Tag: CXO Moves

CrowdStrike appoints Karthik Sathuragiri as Director & Head of Marketing

Karthik Sathuragiri previously led marketing at Amazon Web Services (AWS) India and South Asia, where he played a key role in scaling the brand’s regional presence.

At CrowdStrike, Karthik Sathuragiri will oversee marketing strategy, brand building, demand generation, partner marketing, and field marketing across the region.

Riot Games’ Marketing Lead – India & South Asia Ashish Gupta quits

Ashish Gupta was instrumental in setting the ball rolling for Gameloft Advertising business verticals in India and worked with leading brands and media agencies like Airtel, Apple, Coca-Cola, Myntra, Maruti, OMD, Isobar, Mediacom, Mindshare etc.

Prior to joining Riot Games, Ashish Gupta worked as assistant vice president at Reliance Jio and led Games Ecosystem at for Games Stores for Jio VoLTE Feature Phones, Smart Phones, Setup Boxes, Cloud Gaming, VR, and eSports.

McCann Worldgroup India strengthens leadership team with strategic appointments

Prior to rejoining the advertising world at McCann, Kamal Basu spent a decade in the automotive industry, heading marketing at Skoda and Volkswagen, where he had launched iconic brands including Octavia, Rapid, Beetle, and Tiguan. Jyoti Mahendru was with VML India, where she played a crucial role in stabilizing teams and led the integration of people, culture, and structure across multiple agencies during their merger to form VML.

Kamal Basu has been elevated to executive director and chief growth officer. Jyoti Mahendru joins as chief talent officer.

Is the honeymoon over?: Why marketing vets & startups often break up early

For marketers, besides the fast pace, relative lack of structure, and the rapidly shifting sands of some startups, they often have to contend with more-than-anticipated funding and people  constraints, said leadership advisor Gauri Padmanabhan. (Image Source: Unsplash)

In the startup world, agility is often valued over pedigree. And even the most celebrated resumes can be tested by the unforgiving pace of innovation, leadership temperaments or circumstances and controversies.

Federal Bank appoints Virat Diwanji as Head of Consumer Banking amid strategic push for Version 4.0

With Diwanji onboard and Version 4.0 in motion, industry watchers anticipate a dynamic phase of transformation at Federal Bank, particularly in customer-centric offerings and digital expansion.

The appointment of Diwanji, a seasoned banking professional, is seen as a pivotal step in strengthening Federal Bank’s consumer banking vertical as it gears up for rapid scale and innovation.