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Collective Artists Network adds three new partners to leadership team
When a company grows up, it often looks inward and Collective Artists Network has done just that. The media and entertainment network has inducted Janahavi Rawal, Sanjana Jain and Rahul Regulapati into its partnership, signalling a clear vote of confidence in leaders who have helped build the business from the inside out.
The move comes as Collective sharpens its focus for its next phase of growth across content, culture and technology. The three new partners join an existing leadership group comprising Sudeep Subash, Kshitij Mehta, Jaya Saha, Avinash Bidaia, Nandita Sachdev and Dhruv Chitgopekar, a cohort that has played a central role in shaping the company’s scale, culture and strategic direction.
Rawal, a long-standing leader at Collective, steps into the partnership to head the company’s talent management charter. With over a decade inside the organisation, she has been instrumental in building Collective’s artist representation model, anchoring it in trust, industry insight and long-term thinking, while deepening relationships across the talent ecosystem.
Jain has been elevated to partner to lead Marketing and Creative Services across the group. Her execution-first approach has helped turn the vertical into one of Collective’s fastest-growing businesses, solving complex creative challenges at scale while maintaining tight standards on quality and delivery.
Regulapati joins the partnership to lead Collective’s technology and AI charter, including Galleri5. Since joining the company, he has driven the integration of technology into storytelling and production systems, positioning Collective at the forefront of tech-enabled media and earning recognition from global technology players.
Commenting on the inductions, Collective Artists Network founder and Group CEO Vijay Subramaniam said the decision reflects the company’s focus on long-term leadership. He noted that Rawal, Jain and Regulapati have each played a critical role in shaping Collective’s journey so far, and their inclusion in the partnership signals where the organisation is headed next.
With this expanded leadership bench, Collective Artists Network is doubling down on an internal growth philosophy backing people who know the business intimately as it continues to chart new ground at the intersection of media, culture and technology.
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YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
