Tag: CXO Moves

Diageo India’s CMO Deepika Warrier quits; Ruchira Jaitly to take over

Deepika Warrier spent 20 years with Pepsico, where she was instrumental in driving strategic development, innovation, brand equity enhancement and resource allocation across a range of beverages, and juice-based drinks.

Deepika Warrier’s last working day at the company is 31 July. Ruchira Jaitly, who currently serves the company as the executive vice president, marketing, will take over as the new CMO from August 1.

Publicis Worldwide India appoints Sumant Bhattacharya as executive vice president – strategy

Sumant Bhattacharya has led stories for numerous brands across various sectors including Google, Nestle, Dabur, Maruti, Himalaya Wellness, Kalyan Jewelers, Absolut, Jameson, World Gold Council, and Sun Pharma, among others.

Prior to joining Publicis Worldwide India, Bhattacharya served as the national head for communications planning at Motivator, a GroupM agency. He also held positions at agencies such as Lowe Lintas, Grey, JWT, Leo Burnett, and Mudra, among others.

Grey Group India appoints Ankit Mathur as group creative director

Ankit Mathur has been recognized on the Social Samosa 30under30 list, served as a Shadow Juror for YouTube. Awards 2022, and holds a degree in Crafting Creative Communications from MICA. He’s also serving as an Adjunct Professor at Miami Ad School, Mumbai.

Ankit Mathur’s last stint was with Dentsu Webchutney as a creative director. He has also worked with other leading agencies like Digitas and McCann group on a wide spectrum of brands.

Meta Layoffs: Dilpreeta Vasudeva joins growing list of execs laid off

In 2023, Dilpreeta Vasudeva was one of the executives from the senior leadership team who had been affected by Meta’s layoffs in India. The layoffs were a part of a restructuring effort to streamline operations and adapt to changing market conditions.

Dilpreeta Vasudeva is one of the executives from the senior leadership team who has been affected by Meta’s layoffs in India. The layoffs are part of a restructuring effort to streamline operations and adapt to changing market conditions.

Publicis Commerce India onboards Anshul Garg as managing partner and head

Anshul Garg comes with over 16 years of consulting and industry experience across sectors including consumer goods, retail, industrial goods and energy. His expertise spans many dimensions such as digital commerce and D2C business setup, growth strategy blueprint, sales and marketing transformation, go-to-market strategy and execution, loyalty programmes, commercial excellence, and more.

Prior to this, he worked at advisory firm Ernst & Young. In his new role, Anshul Garg will advance the Groupe’s commerce offerings still further, drive both strategy, implementation and connect data, technology, and brand experience with commerce for optimum results.