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Tech Mahindra appoints Peeyush Dubey as chief marketing officer

Peeyush Dubey began his career at IDS NEXT Business Solutions, and went on to work in companies like IGATE, Infosys, Mindtree and Larsen & Toubro Infotech.

Prior to this, Peeyush Dubey was the chief marketing and strategy officer at TheMathCompany.

DDB Worldwide’s global chief creative officer Ari Weiss moves on

Under Ari Weiss's leadership, DDB was awarded Network of the Year at One Show and at D&AD three years in a row, along with being named 2023 Network of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Ari Weiss plans to open his own independent agency early next year.

Disney+ Hotstar EVP and CMO Sidharth Shakdher quits the company

Sidharth Shakdher reportedly quit Ola within nine months of joining the Bhavish Aggarwal-led company.

Sidharth Shakdher was the executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Disney+ Hotstar. The streamer has been losing steam in the India market lately.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at WPP, Publicis Groupe, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi, Sleepwell and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Jane Geraghty, Smita Salgaonkar, Ajay Pandey and Charu Kishnani)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

WPP appoints Jane Geraghty as chief client officer

Jane Geraghty has been with Landor & Fitch for over 12 years, initially as the leader of Landor London and then president EMEA until the end of 2017, when she was appointed CEO.

Jane Geraghty is currently chief executive officer of Landor & Fitch, WPP’s brand and design consultancy.

CarDekho promotes Charu Kishnani as chief marketing officer

Charu Kishnani started her career as software developer with CarDekho.

Previously, Charu Kishnani was the executive vice president – marketing.

Lava appoints Sunil Raina as the Interim managing director

With the successful launch of products like the Lava Agni, Blaze, and Yuva series, Sunil Raina has improved the brand's value proposition for consumers and developed brand loyalty.

Sunil Raina has over 20 years of expertise in product development, sales and marketing, strategy, and human resources. He has led a number of Lava’s company operations.

Bumble’s CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd logs out; Slack’s Lidiane Jones to replace her

Whitney Wolfe Herd (pictured left) launched Bumble in 2014 after an acrimonious departure from Match Group-owned rival app Tinder, which she had co-founded. Lidiane Jones (pictured right) has held senior business roles at Microsoft where she spent more than 12 years.

Jones will succeed Wolfe Herd as chief of Bumble on January 2, 2024 the company said.

Smita Salgaonkar moves on from Media.Monks to join Google Cloud

Smita Salgaonkar started her career at People Interactive, and went on to work across Vserv.mobi, HDmessaging and Omnicom Media Group.

Smita Salgaonkar was the country manager – data and digital media at Media.Monks.

Anand Thakur joins GroupM Nexus India as head of analytics, data and tech

In his new position at GroupM Nexus, Anand Thakur will lead automation initiatives across all GroupM applications and contribute to shaping the solution architecture.

Anand Thakur comes from Omnicom Media Group, where he held a key role overseeing various information technology functions such as software development, product development, UI/UX, and business solutions.