The Indian startup ecosystem has produced excellent IT talent for many years. From developing consumer apps to developing robust B2B commercial software products employing cutting-edge technology, Indian technologists have consistently provided additional comfort to users. While India has the world’s largest reservoir of technical talent, their work can now be seen all over the world, with nearly all of the major US technology corporations employing technology pioneers of Indian heritage. A CMO (chief marketing officer) is a C-level corporate executive responsible for activities in an organization that have to do with creating, communicating and delivering offerings that have value for customers, clients or business partners. A CMO’s primary mission is to facilitate growth and increase sales by developing a comprehensive marketing plan that will promote brand recognition and help the organization gain a competitive advantage. In order to achieve their own goals and effectively shape their companies’ public profile, CMOs must be exceptional leaders and assume the voice of the customer across the company. Chief marketing officers typically report to the CEO or chief operating officer (COO) and hold advanced degrees in both business and marketing. A CMO who has a strong background in information technology may also hold the job title chief marketing technologist (CMT). In some larger organizations, however, those positions are separate and the CMT reports to the CMO.
Here is a list of CMOs who have created an impact in their field.
Gunjan Sharma
Company – Reliance Industries Ltd
Linkedin – Gunjan Sharma
Gunjan Sharma is the Chief Marketing Officer of Reliance Industries Ltd. Sales & Marketing professional with over 25 years rich experience in B2B, B2B2C segments in textile and apparel categories. Key strengths establishing new brands/business, driving growth and complete P&L management. Astute leader with excellent communication skills. At Reliance Industries Limited, the concept of circular economy is embedded in our DNA and our actions and processes are governed by this concept. Our organisation is committed to help conserve the planet and build a strong society. Being an industry leader, we are focusing our efforts to make the Indian textiles industry a leader in adopting circularity and sustainability concepts. To achieve this, we have undertaken series of initiatives. Reliance is a leader in India in recycling post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, converts 2.05 billion used PET bottles into high-quality polyester that is being used in making high fashion, performance enhancement apparels. Reliance undertakes this activity through 120 PET bottle collection centres, spread across India and this initiative provides livelihood to around 3 lakh people, largely from the lower strata of the society.
We have branded the recycled next generation innovative polyester fibre as Recron GreenGold, one of the greenest fibres in the world. Manufactured by recycling post-consumer PET bottles, Recron GreenGold, uses energy from renewable sources and adopts efficient manufacturing practices at our plant in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Recron GreenGold is made using bio-fuels instead of fossil fuels, thus making the manufacturing process greener. Further, we follow a zero-waste concept at our plants. Hence, the entire material is either used in the process or sold in market. The plant has a state-of-the-art effluent treatment process system that recycles 90 per cent of used water in manufacturing and horticulture.
Rajashree R
Company – Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
Linkedin – Rajashree R
Rajashree R is the Chief Marketing Officer of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Before starting in this role on Feb 1, 2020, she led the Retail Practice at TCS for 15 years engaging with leading global retailers driving their transformation and innovation programs. Under Rajashree’s leadership, TCS’ brand value grew by $1.4 billion over the prior year in 2021 and was ranked among the Top 3 most valuable brands in the IT Services sector globally, according to the Brand Finance 2021 report. She is passionate about the art of storytelling and is a proud custodian of the global TCS brand.
Ravi Santhanam
Company – HDFC Bank Ltd
Linkedin – Ravi Santhanam
Ravi Santhanam is the Chief Marketing Officer of HDFC Bank Ltd. A highly effective senior executive with wide and rich experience across Industries in the areas of change management, driving business results, business strategy, P&L management, developing consumer propositions and GTM strategy. Demonstrable success in a variety of business and functional leadership roles across both metro and rural markets, traditional and new age technology driven businesses. Proven ability to adapt to fast paced highly dynamic market environments, with a focus on thought to execution leadership, delivering results and creating high performing teams. Possess effective cross functional skills with experience in driving revenue growth while improving results through a focus on customer centricity, operational excellence, process improvement and outstanding leadership. Highly self driven and motivated Individual with excellent analytical skills and an ability to work from a macro to micro perspective. Strong sense of commitment to organization building and institutionalization.
Sumit Virmani
Company – Infosys Ltd
Linkedin – Sumit Virmani
Sumit Virmani is the Chief Marketing Officer of Infosys Ltd. Experienced Chief Marketing Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Market Research, Direct Marketing, Business Alliances, Business Development, and Marketing Strategy. Strong marketing professional graduated from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Priya Nair
Company – Hindustan Unilever Ltd
Linkedin – Priya Nair
Priya Nair is the Chief Marketing Officer of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. While Madhusudhan Rao will be appointed as Executive Director, Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care, HUL, Deepak Subramanian has been named Executive Director, Home Care, HUL. Madhusudhan takes over from Priya Nair who will move into her new global role as Beauty & Wellbeing, Chief Marketing Officer. Deepak will take over from Prabha Narasimhan, who has decided to leave the Company to pursue an external opportunity. Madhusudhan is currently Executive Vice President – Home and Hygiene, Unilever. He joined HUL in 1991. In his 30+ years in the company, he demonstrated a strong performance track record in Marketing, Customer Development and Brand Development roles across geographies. In his current role, Madhusudhan helped shape the Home & Hygiene category as a successful business with a distinctive high-performance culture. Deepak, currently Vice President Home Care, South-East Asia / ANZ (SEAA) & Global Head, Fabric Enhancers, joined HUL in 1995 as a management trainee. From being the Marketing Manager for Kissan in India and the Regional Brand Director for Vitality Foods, Deepak moved on to become the Vice President for Foods & Refreshment for Central & Eastern Europe. In his current role leading Home Care for SEAA, Deepak significantly improved the profitability of the business, whilst strengthening top-line growth. In his global role, Deepak helped transform the Fabric Enhancers category by driving innovations and re-positioning the brands to have more social impact.
Sujit Ganguli
Company – ICICI Bank Ltd
Linkedin – Mr Sujit Ganguli
Mr Sujit Ganguli is the Head of Brand & Communications at ICICI Bank. In this role, he is in-charge of the Bank’s brand, media, digital marketing, market research and external & internal communications portfolio.
Prior to this, Mr Sujit worked in ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, where he handled multiple responsibilities across sales, marketing and service functions. Mr Sujit is a Physics graduate and completed his management education in 1994 from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He began his career with HUL.
Mr Sujit relaxes by reading, watching sports programs on TV and spending time with his wife & daughter. He thoroughly enjoys going on vacations with his family.
Kaustubh Chandra
Company – Bharti Airtel Ltd
Linkedin – Kaustubh Chandra
A seasoned B-B technology marketing and communications professional, Kaustubh Chandra (KC) has over 17 years of experience in the Information Technology sector. With comprehensive understanding of the IT & Telecom market, he has hands on experience in Technology, Outsourcing and Consulting, Revenue Marketing / Demand generation, Market development, Digital Sales (P&L) and Brand Communications for both Global MNCs and Indian IT service providers across India/ South Asia and other major global markets.
He is passionate about new and emerging technologies, leadership and is intrinsically driven to add value to the business and create high performing teams that deliver exceptional results. He believes that marketing teams need to be able to drive organizations growth agenda forward through strong market insight, knowledge of the customer, commercial acumen and exceptional influencing skills to lead change within their organization. KC is an ardent marketer who brings a strategic outlook to any business challenge and loves contributing to business turnarounds using a range of skills in strategy, planning and execution. He is an expert at not just conventional but also new age marketing (digital, social & automation) concepts and can market complex IT solutions that are industry specific as well as industry agnostic.
For his outcome-oriented work, he has been recognized and awarded the “Inspiring Award – the Marketing person of the year” at the NTT Global Marketing Summit 2021 held in February. His other accolades include the Leading CMO of the Year (2020 & 2017) by Techplus Media and Enterprise IT Leadership Awards by SME Channels. He was also voted as Enterprise IT 100 Best Marketing Minds (2018 & 2019), MarTech of the Year Award 2020 and The Economic Times Most Promising Tech Marketers Award 2020.
KC is a Computer & IT Engineer with a Master of Business Administration degree in International Business & Marketing from Amity Business School.
Expertise: Technology Services & Product Marketing, Market Planning & Management, Revenue Marketing, Demand Generation, Digital Sales (P&L), Marketing Automation, Go-to-market strategy, P&L management, Corporate / Internal / Exec. Communications, Digital and Social Media Marketing, Field Enablement, Business Development, Partner Programs Management, Client Relationship Management, Operations Management, People Management.A seasoned B-B technology marketing and communications professional,
Katrina Engelman
Company – State Bank of India, Oct 2021
Linkedin – Katrina Engelman
“Katrina is not only a talented B2B Marketer, but she’s an incredible people’s leader and a joy to work for. Her combination of decisiveness and humanity is amazing”.
Prior to joining SBI, Katrina was Chief Marketing Officer for a start-up market research firm and VP, Global Head of Brand for Gerson Lehrman Group. Earlier in her career, she led client teams at creative advertising agencies including BBH New York (Publicis) and RAPP (Omnicom). In addition to her marketing and brand building expertise, Katrina served as Gerson Lehrman Group’s first Asian and Pacific Island+ network leader as part of their wider global DEI efforts in hiring, employee awareness and community outreach initiatives.
Aabhinna Suresh Khare
Company – Bajaj Capital Limited
Linkedin – AABHINNA SURESH KHARE
AABHINNA SURESH KHARE is the Chief Marketing Officer of Bajaj Capital Limited. A Detailed oriented – focused CXO, with experience in defining and implementing the product vision and roadmap to increase revenue for businesses. Hands-on Experience in the implementation and managing of the product road map of digital platforms with high volume flow. Extensively worked and engaged with partners for collaboration and integration of global solutions to drive business results. Managing comprising of Product Managers, business analysts, UX professionals, and QA testers
A proven track record of driving business by crafting Go-To-Market strategy, product launches, operations, Budgets, and PnL Management A Design thinker with a deep interest in developing an understanding of the people for whom we’re designing the products or services delivering a seamless User experience in the Phygital World. Data-Driven and analytical leader with a deep understanding of how the digital ecosystem works with human behavior to create appropriate nudges in the systems in order to drive the Digital Transformation.
Laura Langdon
Company – Wipro Ltd
Linkedin – Laura Langdon
Laura Langdon is the Chief Marketing Officer of Wipro Ltd. As CMO, Laura is responsible for shaping global brand strategy and delivering high-impact campaigns across multiple platforms that advance Wipro’s goal of empowering companies and individuals to succeed in a changing world. She is a results-driven marketing professional with deep cross-discipline expertise shaping global brand strategy, PR and communications, digital marketing, demand generation, partnership development, and branded content creation. Her multifaceted leadership experience motivates global, cross-functional teams to deliver on goals under a shared strategic brand vision. Before joining Wipro, Laura was the CMO of Aricent and Frog, where she oversaw PR, corporate communications, and brand strategy. In that role, she built an integrated branded content studio and a robust demand generation practice. A true marketer, strategist, and creative visionary, Laura has built her career in advertising in leadership roles at DDB and TBWA before spending 11 years leading the in-house advertising agency at The New York Times. Laura is based in New York City.
Jill Kouri
Company – HCL Technologies Ltd
Linkedin – Jill Kouri
Jill Kouri is the Chief Marketing Officer of HCL Technologies Ltd. She is responsible for developing and building the brand and driving growth across its broadening suite of technology services and products. Jill leads all marketing functions across the global business, including corporate marketing, vertical and horizontal marketing, recruitment marketing, corporate communications, and digital marketing. Jill has over 30 years of experience in B2B services marketing, with a sales-oriented mindset and a passion for developing best-in-class customer experience. Previously, Jill served for seven years as the Chief Marketing Officer, Americas, for JLL. Prior to her time at JLL, she spent 14 years at Accenture in various leadership roles, most recently as the global head of marketing for the $10 billion Products Operating Group. There she gained deep expertise in industry marketing, M&A and post-merger integration, and building and leveraging shared services operations.
Shuvadip Banerjee
Company – ITC Ltd
Linkedin – Shuvadip Banerjee
He have been instrumental in evolving the areas like Consumer Insights and Strategy, Media and Customer care. Have successfully started the function of Data and Analytics, Online Reputation Management. Evangelised Digital Media within the organisation. Created new practices like Marketing Command Centre , Customer Data Hub and Ecommerce. Helped build higher efficiencies in the areas like Trade Mark and IP management, Consumer Activation and Sales Operations.
Anoop Manohar
Company – Axis Bank Ltd
Linkedin – Anoop Manohar
He have 21 years of extensive and high quality experience in the areas of marketing and innovation, marketing strategy, customer and team management with a proven record of sustainable and market beating growths. Over the course of my career he have created and helped build new brands/businesses and operate with a strong end-to-end view of the business.
People say that he is a passionate, stubbornly persistent, and build strong collaborative bonds; he is told that he have great analytical ability – He is able to balance that out with a strong bias for action. He is a strong listener with an ability to listen to both what’s being said and what’s not – He have a track record of building and managing high performing teams as well
He have had great success in challenging and diverse professional situations across sales and marketing. He is very passionate about winning and learning continuously through building new experiences.
Ravi Nagar
Company – Avenue Supermarts Ltd
Linkedin – Ravi Nagar
Ravi Nagar is the Chief Marketing Officer of Avenue Supermarts Ltd. He had 19 years of rich and diverse FMCG experience, currently working as the CMO & Head – Private Labels at Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (DMart). Previously worked with Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. and Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. across business strategy, category/brand management, M&A, international marketing, frontline sales and modern trade. Adept at building & managing large, diverse teams amidst complex business environment and driving organization’s aspirations with agility and poise.
Peeyush Dubey
Company – Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Linkedin – Peeyush Dubey
Peeyush Dubey is the Chief Marketing Officer of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. And a recognized tech industry expert with leadership experience across the globe. He firmly believes in the transformative power of technology. When he’s not learning the art of storytelling from movie trailers and posters, he’s trying to improve his novice photography skills.
Vivek Agrawal
Company – UltraTech Cement Ltd
Linkedin – Vivek Agrawal
Vivek Agrawal is the Chief Marketing Officer of UltraTech Cement Ltd. Mr. Agrawal has spent a major part of his professional career at UltraTech’s Cement Business, holding a number of critical positions. He joined the Group in 1993 as a Zonal Manager in the Cement Marketing Division and went on to hold important positions such as Zonal Head – Grey Cement South; Head, Marketing – Birla White; and Head – RMC Business. Mr. Agrawal took over as the CEO of the acquired entity Star Cement in 2010 and in October 2013, took on the role of Chief Marketing Officer of the Cement Business. Mr. Agrawal was named an Aditya Birla Fellow in 2017, and was a recipient of the Chairman’s Outstanding Leader Award in 2019. He is a B.E.(Hons.) from NIT Allahabad and MBA from FMS, Delhi. He has done his Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Wharton Business School.
Aude Gandon
Company – Nestle India Ltd
Linkedin – Aude Gandon
Global CMO at Nestlé
– Extensive marketing experience with a track record of delivering business building ideas for some of the world’s leading FMCG companies.
– Multiple experiences in management of global brands and global organisations with in-depth understanding of US, China, India, Russia, Latin America, South East Asia, Middle East and Europe.
– Client partner and team leader capable of building teams, motivating others to support strategies that have consistently paid in-market dividends.
– Wide experience in integrated management of brands (advertising, digital, social and PR)
– Deep understanding of FMCGs especially in the beauty category.
Vinay Shroff
Company – JSW Steel
Linkedin – Vinay Shroff
Vinay Shroff is the Chief Marketing Officer at JSW Steel | Board Member JSW One Platforms, JSW Global Business Solutions. As Business Head, Responsible for running the FP business including Domestic & International, Overall Marketing, IT enablement & Digital Transformation of Sales & Marketing and SCM…As Business Head, Responsible for running the FP business including Domestic & International, Overall Marketing, IT enablement & Digital Transformation of Sales & Marketing and SCM…
Executive VP-Sales & Marketing (FP & LP)Executive VP-Sales & Marketing (FP & LP)Jul 2016 – Jun 2021 · 5 yrsJul 2016 – Jun 2021 · 5 yrsMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Responsible for Domestic & International Sales, Marketing & SCMResponsible for Domestic & International Sales, Marketing & SCM
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Dnyanesh Deore
Company – SUN PHARMA
Linkedin – Dnyanesh Deore
Dnyanesh Deore is the Senior GM Network Strategy and CMO at SUN PHARMA.
Vivek Chauhan
Company – Tata Steel
Linkedin – Vivek Chauhan
Vivek Chauhan is the Chief Marketing Officer at Tata Steel.
Ashit Patni
Company – ESL Steel Limited (Vedanta)
Linkedin – Ashit Patni
Ashit Patni is Chief Marketing Officer for ESL Steel Limited , Vedanta Group. Ashit Patni is dynamic leader and has worked across value chain of Iron & Steel business vertical in Vedanta Group. He has rich experience of both Sales & Marketing and commercial domain. Further to add onto his strength he has got diversified exposure of both domestic and International market.
He has been an astute leader with excellent communication skills. He has played a pivotal role in setting up of processes, new product development and to understand Voice of customer and Improve the services accordingly. Along with these currently he has been focusing on initiatives for increasing e-sales for organization for steel vertical to bring in more transparency and delight the buyers by coupling various other add on services.
B Rajeev
Company – Gas at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
Linkedin – B Rajeev
B Rajeev is the Head Marketing at Gas at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). More than 30 years of experience in India’s foremost E&P company and Maharatna, ONGC. Varied experience of gas processing, onshore oil field operations, project management, arbitrations and legal, oil, gas and petroleum products marketing, petroleum product exports and general management.
AMRITA SINGH
Company – Hindustan Zinc Ltd
Linkedin – Amrita Singh
Amrita Singh is the Chief Marketing Officer of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Chief Sales & Marketing Officer with Hindustan Zinc Limited, Vedanta having 15 yrs of experience in- Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Strategy, Growth Projects at Vedanta Resources. Member of Executive Committee”- An APEX body for P&L management at HZL.
VISHAL SUBHARWAL
Company – HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd
Linkedin – Vishal Subharwal
Vishal Subharwal is the Chief Marketing Officer of HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. He come with over 2 decades of professional experience in industry & consulting roles and currently Head the Marketing, E-Commerce, Digital Business & Sustainability initiatives at HDFC Life, India’s premier life insurance company with P/L ownership across multiple business units. With diverse responsibilities such as Brand & Consumer insights, Digital Experience, Performance Marketing, Customer Funnel & Value Management, Technology Integrations, Business operations & Underwriting, Corporate Social Responsibility I not only carry independent P/L responsibilities but also support multiple organisation growth initiatives. In his previous role as Head of Strategy & Business Insights, he was responsible for crafting and ensuring successful implementation of organisation strategy. until the company’s IPO in 2017 These included defining the strategic themes, identifying scenarios and planning for the same, allocation of resources, identification of longer term strategic initiatives to be run in the organisation. He also worked to create the annual operating plans and organisation scorecard, ensuring progress towards these goals apart from supporting go-to-market strategies, M&A opportunities, etc. In his earlier stints I have worked with a Big 4 advisory firm in the domains of strategy & operations and deployed Lean Six Sigma & other business process re-engineering techniques apart from leading sales units in the initial part of my professional career.
Narayan Sundararaman
Company – Bajaj Auto Ltd
Linkedin – Narayan Sundararaman
Narayan Sundararaman is the Head Of Marketing at Bajaj Auto Ltd. Experienced marketing and business leader with 24 years of marketing, strategy and leadership experience at Cadbury, Kraft Foods, Mondelez, ITC & (currently) at Bajaj Auto. Proven track record of building brands, category expansion, P&L delivery, business strategy & delivering high growth marketing programs. Experience that spans developed as well as developing markets, multiple geographies and cultures, in particular India, SE Asia, ANZ & Japan.
Vivek Srivatsa
Company – Tata Passenger Electric Mobility
Linkedin – Vivek Srivatsa
Vivek Srivatsa is Head Marketing , Sales and Service Strategy at Tata Passenger Electric Mobility. 28 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, across Consumer Durable and Automobile industries. He is take pride in delivering transformational leadership having delivered outstanding growth and results in each of my roles. Have plan ambitiously for the long term and align my team , influence the organization to push uncompromisingly towards achieving the vision. Have been part of Renault’s resurgence in India to become the fastest growing Auto Brand – in sales and Brand image – today Renault India is ranked #7 in the Industry in 4 short years. Delivered similar results in my previous organizations in both Sales and Marketing functions, having doubled sales , profits in Philips and Maruti Suzuki. With 14 years of experience in hard core sales functions, from the grass root level to Regional Manager / Brand Head, Distribution and Corporate Sales Head. Managing Dealer networks, optimising the output of diverse sales channels, building and running a process driven sales team is a core competence. Experienced in Consumer, Trade and Business Marketing roles for the last 7 years. Have successfully launched more than 10 Brands through large scale Marketing programs. Been at the forefront of consolidating Brand performance, taking businesses to record levels of Sales and Profitability.
Deepak Kadambi
Company – Tech Mahindra
Linkedin – Deepak Kadambi
Deepak Kadambi is the Global Head – Marketing & Growth at Tech Mahindra. A marketing professional who believes that in today’s turbulent economy, the business is a brand, features & functionalities are experiences…. and its the role of marketing to ensure customers see and feel this.
A dynamic leader with over 20 years of diversified marketing experiences around the IT/Technology industry. Expertise in delivering high impact marketing strategies, market penetration
techniques, driving focused business development initiatives and creating highly engaging marketing
programs for technology organizations. Talented, result oriented marketing professional with a proven record of accomplishment in planning and leading comprehensive marketing strategies in support of business goals and objectives.
RAJEEV GOPAL
Company – Grasim Industries Ltd
Linkedin – Rajeev Gopal
Rajeev Gopal is the Chief Marketing Officer of Grasim Industries Ltd. He is a specializing in business strategy & profitable growth, policy advocacy, sales & marketing (B2B, B2B2C, Ingredient Branding) for Industries such as Fibre, Textile & Apparel, FMCG and Packaging. Rajeev Gopal is a seasoned business leader with over 38 years of multi-faceted experience covering a gamut of business roles spanning from Sales & Marketing and Commercial to Manufacturing, TQM & Supply Chain in diverse Industries such as FMCG, Textiles and Packaging. He has also led the successful turnaround of a medium sized listed company as its CEO and Managing Director while working with ITC Ltd. Currently,he is an Advisor to the Managing Director on Strategic Marketing after nearly 10 years in a CXO role with a leading Indian MNC – the Aditya Birla Group and holding responsibility as the Global Chief Sales & Marketing officer of the Multi-billion Dollar ‘Pulp & Fibre Business’. He is also a Co-Chairman of the Textile Committee of FICCI.
Rajeev has led its transformation from being a commodity selling, manufacturing driven organization to a consumer facing and highly customer centric brand. Leads a team of over 200 professionals and has delivered sterling business results leading to profitable growth. Rajeev is passionate about Sustainability, Customers and Consumers, Business Transformation, Global Strategy, People Development and Results.
HIMANSHU DEWAN
Company – Shree Cement Ltd.
Linkedin – HIMANSHU DEWAN
HIMANSHU DEWAN is the Sr Vice President( Marketing) at Shree Cement Ltd.
Rahul Bhatia
Company – Adani Total Gas Ltd
Linkedin – Rahul Bhatia
Rahul Bhatia is the Senior Vice President & Head (Sales, Marketing and Business Development) at Adani Total Gas Ltd. A transformational Business Leader (Engineer and MBA) in the energy sector with a 29 year track record of growing businesses and markets, inspiring large teams – managing projects, change and risks. Experience in diverse industries – power, energy, capital equipment, oil and gas, city gas distribution, LNG, infrastructure, packaging.
Rahul Tandon
Company – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Linkedin – Rahul Tandon
Rahul Tandon is the Marketing Tech leader at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. Driving Business transformation for the digital age. Designing and building a unified, agile and scalable tech architecture offering exceptional and consistent CX and a unified view of our customers.
SOMASREE BOSE AWASTHI
Company – MARICO
Linkedin – Somasree Bose Awasthi
Somasree Bose Awasthi is the Chief Marketing Officer at MARICO. She has been promoted from the post of head of marketing, homecare category to Chief marketing officer. She has been with Godrej Consumer for around 18 years. Started her professional journey with Godrej as a management trainee in 2003, initially as part of Sara Lee business and then continued with Godrej Consumer Product post the merger. Currently leading the marketing for Homecare category which includes brands like Good knight, HIT which are market leaders in Household Insecticides segment, Godrej aer which is the market leader in air fresheners segment, Godrej ezee and genteel in fabric detergents category. More recently, she have launched Godrej ProClean, which is a home hygiene brand.
Ramin Saherwala
Company – Mahindra Group
Linkedin – Ramin Saherwala
Ramin Saherwala is the Chief Marketing Officer at Mahindra Group. Marketing & Digital transformation professional with strength in combining consumer insights and business analytics to develop a sharp brand, communication and customer acquisition strategy. In an environment of ‘digital high-value consumers’, driving the digital transformation with brand, media, and online business has given me a holistic perspective on their journey from engagement to acquisition. Cross category experience in FMCG, Finance, Consumer tech ,Telecom, eCommerce, and Automobile and exposure across Brand, media, digital tech platforms & products, and Business strategy makes my approach to marketing a combination of insights, ideas & ROI.
GIRISH BUDHIRAJA
Company – SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd
Linkedin – Girish Budhiraja
Girish Budhiraja is the Chief Marketing Officer of SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd. Specialties: Product Management, New Product Development, Business Development, Marketing, Financial Services, Digital Marketing.
Manish Dubey
Company – ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd
Linkedin – Manish Dubey
Manish Dubey is the Chief Marketing Officer of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. A digital business and marketing leader who has led high performing teams. Built an online direct-to-customer business successfully over the last few years. Over 21 years of experience working with ICICI Prudential, Asian Paints and General Mills (Pillsbury) in areas of online business, product, marketing, digital and sales. He get inspired by the way consumer behavior is changing around us and the opportunity that this provides to re-imagine the business and marketing landscape. Online space is opening up to simple products, intelligent personalized journeys and time & money saving experiences. The way the consumers are interacting with various categories is putting a lot of pressure on the traditional business. At the same time is also opening the digital business areas. He is passionate about working on utilizing these new opportunities with the help of business thinking, marketing strategy, digital enablers and integrated implementation. He is leading an online B2C business in the life insurance space. Using various acquisition channels to deliver business across product, customer segments and mobile & internet platforms, he have seeded and grown the online sales. Our successful work has often got featured in Google case studies and recently got a special mention at the YouTube Brandcast. His expertise is in scale-up strategy, business vertical creation, programmatic digital solutions, digital media, marketing automation, voice of customer and creating innovation roadmaps. Declared the “Marketer of the Year” at the IAA Leadership awards, 2016, my experience on the marketing side is in the areas of being a brand expert, digital marketer, mar-tech capability builder. He have deep brand and creative expertise. Other important attributes include being a category builder, social media marketer, online performance marketer and leader of powerful teams.
Devotosh Kumar Das
Company – Hindalco at Aditya Birla Group
Linkedin – Devotosh Kumar Das
Devotosh Kumar Das is the Chief Marketing Officer – Hindalco at Aditya Birla Group.
Parth Parikh
Company – Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Linkedin – Parth Parikh
Parth Parikh is the Head Of Marketing at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. Graduate in Pharmaceutical Sciences with specialization in Pharmaceutical Management having proficiency in brand management.
Amit Doshi
Company – Britannia Industries Ltd
Linkedin – Amit Doshi
Amit Doshi is the Chief Marketing Officer of Britannia Industries Ltd. He is a marketing and sales leader with 19 years of diverse business & capability building experience in key innovation, brand marketing, digital, sales, and customer development roles. In his previous assignment, he was Director, Marketing, and part of the Indian leadership team and Asia-Pacific marketing leadership team at Lenovo. He has also worked with Perfetti Van Melle in the past. Amit Doshi has gained experience in Consumer (B2C), Enterprise, Small & Medium Business (SMB), and Tablet business units at Lenovo and brings a valuable understanding of consumers and markets across product categories.
Deepak Renganathan
Company – DLF Limited
Linkedin – Deepak Renganathan
Deepak Renganathan is the Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at DLF Limited. Owns a Solid 360-degree Marketing track record of 18+ years across the globe, by leading all sections of Marketing (Strategy, Product, Brand, Communications and Launch). Starting from deeper understanding of Context, Customer and Journey, creating breakthrough products and services, powering them with promising brand stories and executing them flawlessly through Transmedia storytelling, Cross channel attribution, Behavioral Marketing in Industry agnostic global environments. As a New-world Marketer, I tackle Market and Technologies that disrupt organically by embracing and delivering through the help of Big Data (both Internal and External), Automation, BOT programs, IoT and Artificial Intelligence tools. Always loved and looked up by the team for the Casual and Charismatic leadership style that cares, empowers and stands with them all the time. I enhance relationships by breaking barriers across culture, ethnicity and language to promote diverse yet cohesive work culture where everyone contributes and are recognized.
Dakshesh Shah
Company – Cipla Ltd
Linkedin – Dakshesh Shah
Dakshesh Shah is the Head production , CMO at Cipla Ltd.