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Hemant Bakshi and Sandeep Kohli: Two Unilever execs return to take up CEO roles in India

Sandeep Kohli (left) and Hemant Bakshi (right)

Hemant Bakshi had joined Ola in his new role four months ago, Sandeep Kohli will take up the new role at Aditya Birla Group’s Novel Jewels in April 2024.

Unilever Indonesia’s Sandeep Kohli returns to join Aditya Birla’s Novel Jewels as CEO

He joined the company in 1993 as a sales and marketing management trainee at HUL and eventually took on mandates in London and several regions across Asia. (Image taken from LinkedIn)

It is speculated that Kohli’s appointment will play a crucial role in ABG’s ambition.

CXO Moves: Exec movements across Red Bull, Unilever, Flipkart, DDB Mudra Group and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Hemant Bakshi, Samina Hamied and Sumit Sonal)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Swiggy’s Sidharth Satpathy joins Red Bull as national sales director

Sidharth Satpathy began his career at HP and went on to work across Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Johnson & Johnson, Marico and Reckitt Benckiser.

Sidharth Satpathy led Swiggy as vice president – head category; head of monetization and business head for private label (Instamart).

Binny Bansal moves on from Flipkart

Binny Bansal began his career as a software engineer at Sarnoff and held a similar position at Amazon. He is also a board member and an advisor at GreyOrange, Acko, Curefoods, PhonePe, IIT Delhi Endowment; 021 Capital and Udhyam Learning Foundation, N/Core.

As per sources quoted in media reports, Binny Bansal cited a conflict with his new venture ‘OppDoor’ in the e-commerce sector.

Unilever’s Hemant Bakshi joins Ola as chief executive officer

Hemant Bakshi began his career at Unilever and held various roles in different capacities. As the president director of Unilever Indonesia, he had full responsibility of the business in Unilever Indonesia.

Hemant Bakshi was the executive vice president – Unilever marketplace and chairman – Unilever Indonesia.

Samina Hamied to step down from Cipla

Samina Hamied started her career with Goldman Sachs at the investment management division. She rose to become the division’s associate and also looked after consultant relations.

Samina Hamied worked as the executive vice chairperson.

FICCI appoints Viacom18’s Kevin Vaz as chairman of FICCI media & entertainment Committee

Kevin Vaz joined Viacom18 in July 2023 as CEO – broadcast entertainment.

Xiaomi’s Sumit Sonal joins Qualcomm as head of marketing

Sumit Sonal began his career at Star News and went on to work across Lintas Media Group, Omnicom Group, HARMAN International, Myntra and Jio.

Sumit Sonal headed Xiaomi Technology as general manager – marketing.

GroupM Nexus appoints Rajiv Rajagopal as head – advanced TV

Rajiv Rajagopal started his career with Red FM and went on to work across Star India. As the South region’s head at GroupM, Rajagopal spearheaded the launch of Finecast, Group M's addressable TV solution. And, he led sales nationally.

Rajiv Rajagopal previously led Finecast as head – client development.