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Dentsu Aegis’ Ashish Bhasin wins 2015 Business Excellence Award
MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network chairman and CEO South Asia Ashish Bhasin has been named as the Media CEO of the Year – India at the 2015 Business Excellence Award.
Additionally, Bhasin was also given the Best in Brand Communications – India award of the year.
“I am honoured to receive the 2015 Business Excellence Award. I am lucky to have such a wonderful team at Dentsu Aegis Network. The award is for my team’s efforts. It’s been an amazing journey for Dentsu Aegis Network in India but the best is yet to come,” Bhasin said.
The winners were voted by worldwide network of professionals, advisers, clients, peers and business insiders. The 2015 Business Excellence Award, which recognises outstanding achievement, game changing innovation and stellar performance, were hosted by Wealth & Finance International.
The award is open to businesses from any sector or region and is given to only the most deserving businesses, departments and individuals who have maintained consistency in demonstrating outstanding innovation, performance and commitment to their business over the past 12 months and have even received independent nominations from their clients.
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.
