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Havas Media Group makes two senior level appointments
MUMBAI: In a bid to further strengthen its team in the West, Havas Media Group has made a couple of senior level appointments.
Kunal Jamuar has re-joined the group as Havas Media, West & South managing partner. He was earlier with the group as executive director – West and is back in the country following a stint handing the West and Central African markets as mediaReach OMD chief planning officer.
Besides Jamuar, the group has also appointed Chanchal Shaktawat as vice president planning – West.
Speaking on the appointments, Havas Media Group India & South Asia CEO Anita Nayyar said, “We have had a great 2015 and aspire to have a greater 2016. Kunal has the rare blend of leadership, knowledge and relationship management. We are very glad to have him back. Chanchal too comes with rich experience and is a high performance diligent professional. The mandate for the team is to consolidate and grow the Western operations, which I’m sure they will successfully achieve.”
Havas Media Group India managing director Mohit Joshi added, “It’s homecoming for Kunal. He is a great leader and an even greater human being. Am very sure he will steer our operations to newer heights of success. Chanchal is also a thorough professional and will provide a lot of stability to the team in Mumbai with her professional skills.”
“It is great to be back. India is an exciting business country today. My experience in multiple emerging markets will come into play to strengthen and expand the Havas Media operations,” said Jamuar.
“Havas Media is in an interesting phase of growth. I look forward to contributing to further drive this growth by creating value for our clients,” signed off Shaktawat.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
