CXO Moves – Page 43 – storyboard18

PepsiCo elevates Adam Warner to Vice President – Global Sports & Entertainment Partnerships

Adam Warner holds a bachelors degree in commerce from the University of Birmingham.

Adam Warner began his career at PepsiCo as a senior brand manager and went on to hold various roles in different capacities.

Pranav Mishra joins as head of distribution at Kotak Mahindra Group

Prior to ICICI Bank, Pranav Mishra headed distribution for ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

Pranav Mishra joins from ICICI Bank, where he most recently served as Head of Liabilities, Deposit, Customer 360, Branch Banking, Marketing & Alliances, ATM and Micro Market Strategy.

Havas Group India’s chief strategy officer Anirban Mozumdar moves on

As an entrepreneur and business leader, Anirban Mozumdar helped scale small businesses and brands in communication and brand consulting.

Anirban Mozumdar began his career at Rediffusion DY&R, and went on to work across Leo Burnett, Mudra Communications, Publicis India, chlorophyll brand & communications consultancy and 82point5.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages appoints Harsh Bhutani as CFO

Bhutani is currently serving as the Vice President of Finance for the India & Southwest Asia Operating Unit of The Coca-Cola Company.

Harsh Bhutani will be responsible for leading HCCB’s financial operations, including Business Transformation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax, Treasury, Audit, Accounting & Controls, Reporting and Analysis, and Risk Management.

Symphony elevates Anuj Arora to global chief marketing officer and business head

Anuj Arora, who began his career at Godrej Consumer Pvt Ltd, went on to work across Reliance Retail, A.W. Faber Castell, Piramal Enterprises and Welspun Group.

Anuj Arora has taken additional responsibility of heading business for their new range of products in TT(Table top) range of products with end to end responsibility of sales, marketing and P&L.

CXO Moves: Exec movements across Licious, Ogilvy India, Dentsu and more

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Santosh Hegde, B Ramanathan, Abhijat Bharadwaj and Atif Rahman)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Ogilvy India appoints B Ramanathan as chief client officer

B Ramanathan had also been instrumental in driving the growth and transformation agenda for Ogilvy Indonesia as it’s Group CEO.

Previously, B Ramanathan was the chief marketing officer of Ogilvy Asia and the global brand leader – Mondelez, based out of Kuala Lumpur.

Zepto elevates Devendra Meel to chief business officer

-Prior to Zepto, Devendra Meel, an IIM-Bangalore graduate, led special initiatives at Zomato and Jio.

Devendra Meel will spearhead category management and foster brand partnerships, ensuring optimal assortment, pricing, availability, and growth of all core categories on the platform.

Licious’ vice president – marketing Santosh Hegde moves on

In an exclusive interaction with Storyboard18 in 2023, Santosh Hegde also spoke about the industry size of the meat category, where he stated, "The meat market is expected to become $80-85 Bn by 2024 and is up for disruption by branded players, according to Red Seer. Licious dominates a huge chunk of this enormous pie. While the broader meat market has largely been unorganized, online is growing fast as players like us have successfully targeted consumer pain points associated with purchasing meat from local shops. We have effectively communicated superior quality and hygiene practices, which has boosted consumer confidence."

Santosh Hegde began his career at Deloitte Consulting India, and went on to work across Marico and Hotstar.

Jindal Stainless appoints Mohit Taneja as head of marketing

As the assistant brand manager of Adidas India, Mohit Taneja created and deploy integrated marketing strategies at brand, segment and company level. He looked into media planning and buying, social / digital marketing. He looked into planning and execution for new product launches. (Image source: Master's Union via X)

Previously, Mohit Taneja led Vedanta as group head – brand, digital and ESG communication.