Brands
Dushyant Khare joins Morgan Stanley as director in bengaluru
MUMBAI: Dushyant Khare has stepped into a new chapter of his professional journey with his appointment as director at Morgan Stanley, strengthening the global financial major’s technology leadership bench in India.
Based in Bengaluru, Khare takes on the role at a time when technology sits firmly at the heart of modern financial services. At Morgan Stanley, he is expected to steer complex application and technology initiatives, drawing on deep technical expertise and a track record of delivering at scale across global operations.
Khare joins the firm from HCLTech, where he served as a consultant and subject matter expert in DB2 and AWS Cloud. His work spanned data replication, database administration and cloud driven transformation projects, placing him at the intersection of reliability and innovation.
Before HCLTech, he spent over three years at IBM, progressing from application developer to senior application architect. During this period, he worked extensively on enterprise grade applications, combining strong foundations in SQL and the .NET framework with modern architectural thinking.
His professional journey began at Infosys, where he rose from system engineer to senior system engineer, building core expertise in databases, Linux and agile methodologies across delivery centres in Chennai and Gurugram.
With experience that bridges consulting, architecture and hands-on engineering, Khare’s move to Morgan Stanley marks a notable milestone. It also reflects the growing importance of seasoned technology leaders in shaping the future of global financial institutions, where code, cloud and capital increasingly move in lockstep.
Brands
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.
