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Axis Bank appoints Yatin Ashtekar as senior vice president
MUMBAI: Axis Bank has brought in Yatin Ashtekar as senior vice president and head of technology risk, betting on deep audit muscle as banks race to secure increasingly digital balance sheets.
Ashtekar takes charge at a moment when technology risk has moved from the back office to the boardroom. His remit spans enterprise-wide technology risk management, regulatory compliance and the secure adoption of emerging technologies, with oversight of IT risk assessments, KRIs, RCSAs and remediation across the bank.
With over 25 years in technology, audit and cyber security, Ashtekar arrives with a resume built for scrutiny-heavy environments. Most recently, he was group executive vice president at Yes Bank, where he helped shape audit strategy, internal audit policy and risk-based audit plans, and drove digitisation of audit processes using automation, AI and data analytics.
Earlier stints include vice president roles at Kotak Mahindra Bank, where he presented risk-based audit plans to board committees, and leadership positions at RBL Bank and AGS Transact Technologies, where he served as ciso and group head for risk and compliance. His career also spans consulting at KPMG and large-scale infrastructure programme delivery for global clients at HP.
Ashtekar’s technical credentials mirror his operational depth, with certifications across information security, risk, audit and project management, including cissp, cciso, ceh and iso lead auditor qualifications. At Axis Bank, he is expected to build and mentor a high-performing technology risk team while ensuring alignment with RBI master directions, CERT-In, NPCI and global standards.
As banks push harder into digital products, cloud infrastructure and automation, Axis Bank’s appointment signals a clear message: growth may be digital, but trust is built on control. Ashtekar’s mandate is simple and unforgiving — keep the system resilient, the regulators satisfied and the risks firmly in check.
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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.
