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Arindam Roychowdhury joins Younion as vice president – strategic growth

To expand into new markets, Arindam Roychowdhury's role will include responsibilities such as conducting market research, leveraging existing client relationships, and exploring strategic collaborations.

In his new role as VP of strategic growth at Younion, Arindam Roychowdhury will help Younion in developing growth strategies, identifying and creating strong opportunity pipelines, and fostering robust client relationships.

Oppo India CMO Damyant Singh Khanoria quits the Chinese smartphone maker

Damyant Singh Khanoria began his career at Capital Advertising, and went on to work across Mudra Communications, Adidas and Apple.

Damyant Singh Khanoria, who is Oppo India’s chief marketing officer, has quit the company, Storyboard18 can confirm.

CXO Moves: Exec appointments across Unilever, Mastercard, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, Kia and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Sagar Sharma, Krishnan Sundaram, Virginia Sharma and Poornima Sharma)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

PhonePe onboards Ritesh Pai as chief executive officer – international payments

Rai began his career at HDFC Bank and went on to work across BNP Paribas, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank and Ratnakar Bank.

Ritesh Pai had led TerraPay, a financial services company, as president – products and solutions.

Priya Nair takes over as Unilever’s Business Group President, Beauty and Wellbeing

In 2023, Priya Nair became a part of the Unilever Leadership Executive which also comprises Nitin Paranjpe, Unilever's Chief People and Transformation Officer, and Rohit Jawa, who is the current CEO of HUL

Priya Nair joined Hindustan Unilever in 1995. As Business Group President, Beauty and Wellbeing for Unilever, Nair will oversee a €12 billion business.

iD Fresh Food appoints Rajat Diwakar as India CEO; PC Musthafa takes on global CEO role

iD Fresh will also appoint dedicated Business Heads and CEOs for each International market.

iD Fresh’s plan for 2024 is to enter new markets, such as Singapore and Australia, while expanding its footprints in the existing markets.

PepsiCo appoints Saakshi Verma Menon as senior marketing director, Africa, Middle East and South Asia

Saakshi Verma Menon started her career at Colgate-Palmolive and went on to work at companies like The Coca-Cola Company, Uber and Nicobar Design.(Image source: Passionate in Marketing website)

Prior to this, Saakshi Verma Menon was the marketing director at Kimberly-Clark.

Netflix promotes Poornima Sharma has head of marketing partnerships, India

Poornima Sharma began her career at NDTV and went on to work across International School of Film and Media, The True School of Music and Paytm Insider.

Previously, Poornima Sharma worked as partner – marketing lead at Netflix.

UpGrad announces appointment of CP Gurnani to its board of directors

Under Gurnani's 19 years of leadership as Tech Mahindra’s Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, the company scaled up significantly, both in terms of operations/innovations and topline, retaining its position among the Top 5 Indian IT marquee players.

Gurnani becomes the second non-executive director after the India HQskilling giant announced the appointment of Chegg’s Dan Rosensweig in March last year.

Digital marketing agency Schbang ropes in Umma Saini as CCO

Umma Saini

Umma Saini’s appointment comes on the heels of Rayomand Patell’s exit from Schbang.