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A new leader doesn’t mean a new organisation

Guest Column: Yesudas S Pillai, Entrepreneur, Investor, and a Curious observer, writes that new leaders should understand an organisation’s people and internal dynamics before trying to reset it

Yesudas S Pillai 1 day ago

e4m news confirmed: Amish Devgan appointed Managing Editor of Times Now Navbharat

Amish Devgan Takes Charge as Managing Editor of Times Now Navbharat?blur=25

e4m was the first to report the news

e4m Staff Sep 25, 2026 3:46 PM

Mark Bambury joins OpenAI as Head of OpenAI EMEA, Ads

Mark Bambury Appointed Head of OpenAI EMEA, Ads to Drive Innovation?blur=25

In his new role, Bambury will work with companies and agencies across the EMEA region

e4m Desk Sep 25, 2026 10:54 AM

Toni MacFarlane elevated as Associate Director, Planning at WPP Media – OpenConnect

Toni MacFarlane Promoted to Associate Director at WPP Media - OpenConnect?blur=25

MacFarlane was earlier Regional Client Manager at WPP Media- OpenDoor

e4m Staff Sep 25, 2026 9:46 AM

Jaydip M appointed Marketing Head as Davat Beverages

Jaydip M Joins Davat Beverages as New Marketing Head?blur=25

Prior to this, Jaydip M was Business Head of Concept Communication

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 5:13 PM

Tomojit Bhattacharjee elevated to Additional GM – Corporate Communications at DMRC

Tomojit Bhattacharjee Promoted to Additional GM at DMRC?blur=25

Tomojit Bhattacharjee was earlier Joint General Manager and Senior Deputy General Manager at DMRC

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 4:07 PM

Zeenah Vilcassim joins DailyObjects as Global CMO

Zeenah Vilcassim Appointed Global CMO at DailyObjects?blur=25

Prior to this, Zeenah Vilcassim was Interim Marketing Director (India CMO) for Nothing

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 3:30 PM

WPP’s Joanne Wilson to step down as Chief Financial Officer; set to join Diageo

Joanne Wilson Leaves WPP CFO Role to Join Diageo?blur=25

Joanne Wilson will remain in her current role for a year, WPP has said

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 3:00 PM

Sharad Joshi elevated to MD & Chief Auditor, Artificial Intelligence Assurance at Citi

Sharad Joshi Promoted to MD & Chief Auditor of AI Assurance at Citi?blur=25

Sharad Joshi has been associated with Citi for over 5 years

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 12:04 PM

Qualcomm India appoints Sankalp Naswa as Head of Total Rewards

Sankalp Naswa Joins Qualcomm India as Head of Total Rewards?blur=25

Prior to this, Sankalp Naswa served as the HR Head, India and Sub-Continent at Lixil

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 11:54 AM

LinkedIn promotes Senthil Kumar Mani to Director, Experimentation Platform

Senthil Kumar Mani Elevated to Director of Experimentation Platform at LinkedIn?blur=25

Prior to joining LinkedIn, Mani was Senior Engineering Manager at Flipkart

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 11:46 AM

360 ONE appoints Ayesha Marfatia as Associate VP - Marketing

Ayesha Marfatia Joins 360 ONE as New Associate VP of Marketing?blur=25

Before joining 360 ONE, she was with the British Asian Trust

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 11:22 AM

Esal Tech appoints Rathin Rawal as Chief Operating Officer

Rathin Rawal Joins Esal Tech as New COO?blur=25

His experience includes driving digital and operating model transformations across the GCC

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 11:11 AM

Arvind Mathur moves on from Amazon Web Services

Arvind Mathur Departs AWS After Two and a Half Years?blur=25

Arvind Mathur served as the Executive in Residence at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 11:07 AM

Purnasya M&E appoints Alvina Joseph as VP - Growth Marketing

Alvina Joseph Joins Purnasya M&E as VP of Growth Marketing?blur=25

She previously served as Head of Marketing - Growth and Retention at Games24x7

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 11:02 AM

Red Bull names Dipanshu Goyal as Field Marketing Manager - North India

Dipanshu Goyal Promoted to Field Marketing Manager at Red Bull North India?blur=25

Goyal has been associated with Red Bull for more than five years

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 10:52 AM

Ashish Usha Agrawal appointed BJP national media convenor

BJP Names Ashish Usha Agrawal as National Media Convenor?blur=25

Senior leader and MP Anil Baluni has been appointed coordinator of the BJP’s communication department

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 10:18 AM

Amish Devgan exits News18 India, set to join Times Network

Amish Devgan Leaves News18 India for Times Network Role?blur=25

Amish Devgan joined Network18 in 2016, when he was appointed Executive Editor and anchor of IBN7, now News18 India

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 9:42 AM

Dishant Sharma appointed Marketing Manager at Godrej Properties

Dishant Sharma Returns as Marketing Manager at Godrej Properties?blur=25

He most recently served as Senior Manager - Marketing at Gera Developments

e4m Desk Sep 24, 2026 9:23 AM

Diageo names Neil Shah Global Brand Director for Johnnie Walker

Shah has been associated with Diageo for over a decade

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 9:02 AM

Publicis Groupe India appoints Shiv Acharjee as VP - Strategy

Shiv Acharjee Joins Publicis Groupe India as VP of Strategy?blur=25

Acharjee brings over 16 years of experience across advertising and media

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 8:49 AM

Nirvik Singh appointed CEO, EMEA Marketing Services at Monks

Nirvik Singh Takes Helm as CEO of EMEA Marketing Services at Monks?blur=25

Singh will focus on scaling Monks’ unitary model across Europe, the Middle East and Africa

e4m Staff Sep 24, 2026 8:18 AM

Nucleus Software appoints Sudhanshu Tripathi as Chief Marketing Officer

Sudhanshu Tripathi Joins Nucleus Software as CMO to Drive Growth?blur=25

He brings experience across marketing, communications, strategy, business development, ESG, policy advocacy, AI and cybersecurity

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 5:45 PM

Stephanie Buscemi appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Google Cloud

Stephanie Buscemi Joins Google Cloud as New CMO?blur=25

Before joining Google Cloud, Buscemi spent nearly six years at Confluent

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 3:31 PM

Creator18 appoints Heena Lulla as Business Head

Heena Lulla Joins Creator18 as New Business Head?blur=25

She has held leadership roles at ZEE Entertainment as Vice President, and at Radio City as Associate Vice President for Digital and New Media

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 12:39 PM

Ram Gopalakrishnan appointed CEO of Vadilal’s international business

Ram Gopalakrishnan Takes Helm as CEO of Vadilal's Global Business?blur=25

Prior to this, Ram Gopalakrishnan was with Ethos Pet Brands as Chief Growth Officer

e4m Desk Sep 23, 2026 11:59 AM

Dentsu India appoints Santosh Mishra as Managing Partner – Client Management

Santosh Mishra Joins Dentsu India as Managing Partner for Clients?blur=25

Santosh most recently served as Managing Partner – Digital at Wavemaker

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 11:55 AM

Chloe Tambe joins Extreme Networks as Director - Marketing AI Transformation

Chloe Tambe Takes on Director Role for AI Marketing at Extreme Networks?blur=25

Prior to this, Chloe Tambe was with HubSpot as Director, AI Transformation

e4m Desk Sep 23, 2026 11:33 AM

Parleen Ranhotra joins Monks India as Growth Lead

Parleen Ranhotra Takes on Growth Lead Role at Monks India?blur=25

Prior to this, Parleen Ranhotra was with Google as Data Analyst, Marketing Partners - LCS

e4m Desk Sep 23, 2026 11:24 AM

WPP’s Joanne Wilson set to become Diageo CFO

Joanne Wilson to Succeed Nik Jhangiani as Diageo CFO?blur=25

Prior to this, Joanne Wilson was finance chief at WPP

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 11:21 AM

Abhishek Shetty appointed Regional Director & Head of Product Marketing at Grab

Abhishek Shetty Joins Grab as Regional Director of Product Marketing?blur=25

Prior to this, he was with Swiggy as Marketing Head- Swiggy Instamart, Noice & Pvt Brands

e4m Desk Sep 23, 2026 11:13 AM

Himanshu Shekhar exits Livguard, joins VEGA as Head of Digital Marketing, D2C & Growth

Himanshu Shekhar Joins VEGA as Head of Digital Marketing and Growth?blur=25

Shekhar previously served as Head of Digital Marketing at Livguard

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 9:10 AM

Piyush Singh named Group CEO of Da Milano Group

Piyush Singh Takes Charge as Group CEO of Da Milano Group?blur=25

He brings over 18 years of experience across investment, scale-up and transformation

e4m Staff Sep 23, 2026 8:55 AM

Vipul Misra named Acting CEO of SriLankan Airlines

Vipul Misra Takes Charge as Acting CEO of SriLankan Airlines?blur=25

Misra was earlier the Head of Engineering & Accountable Manager with SriLankan Airlines

e4m Staff Sep 22, 2026 6:29 PM

Eva Chan-Scheurich back at dentsu as EVP - Growth

Eva Chan-Scheurich Returns to Dentsu as EVP of Growth?blur=25

Prior to this, Eva Chan-Scheurich was with WPP Media as Executive Director, Growth

e4m Desk Sep 22, 2026 6:19 PM

Anu Sikka joins Jio Studios as Head of Animation

Anu Sikka Appointed Head of Animation at Jio Studios?blur=25

Sikka recently stepped down as Executive Vice President and Business Head – Kids Entertainment and Infotainment at JioStar

e4m Staff Sep 22, 2026 8:34 AM

Parul Budhiraja joins Ogilvy as Executive Vice President

Parul Budhiraja Appointed Executive Vice President at Ogilvy?blur=25

Prior to joining the agency, Budhiraja served as an independent Fractional CMO and Strategic Consultant

e4m Staff Sep 21, 2026 3:33 PM

Lalita Tiwari joins Motilal Oswal Financial Services as Lead - Corporate Communications

In her new role, she will contribute to the financial services firm's corporate communications mandate, bringing together her experience across external and internal communication.

e4m Staff Sep 21, 2026 12:35 PM