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Mondelez International appoints Samir Jain as president, India

Samir Jain will report into Deepak Iyer in his new role and will be part of the AMEA leadership team representing India.

Samir Jain joins Mondelez International from Bunge India, where he led the business as managing director for the last 10 years.

Dentsu appoints Prerna Mehrotra as chief client officer

Prerna Mehrotra will focus on designing and delivering an elevated client experience across dentsu’s services in creative, media, and customer experience management (CXM).

Prerna Mehrotra has over two decades of experience, holding senior client-facing and management roles across APAC.

Gurvinder Sahni joins Persistent as chief marketing officer

Gurvinder Sahni spent 20 years at Wipro and has held various leadership roles.

Gurvinder Sahni, whose previous role was at Wipro, will lead and set the strategic team for the company’s global marketing team.

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Elon Musk says he has found new Twitter CEO

The billionaire's first two weeks as the new Twitter owner in October were marked by rapid change. He quickly fired Twitter's previous CEO Parag Agrawal and other senior leaders and then laid off half its staff in November.

“Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!,” Musk said in a tweet.

Nivea appoints Sunil Gadgil as marketing director, India, Ashish Joshi as sales director

From 2017 to 2020, Sunil Gadgil led Beiersdorf’s business in Ukraine, and since November 2020, has served as the director of the biggest Nivea category – Body and All-Purpose Cream. Meanwhile, Ashish Joshi who joins the company as sales director comes with an overall experience of 16 years. He also started his Nivea India journey in 2016 (From left to right: Sunil Gadgil and Ashish Joshi)

Sunil Gadgil has over 12 years of experience with Beiersdorf in various global and local roles.

Puma India appoints Karthik Balagopalan as managing director

Karthik Balagopalan will start in his new role on August 1, 2023. Abhishek Ganguly will remain at Puma until the end of August to ensure a smooth transition.

Karthik Balagopalan replaces Abhishek Ganguly, who worked for Puma’s Indian business for 17 years and has been the managing director of Puma India since 2014.

Abhishek Ganguly, Managing Director of PUMA India and South East Asia moves on

Abhishek Ganguly joined PUMA India in 2005 as Director of Sales and Marketing and was appointed Managing Director in September 2014, also leading PUMA's South East Asia business in 2022.

Abhishek Ganguly is reportedly starting his own sportswear venture.

Swiggy’s VP of marketing Ashish Lingamneni quits; Aparna Giridhar replaces him

Ashish Lingamneni comes with an experience of 15 years and started his career at Deloitte Consulting as business technology analyst. From there, he moved to Colgate Palmolive and he joined Johnson & Johnson (J&J) as a management trainee. He held various roles at J&J, and his last role was customer marketing manager. Before joining Swiggy, he was with Ola’s marketing team. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Ashish Lingamneni plans to explore the world of AI and technology in his next stint. Recently, Saurabh Nath, Swiggy’s head of brand marketing also quit.

Shemaroo Entertainment ropes in Anuja Trivedi as chief marketing officer

Anuja Trivedi brings over 15 years of rich experience in strategy and media and entertainment industry, having held senior leadership roles in reputed organizations such as Disney Star, World Gold Council, McKinsey & Company, Morgan Stanley and PwC.

In her new role, Anuja Trivedi will lead the company’s overall marketing strategy and will be responsible for driving business growth, leading strategic initiatives and strengthening consumer engagement.