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ACKO Tech hires Siddharth Vinayak Patankar as chief creative officer and editor-in-chief

Siddharth Vinayak Patankar will be responsible for the overall content strategy to build brand love to connect with the audience through engaging and educative content. The new content division’s first play will be in the automobile and technology spaces, where Patankar will also be editor-in-chief.

As the chief creative officer, Patankar will lead ACKO Tech’s newly created content division and create an end-to-end content platform for the wider audience.

Jaguar Land Rover India appoints Rajan Amba as managing director

Rajan Amba succeeds Rohit Suri, who is due to retire on 31st March.

Rajan Amba will be joining from Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles where, at present, he is the vice-president of sales, marketing and customer care.

CXO Moves: YouTube’s gets a new CEO; Riot Games, KidZania India, Cheil get senior executives

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Neal Mohan, chief executive officer, YouTube; Rahul Dhamdhere, chief marketing officer, KidZania India, Neeraj Bassi, chief growth officer, Cheil India; and Arun Rajappa, country manager - India and South Asia, Riot Games)

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Dentsu Creative India’s Ajay Gahlaut calls it quits

The Indian unit of Dentsu Group Inc has been rocked by a series of senior-level exits since August 2021, potentially causing more departures and deepening turmoil at the advertising company.

Ajay Gahlaut was not reachable for comment at the time of filing this story. He joined the Japanese ad network in September 2021.

10 things to know about YouTube’a new CEO, Neal Mohan

Neal Mohan previously served as YouTube's chief product officer, responsible for the platform's products, user experience, and trust and safety initiatives. (Image source via Twitter @ShaktiJha_)

Neal Mohan is the new addition to the global Indian origin CXO list. He takes over from Susan Wojcicki whose retirement marks and end of an era.

Susan Wojcicki steps down as YouTube’s CEO; Neal Mohan takes over

Since 2015, Neal Mohan has been the chief product officer, and has looked after YouTube products, user experience, trust and safety on a global level. He has managed creation and enforcement of platform policies, and has been accountable for overall business success and growth of YouTube. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Neal Mohan is armed with an experience of more than two decades and has worked across Accenture, DoubleClick, Microsoft, MMA Global, Google, 23andMe and Stitch Fix.

KidZania India appoints Rahul Dhamdhere as chief marketing officer

Rahul Dhamdhere, who has been working as Head of Marketing Operations at Nexus Malls for over the last five years, brings to the board his two decades of experience.

Rahul Dhamdhere, in his new role will lead strategic industry partnerships and alliances, group sales and the marketing departments.

Former Google exec Arun Rajappa joins Riot Games as country manager – India, SA

Arun has been a passionate champion of India and Emerging Markets at Google and Microsoft. He continues to be inspired by the energy and youthfulness of the region, and the opportunity for technology to serve people in the region and help them unlock their potential. Arun has been playing video games since the inception of Gaming Era – from Donkey Kong Jr and Prince of Persia, Doom and Duke Nukem 3d, FIFA and Forza, Indie games like Stray and Descenders, to his current favorite – VALORANT!

Arun Rajappa, in his new role will look after business development, lead hyper local activities and develop immersive player experiences for Riots vast pool of players.

Cheil India appoints Neeraj Bassi as chief growth officer

Bassi was serving Havas Group India as its chief strategy officer till March 2022. He has also previously held the position of Cheil’s chief strategy officer at Cheil India in 2016.

In his current role, Neeraj Bassi will report to Carlos Limseob Chung, MD, Cheil India, and Sanjeev Jasani, COO, Cheil India.

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Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (Representative Image: Mathias Jensen via Unsplash)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.