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Who is moving where across India's agencies, brands and media companies: appointments, exits, promotions, and the mandates new hires are picking up.

Shweta Jain, Managing Director - India & South Asia at Proximo Spirits

Shweta Jain Joins Proximo Spirits As Managing Director - India & South Asia

Shweta Jain has joined Proximo Spirits as Managing Director - India & South Asia, moving from Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts.

Namit Agrawal, Director - Strategic Marketing, South Asia at Salesforce

Namit Agrawal Appointed Director - Strategic Marketing, South Asia At Salesforce

Ashish Parikh, President and SBU Head at Havells India

Ashish Parikh Named President And SBU Head At Havells India

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Nisha Sharma Joins Republic World As Deputy General Manager - TV Ad Sales

Anika Agarwal Appointed Executive VP & Business Unit Head - Lighting At Orient Electric

WPP Media Names Siddesh Kerkar As Senior VP - Client Solutions

Niti Uttam Joins Reliance Brands To Lead Marketing For Armani Exchange India

Brand Catapult Elevates Ria Kapoor As Director Of PR And Communications

Google's Sanjay Ghemawat Exits After 27 Years, Co-Founds Discovery Loop

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Aanandita Bhatnagar, Head of Corporate Communications at Capital One India

Aanandita Bhatnagar Joins Capital One India As Head Of Corporate Communications

Amit Bhalerao, Chief Operating Officer at Schaeffler India

Schaeffler India Appoints Amit Bhalerao As Chief Operating Officer

Shashi Sinha, investor in creator-tech platform Qoruz

Shashi Sinha Invests In Qoruz

Siddharth Singh, President - Marketing & CMO at GScale

Siddharth Singh Joins GScale As President - Marketing & CMO

Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh

Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh Exits Republic Media Network

Sujay Wasan, President for Asia Pacific at Diageo

Diageo Appoints Former P&G Exec Sujay Wasan To Lead APAC Business

Bhushan Bagkar, Vice President - Strategy at WPP Media

Bhushan Bagkar Joins WPP Media As Vice President - Strategy

Ranabir Bose Back At Aditya Birla Capital As Head - Marketing (NBFC) & Brand CoE

Priyanka Thakkar, Principal at V3 Ventures

Priyanka Thakkar Joins V3 Ventures As Principal

Nilesh Kotalwar, Chief Marketing Officer at Honasa Consumer

Honasa Consumer Elevates Nilesh Kotalwar To Chief Marketing Officer

Krishnan Sundaram, Chief Growth & New Business Officer at Bajaj Electricals

Bajaj Electricals Appoints Krishnan Sundaram As Chief Growth & New Business Officer

Zena Kotwal, Head of Management & Strategy at YRF Talent

YRF Talent Appoints Zena Kotwal As Head Of Management & Strategy

InCred Capital Ropes In Abhinav Khanna As CEO, Capital Markets

Sundaram Alternates Appoints Mandar Shirke As CMO

Ericsson Appoints Randeep Raina As Head Of Customer Unit Vodafone Idea

Kenneth Vamshi Joins State Street As Managing Director

OPEN Strategy & Design Names New Executive Creative Directors, Executive Business Director

Hansveen Kaur Joins Vikram Solar As Head Of Marketing

Varun Jha Named Chief Business Officer Of Vzy At Dish TV

Nonita Kalra Exits Tata CLiQ Luxury, Joins BCCL As Chief Creative Officer

Air India Appoints Former Ethiopian Airlines Chief Tewolde Gebremariam As CEO & MD

Gaurav Mehta Promoted To AVP, CMO & Strategic Capabilities At Eli Lilly

Condé Nast India Appoints Kunjalik B As Director, IPs & Events

Pavithra KR Takes Over Prashant Shetty's Portfolio At JioStar

Gurjot Shah Singh, Senior Vice President at EssenceMediacom

Gurjot Shah Singh Elevated To Senior Vice President At EssenceMediacom

Satish Nair, incoming Chief Executive Officer of WPP Production, India

Satish Nair Named CEO Of WPP Production, India

$Sunil Manhas, Executive Vice President at TBWA\Lintas$

TBWA\Lintas Appoints Sunil Manhas As Executive Vice President

Punit Kulkarni, Vice President - Client Services at WPP Media

Punit Kulkarni Named Vice President, Client Services At WPP Media

Mihir Bhatt, Chief Financial Officer at WPP Australia & New Zealand

Mihir Bhatt Named Chief Financial Officer At WPP Australia & New Zealand

Laurie Collins, outgoing Consulting Director at Ogilvy

Laurie Collins Exits Ogilvy After 12 Years

Prashant Shetty, incoming Head of Ad Sales at Zee Entertainment

Prashant Shetty Exits JioStar To Join Zee Entertainment As Head Of Ad Sales

Sukumar Hebbar, incoming Managing Director and CEO of Tata Projects

Sukumar Hebbar Named Managing Director And CEO Of Tata Projects

Kiran Desai, outgoing Vice President and India General Counsel at Netflix

Kiran Desai Moves On From Netflix India After Seven Years

Michelle Gupta, Head of Marketing at Hershey Canada

Hershey Canada Appoints Michelle Gupta As Head Of Marketing

Kshipra Jatana, Group Legal Counsel at Network18, now representing the group at the NBDA

Kshipra Jatana To Represent Network18 At NBDA, Replacing Rahul Joshi

Rahul Johri, former BCCI Chief Executive Officer, now on the board of Flash Sports & Media Holdings

Rahul Johri Joins Flash Sports & Media Holdings Board

Armin Zerza, outgoing Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group CFO And COO Armin Zerza Steps Down

Christopher Halpin, incoming Chief Financial Officer of NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal Names Christopher Halpin Chief Financial Officer

Tanu Sinha, Head of Design, India at Unilever

Tanu Sinha Joins Unilever As Head Of Design, India

Aabha Bakaya, Additional Independent Director at Jindal Steel

Aabha Bakaya Appointed Additional Independent Director at Jindal Steel

Caloy Sambrano, Managing Director for APAC at Greenpark

Caloy Sambrano Named Managing Director, APAC At Greenpark

Milinda Weerasinghe, Chief Marketing Officer at Sampath Bank

Milinda Weerasinghe Joins Sampath Bank As CMO

Vishal Srivastava, Business Head at NDTV International

Vishal Srivastava Named Business Head At NDTV International

Binit Kumar, Head of Marketing, Health Supplements at Dabur India

Dabur India Elevates Binit Kumar As Head Of Marketing, Health Supplements

Karan Kumar, outgoing CMO of Hero Realty

Karan Kumar Steps Down as Hero Realty CMO

Robin Thadathil, Additional Executive Director at Gillette India

Gillette India Names Robin Thadathil As Additional Executive Director

Amit Pandey, VP Supply, Media Solutions India at WPP Media

Amit Pandey Promoted To VP - Supply, Media Solutions, India At WPP Media

Toshiyuki Yanagisawa, President and CEO of Honda Cars India

Toshiyuki Yanagisawa Named Honda Cars India President & CEO

Megha Mamgain Appointed Deputy Executive Editor At News18.com

Rajiv Rajagopal Named Senior VP, Advanced TV At WPP Media

Awanish Joins Troopd as Co-Founder and CMO

Aniket Singh Joins Schaeffler as Manager, Strategy and Business Development

Shrirang Deodhar Moves On From Saregama India

Karan Bhatia Moves On From Sanofi and Opella, Joins Asahi Group

Shikha Poddar Joins Arena Media as Senior Business Director

Bobby George Exits Carrier After an Eight-Year Stint

SCX.ai Appoints Rahul Vaidya as Chief Financial Officer

Saatvik Solar Appoints Arindam Chakraborty as Chief Human Resources Officer

Suzlon Energy Appoints Anjali Byce as Group CHRO

Gaurav Jain Steps Down as Head of Ad Revenue for APAC at InMobi

Illustration of a briefcase and folded map marking Jimson Tellis's move from Raymond Lifestyle

Jimson Tellis Moves On From Raymond Lifestyle as Digital Marketing Lead

Akshay Dhody, Senior Director, Media Planning at Dentsu India

Akshay Dhody Elevated to Senior Director, Media Planning at Dentsu India

Abhinay Bhasin, Executive Vice President, Product & Technology at Dentsu India

Abhinay Bhasin Elevated to EVP, Product & Technology at Dentsu India

Gaurav Singh Chauhan, formerly Head of Events and Experiences at Google India

Gaurav Singh Chauhan Steps Down From Google After Nearly 13 Years

Tanvi Swami, Marketing Director for Pepsi, 7UP and Mirinda at PepsiCo

Tanvi Swami Joins PepsiCo as Marketing Director for Pepsi, 7UP and Mirinda

Nandita Sinha, incoming Chief Executive Officer of Instamart

Instamart Appoints Nandita Sinha as Chief Executive Officer

Shashi Sinha, outgoing Strategic Advisor at Omnicom Media India

Shashi Sinha Steps Down as Strategic Advisor at Omnicom Media India

Kanika Bedi, Regional Communications Manager at Nokia

Kanika Bedi Joins Nokia as Regional Communications Manager

Dirk Lewis, India Market Communications Lead at HP Inc

Dirk Lewis Joins HP Inc as India Market Communications Lead

Kavita Kulkarni, Chief Technology and Operations Officer for India and South Asia at Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered Appoints Kavita Kulkarni as CTOO for India and South Asia

Kedar Ravangave, outgoing Head of Marketing at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kedar Ravangave Steps Down as Head of Marketing at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Christopher Baretto, Creative Director at Dentsu Creative Isobar

Dentsu Creative Isobar Elevates Christopher Baretto to Creative Director

Vikrant Vohra, President and CEO of Sapphire Foods' KFC business

Vikrant Vohra Takes Charge as President and CEO of Sapphire Foods' KFC Business

Arjit Saxena, Durlabh Darshan by TechXR's new Head of Corporate Communications

Arjit Saxena Appointed Head of Corporate Communications at Durlabh Darshan by TechXR

Nitu Sharma, AdGurilla's new Strategic Growth Partner and Fractional CMO

Nitu Sharma Joins AdGurilla as Strategic Growth Partner and Fractional CMO

Sanaa Shaikh, Signature Scents & Co's new Chief Marketing Officer

Sanaa Shaikh Joins Signature Scents & Co as Chief Marketing Officer

Aditya Jain, Excitel Broadband's returning Chief Marketing Officer

Aditya Jain Rejoins Excitel Broadband as Chief Marketing Officer

Jesse Julka, the new CEO of Prakul Bakshi Events

Jesse Julka Appointed CEO of Prakul Bakshi Events

Sachin Chhabra, CFA Institute's new Senior Marketing Director for India

Sachin Chhabra Joins CFA Institute as Senior Marketing Director, India

Santosh Khandekar, who joins JioStar's entertainment pricing and digital ad products team

VDO.AI's Santosh Khandekar Joins JioStar as Director, Entertainment Pricing and Digital Ad Products

Arjun Choudhary, Paytm's new Chief Growth Officer

Paytm Appoints Arjun Choudhary as Chief Growth Officer

V Kaushik Vedula, Castrol India's new Vice President and Head of Marketing

Castrol India Appoints V Kaushik Vedula as VP & Head of Marketing

WPP Names Rema Vasan Global President, Social and Creator for Open X

WPP Names Rema Vasan Global President, Social and Creator for Open X

New Relic Names Hein Hellemons as Chief Revenue Officer

New Relic Names Hein Hellemons as Chief Revenue Officer

Piali Dasgupta to Join OAC 2026 Panel on OOH’s Digital Challenge

Scripbox Elevates Mohankumar Swaminathan to Chief Product Officer

Sneha Kanukolanu Joins Mia by Tanishq as Marketing Lead

Mercedes-Benz India Names Nandita Godbole Head of Marketing

IKEA India Appoints Jessamine Avila as Chief Marketing Officer

ACG Sports Appoints Jake Lush McCrum CEO for India Basketball League

Rediffusion Appoints Amitava Sinha as Head of East

Sambit Mohanty to Lead McCann Bangalore as Executive Vice President

Hakuhodo Strengthens Leadership Team with Key Appointments

Ambalika Sen Joins Fundamental as Managing Partner to Strengthen Creative Ambition

Pooja Tomar Joins Publicis Groupe as Senior Director – Buying

Kirti Meera Sharad Joins BBDO India as Senior Vice President - Strategy

Siddharth Kumar Joins Infectious Advertising as Creative Director

Siddharth Kumar Joins Infectious Advertising as Creative Director

Liqvd Asia Appoints Mahima Kukreja as Creative Technologist

Liqvd Asia Appoints Mahima Kukreja as Creative Technologist

Sujata Names Akshaya Vasishth as CMO to Lead Appliance Growth

Sujata Appliances Names Akshaya Vasishth as Chief Marketing Officer

Paridhi Bhatiya Joins Pepper as Head of Content and Strategy

Paridhi Bhatiya Appointed as Content Head at Pepper

McCann Worldgroup India Appoints Sumeer Mathur as Chief Strategy Director

Sumeer Mathur Joins McCann Worldgroup India as Chief Strategy Director

Paritosh Srivastava Named CEO of BBH India

Paritosh Srivastava Named CEO of BBH India

Hirol Gandhi Appointed President and Head of Office at Ogilvy India

Hirol Gandhi Appointed President and Head of Office at Ogilvy India – Mumbai & Kolkata

Rohitash Srivastava Joins 82.5 Communications as Chief Strategy Officer

Rohitash Srivastava Appointed Chief Strategy Officer at 82.5 Communications

DDB Tribal North Strengthens Leadership with Two Key Appointments

DDB Tribal North Strengthens Leadership with Two Key Appointments

Akhil Jain has been elevated to MD & CEO at Jain Amar

Akhil Jain Elevated to MD & CEO at Jain Amar, Parent Company of Madame

BeanstalkAsia Appoints Rajneesh Chaturvedi as CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth

BeanstalkAsia Appoints Rajneesh Chaturvedi as CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth

Jitender Dabas Joins Cheil X as CEO to Lead a New Chapter of Growth

Jitender Dabas Joins Cheil X as CEO to Lead a New Chapter of Growth

Kaizzen Names Suresh Rangarajan as Senior Vice President – South

Kaizzen Appoints Suresh Rangarajan as Senior Vice President – South

Unilever India Appoints Noopur Bapna as Media and Digital Marketing Lead – Ice Creams

Unilever India Appoints Noopur Bapna as Media and Digital Marketing Lead – Ice Creams

Dorelle Kulkarni Returns to Lead Havas Life Mumbai as Managing Director

Dorelle Kulkarni Returns to Lead Havas Life Mumbai as Managing Director

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