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Pilgrim strengthens leadership team; appoints Anirudh Likhite and Nilesh Kambli

Anirudh Likhite, ex-Nykaa and LOreal, brings over 13 years of hands-on experience in building supply chain teams, networks, and strategic processes. Nilesh Kambli, a seasoned professional with over 11 years of experience. (From left to right: Anirudh Likhite and Nilesh Kambli)

In their new role, Anirudh Likhite and Nilesh Kambli will play an important part in delivering easy product accessibility, superior experience and quality across both digital and physical touchpoints.

Bata’s Anand Narang steps down; joins Vedant Fashions as chief marketing and digital officer

Anand Narang started his career at Bharti Airtel, and went on to work across Comverse, Nokia UK, Huawei and Reliance Jio Infocomm.

Anand Narang led the transformation of Bata and drove digital and e-commerce growth.

Marriott International promotes Khushnooma Kapadia to vice president – marketing

Khushnooma Kapadia started her career at Arther Andersen as senior associate. She has worked with Good Relations India too.

Prior to this, Khushnooma Kapadia was Marriott International’s area director – marketing.

MRF Tyres appoints Pratip Francis as general manager – advertising and digital marketing

Pratip Francis started his career at Haier as assistant manager - sales and marketing.

Pratip Francis will lead brand management across, above the line (ATL), below the line (BTL), digital and public relations.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kellogg’s, P&G, Reckitt, BharatPe, Byju’s and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Uday Kotak, Mukta Maheshwari, Sonam Pradhan and Dilen Gandhi)

Executives move in the world of brands and agencies.

Uday Kotak resigns as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO, Dipak Gupta takes interim charge

Uday Kotak, in his message, said as founder, he is deeply attached to brand Kotak and will continue to serve the institution as Non-Executive Director and significant shareholder. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

As an interim arrangement, Dipak Gupta, the Joint Managing Director, will carry out the duties of the Managing Director & CEO until December 31, 2023, subject to the approval of the RBI and the members of the Bank, the bank added.

Nissin Foods has promoted Sandeep Bakhshi as MD

Sandeep Bakhshi started his career as a sales representative at Eureka Forbes. Then, he went on to hold positions at Asian Paints, Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings, Pidilite Industries, Mars Wrigley and S C Johnson.

Sandeep Bakhshi, who previously led as chief business officer, succeeds Gautam Sharma.

G Ravindran R joins luxury brands Hogar Controls and SuperSurfaces as vice president marketing

G Ravindran R is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM C).

Ravindran R comes with an experience in strategic marketing and brings a substantial wealth of expertise and knowledge to this pivotal position.

Mahindra Group’s Sonam Pradhan quits to join Kellogg’s

Sonam Pradhan, whose experience ranges across FMCG, BFSI, automotive, uber luxury brands, consumer durables, online pharmacy startups, entertainment parks and logistic solution brands, started her career at Madison Communications as media planning manager.

Sonam Pradhan has had stints at Madison Communications and Mindshare.

Dilen Gandhi joins Tasty Bite Eatable as Managing Director

Gandhi, who has a background in P&L management, brand strategy, innovation, new business development, key account management and marketing communications, started his career at Gillette India as area sales manager.

Dilen Gandhi was previously with Reckitt, where he was regional marketing director – health and nutrition for the South Asia region.