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Kellogg India’s Sumit Mathur joins Paytm as CMO

Previously, Sumit Mathur was the CMO at Kellogg India and led the overall category strategy/vision and business P&L as part of the South Asia Leadership team for five and a half years. (Image source: LinkedIn)

From FMCG to fintech, Paytm’s new CMO Sumit Mathur started his career at Unilever as an area sales manager.

Mullen Lintas appoints Ram Jayaraman as CCO

As per LinkedIn, at Meta, Ram Jayaraman conceptualised platform-first ideas across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger for India’s biggest clients and also co-created campaigns with the best creative agencies. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Ram Jayaraman is armed with an experience of 22 years and has been a part of agencies like JWT India and Grey Group where he worked on brands like Rin India (Unilever), Smirnoff, Amit Enterprises, Fortis Hospitals followed by many more.

Mars Wrigley elevates Kalpesh Parmar as GM – Asia, and appoints Tamer Kadry as India GM

Kalpesh Parmar and Tamer Kadry are currently transitioning into their respective roles. (From left to right: Kalpesh Parmar and Tamer Kadry)

Kalpesh Parmar will lead business operations of the chocolate, gum, and fruity confections segments across all Asia markets as well as the pet nutrition segment in South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

IndiaCast appoints Piyush Goyal as COO

In his new role, Piyush Goyal will closely work with the operating heads of TV News, Entertainment and Sports businesses of the Network18 Group. He will report into Network18’s Managing Director Rahul Joshi.

In a career spanning over 20 years, Piyush Goyal has worked in leading companies like Star TV, Network18, NDTV and DEN Networks.

MX Player’s Nikhil Gandhi quits the Times-owned streamer

If the deal does go through, Amazon Prime Video's customer base could increase fourfold as MX Player has an estimated 78 million users, while Amazon has around 28 million users in India.

Nikhil Gandhi’s departure from MX Player coincides with the company’s acquisition talks with Amazon.

Dalveer Singh quits WPP-owned GroupM’s Dialogue Factory

Prior to joining WPP, Dalveer Singh was the senior vice president at Reliance ADAG. In 2006, he set out to help Reliance ADAG in setting up a specialized Experiential Marketing Force dedicated to market and category expansion for individual businesses.

Dalveer Singh has been associated with the group for 14 years. He was responsible for shaping GroupM’s experiential marketing agency Dialogue Factory.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz steps down, Laxman Narasimhan assumes leadership ahead of schedule

The announcement of his official appointment has come as a surprise, as Starbucks had previously indicated that the transition would not be complete until the end of March, with Narasimhan assuming full duties in April.

Mullen Lintas appoints L&K Saatchi & Saatchi’s Sharon Picardo as executive director

Sharon Picardo has worked with other leading agencies like DDB and L&K Saatchi & Saatchi leading the charge for a wide spectrum of brands. Picardo has also worked with cross-functional teams for brands like Tata Motors, Amul Parle, Big Bazaar, Renault, Diageo, NPCI, ICICI Bank, Bharti AXA, among others.

Sharon Picardo comes with 22 years of experience as a P&L head and brand strategist.

Carat India appoints Wavemaker’s Simantini Ghosh as VP – Content

WPP’s media agency Essence roped Simantini Ghosh in as the business executive and in a span of five years, she held various positions. Her last position was as the associate director - content and innovation. Her skill set, which ranged from content strategy, brand solutions, client servicing, video production, the key clients whose mandate she handled were Britannia, Flipkart and Global Consumer Products. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Simantini Ghosh’s last position was as the regional head – South, content at Wavemaker where she led content campaigns along with multiple strategic partners.

Deepali Naair of IBM to join CK Birla Group as group CMO

In financial services, Deepali Naair has held leadership positions with L&T Insurance & HSBC. She has worked with Tata Motors, BPL Mobile, Draft FCB-Ulka; was the marketing manager for Saffola and Mediker at Marico. She headed products and marketing at HSBC Global Asset Management and at L&T insurance she was head – marketing, digital sales and customer service. (Image source: LinkedIn)

A marketing veteran Deepali Naair was with IBM for nearly five years and was serving the company as director, digital sales-India.