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CXO Moves: Exec movements at Meta, Skoda, OnePlus, Publicis Groupe, Tilt Brand Solutions and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Tarun Bhagat, Cassio Simoes, Dilpreeta Vasudeva and Rahul Pansare)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

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.

Tilt Brand Solutions promotes Adarsh Atal as chief creative officer

Adarsh Atal has been with Tilt Brand Solutions since 2019 and has played a pivotal role on some of Tilt's most popular work, notably on Dream11, Groww, Kenko, Licious, Livspace, Myntra, PhonePe, Shopsy and many others.

Prior to this, Adarsh Atal was the executive creative director.

PepsiCo promotes Tarun Bhagat as CMO, India and South Asia, beverages

Last year, Tarun Bhagat was promoted to the role of CMO, India Beverages at PepsiCo. He started his journey with the company in 2008.

Previously, Tarun Bhagat was the senior director – marketing – Mountain Dew, 7Up and Mirinda at PepsiCo.

CXO Moves: Exec appointments at Future Generali, Cheil, Kotak Mahindra Bank and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Geetanjali Chugh Kothari, Neeraj Agarwal, Abhishek Pathak and Gauri Burma)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Ltd appoints Geetanjali Chugh Kothari as Chief Marketing Officer

In her new role as the CMO, Chugh will report to Bruce de Broize, Managing Director & CEO, of Future Generali India Life Insurance, and will be based in the head office in Mumbai.

Prior to joining Future Generali, Chugh held the position of Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication at Bharti AXA Life Insurance. Her prior experience includes working for Future Group, HT Media, and Mudra Max.

Cheil India hires Amit Nandwani as national creative director

Amit Nandwani also wears the hat of a director, having directed over 20 TV commercials for popular brands like Amazon, Ola, Car Dekho, and ACKO Insurance.

Amit Nandwani, who has an experience of over two decades, joins from Leo Burnett Delhi, and at Cheil India, he will lead the agency’s creative output on the new businesses.

BARC appoints Dolly Jha as chief of product and research

Dolly Jha comes with a rich experience across consumer research, audience measurement, media analytics, ROI measurement and innovation research.

Prior to joining BARC India, Dolly Jha has been associated with Nielsen for 13 years where she has held multiple leadership roles. Her last role was as the managing director for Nielsen Media – India.

Wunderman Thompson’s Tarun Rai retires

After leading the merger between Wunderman and JWT, Tarun Rai was appointed chairman and Group CEO for South Asia and began to help steer the organisation through the pandemic. He was then appointed executive director of strategic initiatives across the APAC region in 2022.

Tarun Rai, executive director of strategic initiatives across the APAC region, will be retiring after three-decades in the advertising industry.