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Geetika Mehta becomes Nivea India’s new MD

Prior to Hershey, Mehta has over 18 years of experience at Hindustan Unilever where she handled increasing responsibilities of commercial and consumer marketing within HUL.

Mehta joins the German personal care brand from Hershey India, where she was managing director.

Tata Sons’ Harish Bhat retires; Bhat was brand custodian at Tata Sons

Harish Bhat was also named by Forbes as one of the top 10 most influential Chief Marketing Officers in the world. (Harish Bhat with Tata Sons’ Chairman N Chandrasekaran (left)

Harish Bhat retired from his role as Brand Custodian at Tata Sons, after 36 years with the Tata Group.

McCann Worldgroup appoints Srijib Mallik as executive vice president and head – McCann Gurgaon

Srijib Mallik began his career with JWT and went on to work across Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis Groupe, Wieden + Kennedy, Rediffusion DY&R and TBWAWorldwide.

Prior to this, Srijib Mallik was the head of business – Samsung at Cheil Worldwide.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Byju’s, ShareChat, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves.

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

Byju’s head of marketing and creative strategy, Vineet Singh, quits

Vineet Singh has also worked with companies like Embassy Group, Google India and Publicis Groupe-owned agency Digitas India.

Vineet Singh has been associated with the brand since September 2021.

Rohit Malkani and Kartik Smetacek are L&K Saatchi & Saatchi’s new chief creative officers

As CCOs, both Smetacek and Malkani, will guide L&K Saatchi & Saatchi’s creative vision, drawing from their understanding of the evolving media landscape.

The duo will continue reporting to Paritosh Srivastava, CEO, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi and Publicis Worldwide India.

GroupM’s Motivator appoints Manoj Kandasamy as chief digital officer

Manoj Kandasamy began his career at Origami Creative Concepts.

Prior to this, Manoj Kandasamy was the national agency head at ShareChat.

Sanofi appoints Himanshu Bakshi as general manager – consumer healthcare

Himanshu Bakshi will be a member of Sanofi India’s leadership team and senior management. He will also be a member of Sanofi’s AMEA (Africa, Middle East & Asia) Region leadership team, and CHC senior management.

Himanshu Bakshi has worked in various roles across commercial, marketing, and general management in Indian and multinational companies.

VML sets up new leadership team for Asia Pacific

Under the leadership of newly appointed VML APAC Co-CEOs Audrey Kuah (left) and Yi-Chung Tay (right), and with its regional principal offices in Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney, the restructure sees the appointment of the following market leaders (by region) from January 1, 2024.

The agency will announce India’s leadership in Q1 2024.

Grey gets a new team to handle The Coca-Cola Company

They will collaborate closely with Thiago Cruz, chief creative officer of Grey New York, and Gabriel Schmitt, global chief creative Officer of Grey.

Hope Nardini, Raig Adolfo, Brian Weston, and David Toussaint, will be a part of WPP Open X, the bespoke integrated agency model created to service TCCC.