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Bobby Pawar moves on from Havas

Prior to joining News18 Studio, Bobby Pawar was chairman & chief creative officer at Havas Group. With successful stints as a CCO in Publicis and JWT India, he is credited with turning around the creative reputations and fortunes of these agencies. His advertising work, created for agencies in India and USA, has won more than 400 Indian and international awards.

Bobby Pawar has decided to move away from advertising. He will, however, be a part of Havas India officially till September 2023 and will continue to consult on Havas’ clients and projects as and when necessary.

Dentsu Creative appoints Shweta Khosla and Punit Singh as EVP – strategy and planning

Air India traces its legacy through the evolution its logo. (Image taken from @airindia via Twitter)

As per the mandate, Shweta Khosla and Punit Singh will deliver transformative strategies for the agency’s key clients and brands. Their expertise will prove instrumental in addressing brand challenges and elevating the creative standards across both offices.

Social Panga onboards Rohit Singh as creative director

Previously, Rohit Singh has worked with Publicis and Ogilvy wherein he looked into some key accounts which included Vodafone, Canon, Taco Bell, Philips and Dabur.

At the agency, Rohit Singh will be overlooking creative mandates involving ATL/BTL, digital, production with an integrated approach.

Archana Vohra steps down from Meta

Archana Vohra’s next move remains unknown.

Diageo appoints Varun Koorichh as vice president – marketing

Varun Koorichh, who started his career at Perfect Relations as associate image manager, his innings at PepsiCo began as a management trainee.

With a 15 year experience at PepsiCo, his previous role at the American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation was marketing director, food service – global customers.

Xiaomi’s Jaskaran Kapany joins Table Space as CMO

In a career spanning two decades, Kapany has held leadership roles within marketing with leading companies such as smartphone brand Xiaomi; Paytm, mobile commerce company & ICICI Prudential- life insurance player.

Kapany mandate is to strengthen Table Space’s strategy to consolidate its position in the managed workspaces sector and establish it as a strong brand name.

Coca-Cola appoints Irene Tan as Vice President – Human Resources

Irene Tan joined the company in 2012 in Singapore as a talent sourcing consultant for the Asia Pacific Group. She became the lead talent acquisition partner for Greater China and Korea and moved to Shanghai.

Irene Tan’s responsibilities will include accelerating INSWA’s growth by recruiting future-ready talent, performance enablement and employee development for the company in India and Southwest Asia.

Max Healthcare’s Mohan Menon joins Metropolis Healthcare as Chief Marketing Officer

Mohan Menon's innings at Samsung India Electronics began as assistant product manager, and he rose to the ranks to head as assistant manager - marketing.

Previously, Mohan Menon led Max Healthcare as senior vice president and head – marketing and digital.

Zeenah Vilcassim moves on from Bacardi India

Vilcassim was promoted in April 2021 to head consumer and customer marketing across the entire Bacardi portfolio of brands. She joined Bacardi four years ago as global brand director for Dewar’s Scotch whisky. She was based out of the company’s Gurugram office.

She was serving the liquor firm as its marketing director for India.

OnePlus’s Navnit Nakra joins Pine Labs as Chief Revenue Officer

Navnit Nakra started his career at Citi as manager - risk analytics and credit operations. He rose to the ranks to head the investment banking company as regional lead - e-commerce and looked after the India, Greater China and the Korea region.

Previously, Navnit Nakra led OnePlus as chief executive officer.