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PayPal onboards Geoff Seeley as its chief marketing officer

Geoff Seeley began his career at Vizeum and went on to work across Progress Communications, Airlock, Ogilvy Group UK, Ogtogs, Unilever, Pearson, Airbnb and Afterpay.

Geoff Seeley looked after the marketing operations at Cash App.

TikTok’s global marketing head Jessica Wong departs

Jessica Wong began her career at University of California, and went on to work across Sony Pictures Television International, PromaxBDA and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Jessica Wong, who took up the position of global head of marketing in May 2021, looked after category and community marketing across entertainment, music, sports and gaming, grew non-traditional marketing initiatives and led branded marketing campaigns with organisations and influencers.

Wellness, sustainability and tech advancements key hospitality trends of 2024: Marriott’s Khushnooma Kapadia

Khushnooma Kapadia, vice president - marketing – South Asia for Marriott International

Storyboard18 caught up with Khushnooma Kapadia, vice president – marketing – South Asia for Marriott International to understand how exactly marketing works for the hospitality industry and what the focus areas are.

The World Gold Council appoints De Beers’ Sachin Jain as chief executive officer

As the managing director of DeBeers India, Sachin Jain has led the De Beers Forevermark business in India and the Middle East.

Sachin Jain was the managing director at De Beers India.

Nat Habit onboards Ankita Srivastava as chief marketing officer

Ankita Srivastava began her career at Godrej & Boyce, and went on to work across Loreal India, Reckitt Benckiser, Marico and Novartis.

Previously, Ankita Srivastava was the CMO at Hari Krishna Group’s Kisna, a diamond jewellery brand.

Citigroup onboards Viswas Raghavan as head of banking and executive vice chairman

Viswas Raghavan will lead the cluster and banking heads across global network alongside Ernesto Torres Cantú, head of international. He will also work closely with David Livingstone and Citigroup's vice chairs. (Image source: FutureStarr No BS News)

Prior to this, Viswas Raghavan was the head of global investment banking at JP Morgan.

Volvo Cars’ customer service head Kalpit Shishodia elevated to director commercial operations

Kalpit Shishodia, who led the customer service function since 2017, has been promoted to the role of director commercial operations to oversee all revenue generating functions under sales and service.

Kalpit Shishodia will oversee all revenue generating functions under sales and service.

Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma steps down as Paytm Bank’s non-executive chairman and board member

This is part of reconstituting the Board of the payments bank, the company said. OCL owns the Paytm brand, stated Moneycontrol.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s resignation comes ahead of the March 15 deadline by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), for restrictions on deposits and credit transactions by Paytm Payments Bank.

India’s first female ‘chief creative officer’, FCB’s Swati Bhattacharya bids farewell to network agency life

During her stint at FCB India, Swati Bhattacharya played a crucial role in shaping the agency's creative reputation and bringing international recognition through path-breaking campaigns, while her keen insights and bold approach to storytelling have left an indelible mark on the organisation, inspiring creativity and pushing boundaries. She will remain at the agency until the end of March. (Image sourced via LinkedIn)

Bhattacharya will step down from her role as creative chairperson for FCB India to take some personal time.

Archit Gadiyar returns to Leo Burnett as executive creative director

Leo Burnett has been tasked with designing the brand architecture for the main brand – Birla Opus and driving the strategic, creative, and digital initiatives for their luxury and premium portfolio of brands. The account will be handled by the Leo Burnett Mumbai team.

Archit Gadiyar’s last role at Leo Burnett was that of an associate executive creative director.