Following the acquisition of MediaDonuts by global advertising, media, and ad-tech solutions company Entravision in July 2021, the online advertising and technology company is now known as Entravision India. Entravision is a leading global advertising, media, and ad-tech solutions connecting brands to consumers by representing top platforms and publishers. It is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange and has presence in over 40 countries around the world.

Chirag is an experienced digital media sales leader across various media and digital tech products and has his stints with companies like Inshorts, Times Internet, etc.

On the appointment, Pranay Chowdhary, Head of South Asia said: “We are very excited to get Chirag onboard and with over 13 years of experience in the field, he brings a wealth of expertise and a proven track record to this role. His extensive knowledge and strategic vision will undoubtedly play a crucial role in driving growth and scaling the Indian market for Entravision. We look forward to seeing his dynamic leadership in action and the positive impact he will make on the company's continued success in India.” On the appointment, Chirag said: “Entravision (Media Donuts) is a strong media platform in the US and SEA. Excited to work alongside one of the strongest ad tech teams and niche reseller portfolio plus the mobile DSP SMADEX coming to India which has seen huge success back in SEA.” Entravision India also represents premium apps in the Dating and Gaming categories along with a full stack Digital Media solution for brands and agencies across the globe

Tetra Pak has appointed Cassio Simões as Managing Director of its South Asia Markets.

Simões will be taking over the role effective from June 1, 2023, succeeding Ashutosh Manohar who will retire, following an illustrious corporate career of over four decades, including a 20-year stint at Tetra Pak.

Cassio brings with him a wealth of experience having held various roles across different businesses at Tetra Pak over the past 20 years. Most recently, he was Managing Director of Tetra Pak Andina. With a strong track record of helping customers innovate for growth, his expertise will be instrumental in driving the company's growth and expansion in the South Asia region, which includes India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.

"I’m delighted to welcome Cassio to lead Tetra Pak South Asia in this next phase of growth. His extensive experience and leadership skills will be invaluable as we continue to strengthen our position as a leading provider of food processing and packaging solutions in South Asia. I’m confident that under his leadership, we will deliver great value to our customers, deliver food safely to consumers all over the region, and do this in a way that we do right by the planet,” said Ashutosh.

Commenting on his appointment, Cassio said that he is honored to have the opportunity to build on the great foundation set up by his predecessor Ashutosh Manohar and deliver value for the food & beverage customers in South Asia.

"I am excited to be joining Tetra Pak South Asia at such a dynamic and transformative time in the company's history and look forward to working closely with our customers to understand their needs, build strong partnerships, and contribute to their growth," said Cassio.

"As an end-to-end solutions provider, we are uniquely positioned to meet the evolving needs of the food and beverage industry in South Asia. With an increasing focus on delivering world-class quality from the heart of India, I am confident that we will continue to strengthen our position as the preferred partner for our customers," added Cassio.

Former Disney Star Head of Sports Sales Ambarish Bandyopadhyay has joined Esme Consumer as its new Head of Sales & Distribution. He announced the move through a LinkedIn post.

In Septemberast year, Disney Star elevated Bandyopadhyay to Head of Sports Sales. He was associated with the network for over three years, after joining in October 2018 as Executive Director. 

Prior to Disney Star, Bandyopadhyay was associated with HT Media for over four years. He had joined as National Head Media Marketing and was later promoted as Chief Operating Officer of the publication company. He has also worked with HUL for over 10 years, joining as Area Sales and Customer Manager in 2004. At HUL, he was last designated as National Sales Head, Modern Trade. 

He has also worked with PepsiCo India and Dabur India. 

Prabhjot Khera has been appointed as Vice President-Brand Solutions at Mirchi.

Khera was earlier Client Solutions Director.

He joined Mirchi in February 2013.

Prior to that, Khera was with CoCubes Technologies and Matrix Cellular.

Conny Braams, Chief Digital and Commercial Officer, Unilever will be stepping down in August after a 32-year-long stint.

In a social media post, Braams said it was “time to explore new opportunities”.  

Conny took over this current role in April 2022 and has been leading end-to-end digital transformation, marketing and sales worldwide.

Her key areas were London, England and the United Kingdom.

Enormous has appointed Neha Singh as the Group Business Head.

She will work closely with Ashish Khazanchi and the agency's business heads. Neha will be based out of Enormous' Mumbai office. In her new role, Neha will be in charge of the agency's large businesses and building strategic capabilities for all existing businesses.

Her last stint was with JWT/WT. She has had an illustrious career with long stints at FCB Ulka Group and JWT.

Speaking about the new hire, Ashish Khazanchi said, “Neha is really a firebrand management person. She is one of the rare young old-school advertising people in that there's as much account management she handles, as in-depth planning on her businesses. She's been one of the star performers in all her previous stints and has been a 30 under 30 winner too. She's clearly a CEO in the making. We've created a role for her to enable her to exercise her exceptional capabilities.”

Regarding her new role, Neha said, "Enormous is the torchbearer of creativity in the advertising fraternity, and their recent work has been roaring high-impact solutions and the passion for great work. That's what excites me the most about this organization. I've been working with the creative firepower called the Enormous family for the past few weeks, and I'm thrilled to add my bit to take it to the next level."

Zepto has announced key leadership elevations in line with its vision of building a profitable public company in the next 2-3 years.

Aadit Palicha, Co-founder and CEO, Zepto, shares, “Through best-in-class execution over the past 12 months, Zepto has multiplied its business by 4X and turned dozens of dark stores fully profitable. Vinay, Viral, and Vikas have been instrumental in delivering this exceptional performance, which is why these elevations are truly well-deserved. With a leadership team as strong as the one we have today, I am confident that we will build Zepto into a generational public company within 2-3 years.”

With 15 years of supply chain experience in companies like Flipkart and ITC, Vinay Dhanani joined Zepto as its Chief Operating Officer on Day 1. Through his detail-oriented and disciplined approach, he led the Operations and Supply Chain team to achieve unprecedented milestones in unit economics and customer experience. Now, as President - Supply Chain and Category, Vinay is adding the charter of Category Excellence to his role - integrating the buy-side and sell-side category teams under his leadership.

Taking up the baton from Vinay as the new Chief Operating Officer, Vikas Sharma will now be directly leading operations end-to-end, from the backend distribution centres to the last mile, and the supply planning in between. Vikas joined Zepto to lead Central & City Operations, and he did so with astounding precision. Vikas and his team have set new benchmarks for the e-commerce industry, achieving the lowest hyperlocal last-mile cost and one of the highest manpower productivity scores in India, while scaling Zepto’s supply chain to handle thousands of crores in sales in just 18 months. As Vikas takes on this expanded mandate, he will continue reporting into Vinay.

With strong first principles, Viral Jhaveri successfully built out Zepto’s sell-side category team - which played a major role in growing average order values and margins with a customer-friendly approach. Today, Viral is moving into an expanded role of leading customer acquisition, retention, and brand end-to-end as Zepto’s Chief Growth Officer.  Viral is taking up this mandate from Amritansu Nanda, who joined Zepto on Day 1 to lead Growth. Amritansu was pivotal in building the Growth team from scratch and scaling Zepto into one of the fastest-growing internet companies in Indian history.

After an incredible stint at Zepto, Amritansu will be moving on to take a well-deserved career break to focus on his family and health, and the Zepto team genuinely wishes him well.