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Former Google exec Arun Rajappa joins Riot Games as country manager – India, SA

Arun has been a passionate champion of India and Emerging Markets at Google and Microsoft. He continues to be inspired by the energy and youthfulness of the region, and the opportunity for technology to serve people in the region and help them unlock their potential. Arun has been playing video games since the inception of Gaming Era – from Donkey Kong Jr and Prince of Persia, Doom and Duke Nukem 3d, FIFA and Forza, Indie games like Stray and Descenders, to his current favorite – VALORANT!

Arun Rajappa, in his new role will look after business development, lead hyper local activities and develop immersive player experiences for Riots vast pool of players.

Cheil India appoints Neeraj Bassi as chief growth officer

Bassi was serving Havas Group India as its chief strategy officer till March 2022. He has also previously held the position of Cheil’s chief strategy officer at Cheil India in 2016.

In his current role, Neeraj Bassi will report to Carlos Limseob Chung, MD, Cheil India, and Sanjeev Jasani, COO, Cheil India.

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Spencer’s Retail Devndra Chawla joins GreenCell Mobility as CEO

Prior to this, Chawla was the CEO and managing director of Spencer's Retail. Before that, he was the chief operating officer of Walmart India. (Image courtesy: Still via a video from Paul Writer)

Chawla has over 26 years of experience, holding various leadership positions, in companies like Walmart, Future Consumer, among others.

Wiggles promotes Prashant Kohli to chief marketing officer

In his new role as CMO, Prashant Kohliwill lead the company’s overall marketing initiatives and drive consumer engagement. It is under his guidance that Wiggles underwent a rebranding and took on its ‘Lovemark’ identity.

The company has elevated Pushkaraj Vartak as chief financial officer (CFO) too. The duo will continue to report to the founder’s office. Their promotions are with immediate effect.

Yum! Brands gets Aparna Bhawal as chief marketing officer

Bhawal is armed with an experience of three decades and has been a part of organisations like First City Publications, GE Money, Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare India, and The Coca-Cola Company. (Image courtesy: International News Media Association)

Aparna Bhawal will look into marketing at KFC India and the partner countries.

Volvo Car India onboards Dipankar Mukherjee as head of marketing and PR

Prior to this, Dipankar Mukherjee has worked with companies like Samsung Electronics, AB InBev, DishTV, Ola Foodpanda, Ola Electric Mobility, and Molson Coors Beverage Company.

Dipankar Mukherjee replaces Amit Jain, who last year had moved within Volvo Cars to a regional role.

Prime Video makes Sushant Sreeram country director, India; promotes Gaurav Gandhi to VP, APAC

Gaurav Gandhi to Vice President, Asia Pacific, Amazon PrimeVideo & Sushant Sreeram, Country Director, India, Amazon PrimeVideo

Prior to Amazon, Gaurav has worked in companies such as Viacom18, NDTV Imagine and STAR India in various leadership roles. Prior to joining Amazon, Sushant led marketing for Xiaomi in India.

Wingreens’ Pawan Sarda joins House of Abhinandan Lodha as chief growth officer

Prior to joining Wingreen Worlds, at Future Group India, he launched and drove Big Bazaar, drove Omni channel marketing and commerce for the retail chain company etc. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Pawan Sarda was Wingreen’s group CMO and helped grow the D2C brand as it expanded and acquired other companies.

Pizza Hut India appoints Aanandita Datta as Chief Marketing Officer

With close to 17 years of experience, Datta was previously designated as global brand director, Unilever, based out of the Netherlands. She has previously worked with consumer goods firms, managing brands such as Lipton, Kissan, Taaza at Unilever alongwith corporate brand Unilever, Horlicks and Sensodyne at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare and Whirlpool Refrigerators. (Image source: LinkedIn)

The company said that Datta will oversee all aspects of marketing and branding, with the core objective of transforming Pizza Hut into a ‘Younger and Everyday’ brand.