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Jaideep Iyer appointed as executive director at RBL Bank
MUMBAI: RBL Bank has tapped its strategy engine for the top table. Jaideep Iyer has been appointed additional director and whole-time director (executive director) for a three-year term starting 21 February 2026, subject to approvals from the Reserve Bank of India and the bank’s shareholders.
Currently head of strategy at the private sector lender, Iyer has been a central figure in shaping RBL Bank’s strategic planning, growth agenda and long-term transformation across its core business verticals. His elevation signals continuity as well as confidence in the bank’s internal leadership bench.
Iyer brings more than two decades of experience across banking, finance and investment management. Before joining RBL Bank in 2018, he spent over 12 years at Yes Bank, most recently as group president – financial management, where he oversaw finance, strategy and investor relations. Earlier stints include Rabo India Finance, where he worked as associate director in investment banking, focusing on private equity and mergers and acquisitions.
With deep institutional knowledge and a track record across strategy and finance, Iyer now steps into an executive role at a time when RBL Bank is sharpening its ambitions. The move underlines a clear message: the bank is betting on insiders who know the playbook and are ready to write the next chapter.
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Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
