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Page Industries appoints Karthik Yathindra as CEO

With a career spanning over nine years at Page, Karthik Yathindra played a pivotal role in driving key initiatives and fostering a culture of innovation, teamwork and excellence, stated the company in a statement.

During his tenure with Page, Karthik Yathindra has held several leadership positions, overseeing areas of sales, retail, product, marketing and supply chain.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company India names Arvind Bhandari as MD

Arvind Bhandari began his career as an area sales manager at ITC Limited. Then, he joined JWT as an account supervisor, and moved to PepsiCo as brand manager. He joined Nestle India and held the position of marketing manager, and went on to hold senior leadership roles over a period.

Arvind Bhandari will serve for a period of five years or until he retires. He will also be chairman of the board of directors.

Dunzo Co-founder Kabeer Biswas set to join Flipkart Minutes as head of operations

Biswas’ move to Flipkart Minutes comes shortly after his decision to exit Dunzo, where he was the last standing co-founder.

Biswas would work closely with Hemant Badri, senior vice president at Flipkart, who has been overseeing the quick commerce division since 2022.

TikTok’s North American ad sales head Sameer Singh steps down

This movement comes as the ban on the short form video hosting service in the US nears, which is all set to take place on January 19.

Sameer Singh, who joined ByteDance in 2019 as the head, global business solutions, APAC, will remain with the company till the end of February.

Kotak Mahindra Bank’s COO and CTO Milind Nagnur resigns, cites personal reasons

The resignation is effective from February 15, 2025.

The bank in exchange filings confirmed that Nagnur had stepped down due to personal reasons, with plans to relocate to the United States to care for family members.

Jackelyn Keller to be Comscore’s new Chief Marketing Officer

Keller succeeds Tania Yukia, who left the company in 2023 after playing a key role in repositioning the brand around the future of media measurement

Before taking on this new role, Keller served as the Global Head of Product Marketing at Quantcast, a demand-side platform (DSP).

In Meta shake-up, Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global affairs; Nick Clegg departs

Joel Kaplan will work closely with David Ginsburg, Meta’s vice president of global communications and public affairs.

Mamaearth-owner Honasa Consumer’s CBO Zairus Master quits

Zairus Master joined Honasa Consumer in August 2021 as Chief Business Officer. He has earlier worked at Hindustan Unilever, Airtel and Nokia.

NIVEA India appoints Siddhartha Juneja as E-Commerce Director

At Flipkart, he played a key role in evolving the Grocery BU strategy across pricing, assortment, merchandizing, and performance marketing, leading to Flipkart’s success in the grocery segment.

Juneja has over 15 years of experience in FMCG and retail and his career spans leadership roles at Mondelez, Flipkart, and Kellogg’s.

EaseMyTrip’s Nishant Pitti resigns; Rikant Pittie takes over as new CEO

With nearly 15 years of experience across the travel, tourism, human resources, and technology sectors, Rikant Pittie co-founded EaseMyTrip in 2008.

Rikant Pittie co-founded EaseMyTrip in 2008 and has been instrumental in its growth and success over the years. With over 16 years of experience in the travel and tourism industry, he has a deep understanding of market trends and customer needs.