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Anshul Khanna promoted to VP and foods category head for PepsiCo India and South Asia

Anshul Khanna was previously senior director, global brands marketing, based out of Dublin (Ireland).

Anshul Khanna was previously senior Director Marketing, foods category at PepsiCo India.

Wavemaker appoints Mondelez International’s Sindhuja Rai as its APAC CEO

Wavemaker’s newly appointed APAC CEO Sindhuja Rai, says that the task cut out for her as an APAC leader for Wavemaker is to ensure that they become a lot more strongly engaged and embedded with their clients.

Sindhuja Rai’s new position involves joining Wavemaker’s global executive team as well as the GroupM leadership team ExCo.

Storyboard18 Exclusive: Webchutney’s Sumera Dewan to lead Punt Partners’ new creative division

Sumera Dewan has worked with a diverse range of clients, including YouTube, Nestle, Airtel, Under Armour, Tinder, Spotify, Unilever, Platinum Guild International, among others.

Punt Partners, the tech start-up co-founded by Sidharth Rao and Madhu Sudhan in September 2022, has launched a division called Punt Creative.

More changes in Dentsu’s leadership; Roopam Garg of Dentsu X on his way out

Roopam Garg has over two decades of experience in advertising. Prior to this, Garg held senior leadership roles in Publicis Groupe Vietnam and ZenithOptimedia Group India.

Roopam Garg, who had joined Dentsu in 2017, replaced Divya Karani as the chief executive officer in September 2021.

Diageo India appoints Ruchira Jaitly as the chief marketing officer

Ruchira Jaitly has over 23 years of experience in Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Innovation, Business, Start-Up, Impact Business Creation and in Market Consumer & Customer Engagement at Unilever, PepsiCo, Royal DSM, HMD Global (Home of Nokia Phones).

Ruchira Jaitly takes over as CMO at a time when Diageo India has accelerated its innovation and premiumization strategies with a focus on sustainability.

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.

CXO Moves: Exec movements at Grey Group, Publicis Groupe, Licious, Sony Pictures, Aditya Birla Fashion and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Ankit Mathur, Sumant Bhattacharya, Viabhav Jadon and Rishabh Verma)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Zenith appoints Vaibhav Jadon as national buying head

Previously, he was heading the national media-buying and partnerships at Dentsu.

His responsibilities will include leading the integrated buying function, driving strategy and ensuring executional excellence across Zenith India’s client portfolio.

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.