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CEAT appoints Vishal Pawar as senior vice president – global sales and supply chain management

Vishal Pawar began his career at TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited). Then, he moved to CEAT and went on to work at Garware Technical Fibres.

Saurav Mukherjee, who led CEAT as senior vice president – global sales has resigned.

Zee Entertainment gives charge of music business to CBO Umesh Bansal

The decision is in line with the resource optimization approach of the Company and aims to enhance the synergistic capabilities of the movies and music business to drive the growth of the company. Anurag Bedi who has led the music business so far, will be assigned new and challenging responsibilities.

Umesh Bansal will continue to report into the MD & CEO, Punit Goenka.

Senior management change at Nestle India

As per a stock exchange portal, the above movement is consequential to the transfer of the NBS Division to Nestlé Business Services India Private Limited, a joint subsidiary, with effect from July 1, 2024, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 7, 2024.

Sandeep Sethi began his career at PwC and went on to work across DLF Cements and Cereal Partners Worldwide.

G. Srinivasa Raghavan appointed chairman of Nexus Automotive International

It highlights the company's plans to expand its geographical reach, following the leadership of former chairmen from the Middle East (Akram Sharour) and South America (Gerson Prado).

It is the first time that an Indian leader is taking a global responsibility of that kind in the Automotive Aftermarket, reflecting the rising role of India in the overall Global economy.

CXO Moves: Exec movements across Adidas, iD Fresh Food, The Coca-Cola Company and others

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies.

Bhawna Sikka to join Adidas India as CMO: Exclusive

Bhawna Sikka began her career at Nestle, where she held several key roles. As the senior brand manager - healthcare nutrition, Sikka was responsible for complete alignment of marketing strategies and products of Nestlé’s acquired health care nutrition portfolio.

Bhawna Sikka is set to join the sportswear major Adidas from Haleon, as per industry sources.

SBI General Insurance appoints Naveen Chandra Jha as MD and CEO

Prior to his current role at SBI General Insurance, Naveen Chandra Jha, Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, served as the Chief General Manager of Amaravati Circle, Andhra Pradesh.

In his new role, Naveen Chandra Jha’s emphasis is on overall business strategy, operations, budgeting, and strategic growth.

Meta India’s HR head Rishi Raj Gupta steps down

Rishi Raj Gupta began his career at RPG Enterprises, and went on to work across Walmart, Accenture Management Consulting, and Cipla.

During his stint, Rishi Raj Gupta led HR for all functions and teams based in India – for all Meta family of apps – Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – thereaby enabling a multi-billion USD revenue in India. Additionally, he also led HR for the Legal, Public Policy and Comms teams for the Asia-Pacific region.

iD Fresh Food’s CMO Rahul Gandhi steps down; Homegrown food major looks for new CMO

As the assistant manager - FMCG at ITC Limited, his responsibility revolved around trade marketing, sales and distribution for Delhi NCR for ITC's personal care products.

Rahul Gandhi, who joined ID Fresh Foods in 2020, started his career at ITC Limited.

Market Research Society of India elects TAM’s Nitin Kamat as President

MRSI’s Managing Committee is represented by companies across research agencies, research users and service providers in the market research industry.

Puneet Avasthi and Shuvadip Banerjee were elected as Vice-Presidents, Anila Vinayak as the Secretary, and Parijat Chakraborty as the Treasurer for MRSI.