Tag: CXO Moves

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.

Adobe Appoints Lara Balazs as Chief Marketing Officer

Lara Balazs previously served as CMO and General Manager, Strategic Partner Group at financial software and services leader Intuit, where she reimagined the company’s brand and go-to-market activities to support its AI-driven financial technology platform and elevated its brand awareness and reputation to new heights.

Lara Balazs will lead the Global Marketing Organization responsible for Adobe’s brand, Adobe.com, the company’s industry-leading events, campaigns, communications, social media and its media operations and marketing insights.

Intel Corporation’s CEO Patrick Gelsinger steps down

Patrick P. Gelsinger has more than four decades of technology leadership and experience driving innovation, with 30 of those years serving in Intel engineering and executive roles.

Intel Corporation has named named chief financial officer David Zinsner and senior executive Michelle Johnston Holthaus as interim co-chief executive officers.

Zee Ent appoints Saurav Adhikari as Additional Director

Saurav Adhikari is currently the founder and senior Partner at Indus Tech Edge Fund I, a growth fund. Adhikari also serves as a board member of Goodricke Group Limited, Accelya Solutions India Limited, and Bridgeweave Limited, UK, an AI-based fintech firm. (Image Source: Shiv Nadar University)

Saurav Adhikari is a senior global business leader with four decades of experience in businesses such as technology, FMCG, and consumer durables sectors.

Intel broadens the role of Apurva Jani, the chip maker’s director of marketing, India Region

Apurva Jani brings rich insights from the Indian market as well as a deep understanding of sales, marketing and brand building, having worked with organizations such as Intel, General Electric, Ford, Tata and Mahindra & Mahindra.

Apurva Jani’s extensive career includes leadership roles at some of India’s most prominent companies, including General Electric, Ford, Tata, and Mahindra & Mahindra.