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Abbey Thomas to head VW Group’s Bentley as Country Head

Abbey Thomas will take charge in January, and will report to Jan Bures, executive director – sales, marketing and digital, at Skoda Auto Volkswagen India.

Adani Wilmar names Shrikant Kanhere as the Deputy CEO

Shrikant Kanhere will be mainly responsible for business development, investor relations and financial management while Sheth will continue to lead sourcing of raw materials, trading and manufacturing operations.

Shrikant Kanhere will assume this role in addition to his current profile as the chief financial officer (CFO) of the company.

Nykaa Fashion CEO Nihir Parikh steps down

Nihir Parikh joined Nykaa as a chief strategy officer, and here, he supported Nykaa’s Series B funding of $9.5M in Oct 2015, guided product and tech till June 2016 and supported HR till Nov 2017.

Nihir Parikh joined Nykaa as a chief strategy officer.

Raymond Lifestyle names Sunil Kataria as MD

Sunil Kataria stated, “I am thankful to Mr. Singhania and the entire Raymond Lifestyle team for this unique opportunity to lead a brand with such a rich legacy. It has been an enriching journey, and I am proud of the progress we have made together. I leave with great confidence in the company’s future and its ability to achieve new milestones.”

Sunil Kataria was the chief executive officer – Raymond Lifestyle (India & International), a position he held since March, 2022.

Raymond Lifestyle names Gautam Hari Singhania as Executive Chairman

Gautam Hari Singhania is a commerce graduate from the University of Mumbai. With over three decades of experience in the field of Industry, Business and Corporate Management, he has been at the helm of the affairs and operations of the company along with the Board of Directors.

Gautam Hari Singhania took over the reins of Raymond Limited as the Chairman & Managing Director in September 1990.

CEAT appoints Pfizer’s Debashish Roy as Chief Digital Transformation Officer

Debashish Roy began his career as an analyst at Cognizant and went on to work across Zydus Cadila, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, PwC and Abbott.

Debashish Roy previously led Pfizer as director and head – transformation, digital innovation and customer experience.

Tata Motors’ VP – International Business and Strategy Anurag Mehrotra quits: Report

Prior to joining Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles Business, Anurag Mehrotra led Ford Motor Company as vice president - marketing. (Image Source: SightsIn Plus)

Mehrotra is likely to join JSW MG Motor in February as chief executive officer, according to industry reports.

Unilever’s global chief of transformation Nicky Sparshott quits

Nicky Sparshott began her career at HP as sales and marketing coordinator, and then joined Procter & Gamble as brand manager. Then, she joined Unilever as assistant brand manager and then moved to The Coca Cola Company as senior marketing manager.

During her tenure, Nicky Sparshott led the Unilever Global Transformation Office to design and land complex organizational change initiatives, at scale, enhancing efficiency, innovation, competitive advantage and value creation.

OpenAI gets its first-ever CMO; Coinbase’s Kate Rouch joins Sam Altman’s AI firm as CMO

Kate Rouch began her career as a consultant at The Bridgespan Group, and then worked at Meta. During her stint at Meta as vice president, global head of brand and product marketing, Rouch spent over a decade at Meta. She led brand and product marketing for Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook. (Image source: Kate Rouch and Sam Altman (Chan Zuckerberg Biohub))

Kate Rouch previously led Coinbase as chief marketing officer.

Bumble restructures senior leadership team

Bumble Inc announced key updates to the company’s senior leadership team and reaffirmed the company’s outlook for fiscal year 2024. (From left to right: Anu Subramanian, Neil Shah and Selby Drummond)

Neil Shah has been appointed as chief business officer. Anu Subramanian and Selby Drummond announced plans to depart from their roles as chief financial officer and chief marketing officer to pursue opportunities outside the company.