Managing Director

With over 25 years of leadership experience in the technology industry, Sandeep brings a deep understanding of enterprise data and analytics.

Sandeep Mathur will drive Firebolt’s growth strategy in APAC, lead regional go-to-market (GTM) efforts, and collaborate with Firebolt’s leadership to build global teams—including support, sales development, and engineering—based in India.

Standard Chartered appoints former JP Morgan Chief P.D. Singh as CEO for India

P.D. Singh brings with him a wealth of experience from close to three decades in banking and finance, spanning leadership and coverage roles across European and American banks

P.D. Singh brings with him a wealth of experience from close to three decades in banking and finance, spanning leadership and coverage roles across European and American banks.

Sandeep Karwa moves on from his role at Flipkart Ads

Sandeep Karwa recently took to his LinkedIn account and wrote a lengthy post about his journey at Flipkart.

Karwa recently took to his LinkedIn account and wrote a lengthy post about his journey at Flipkart.

Dentsu appoints Jeff Greenspoon to Chief Global Client Officer

Jeff Greenspoon, who has been a key architect of dentsu’s integrated strategy, innovation, and client management, will now lead the strategy and vision for dentsu’s global clients, both within, and across, global practice areas.

This vital role enables the expansion of integrated end-to-end solutions, driving client impact while increasing revenue and profitability to the business.

BBH India hires Ashwin Palkar as ECD and head of experience

Ashwin Palkar joins from Singapore-based FMCG company Believe Pte Ltd, where he led the creative and digital teams for a portfolio of brands including Zayn, Myza, and The Lafz.

Ashwin Palkar will report to Parikshit Bhattacharya, chief creative officer of BBH India.

Infomo appoints Himanka Das as country director, elevates Rohit Verma to global chief of strategy

Himanka Das began his career at Madison World, building his career working at Initiative, Lintas Media Group, FCB Ulka of IPG and Starcom of Publicis Media. Rohit Verma is a 25-year pioneer in the Indian mobile advertising industry. In 2015, he was co-founder and CEO of TorcAI (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infomo), a global data science company and provider of audience infrastructure, programmatic and in-housing solutions. (From left to right: Himanka Das and Rohit Verma)

Previously, Himanka Das held leadership roles at Dentsu International India, and Rohit Verma served as the global vice president and business head for telecom commerce at mobile advertising company Vserv.