Is McCann Worldgroup’s Amitesh Rao joining Leo Burnett India as its new chief?: Storyboard18 Exclusive

Amitesh Rao will report into Anupriya Acharya, CEO Publicis Groupe South Asia and will work closely with Rajdeepak Das, chief creative officer, Publicis Groupe India and chairman, Leo Burnett South Asia.

Storyboard18 Insider: Amitesh Rao is likely to join the Publicis Groupe-owned creative agency after Dheeraj Sinha quit to join FCB recently.

Dentsu appoints Sujit Vaidya as chief financial officer for South Asia

Sujit Vaidya brings over 30 years of experience as a certified Chartered Accountant, having previously served as CFO for Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India and Disney in India.

In this role, Vaidya will partner with dentsu’s business teams across South Asia to orchestrate the financial strategy and steer the finance function.

Sociowash onbords Amisha Gulati as business head

Amisha Gulati's core objective will be to elevate the agency to one of the top integrated advertising agencies in India.

Amisha Gulati’s role includes client relationship management, championing award-winning campaigns, P&L management and fostering a collaborative culture within the organization.

ShareChat elevates Gaurav Jain to chief business officer

Gaurav Jain, chief business officer, ShareChat and Moj stated, "Advertising will remain our very big focus because we believe that with the consumer base we have, we can offer a lot of it to advertisers of all sizes in the country. We also have a micro-transactions business in which users of Moj can show their gratitude to their influencers by giving them a token. We as a platform charge some platform fees so that is another source of monetisation."

Gaurav Jain was the head of emerging business and ShareChat and Moj.

WebEngage elevates Ankur Gattani as chief growth officer

An IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta graduate, Ankur Gattani joined WebEngage in 2021 to streamline the marketing function of the organisation.

Ankur Gattani, who has been heading the marketing function for the B2B SaaS leader, will now also take charge of customer growth and success functions in this newly constituted role.