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iProspect India appoints Soham Bhagnari as AVP – Business Development
MUMBAI: iProspect India has appointed Soham Bhagnari as the associate vice-president (AVP) – business development. He will drive business expansion across the West region and operate out of Mumbai, reporting into iProspect India operations EVP Brijesh Munyal. He will be supported by AVP for new business Krishna Mothey from Mumbai.
Prior to iProspect India, Bhagnari has worked with Clique for five years as Director – Digital and Group M’s Mindshare in Mumbai. Before shifting base to Mumbai, he has spent the first four years of his career in Dubai, with stints at Wunderman and the Omnicom Group. He has worked across varied sectors such as banking, education, auto, entertainment, luggage and web publications in the past.
iProspect India CEO Vivek Bhargava said, “Soham’s poised to play an integral role in our overall business growth plans and his high proficiency is sure to add immense value to the organisation. We’re geared up to scale, especially in terms of the numbers and nature of our clientele – this is the start of exciting times ahead.”
“We’ve started taking steps in the right direction by building and investing in capabilities like video story-telling, content and creative to complement our existing performance and media buying capabilities. The larger picture is to make it a cornerstone of our growth! Post spending over 10 years in various facets of a continuously evolving medium, I understand the demands of the industry and its penchant for change,” Bhagnari added.
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.
