Brands
Nestlé India’s Svetlana Boldina to step down as new appointments roll out
MUMBAI: Nestlé India has announced a series of senior leadership changes, including the exit of its finance head and the retirement of a long-serving technical leader.
Executive director for finance and control and chief financial officer Svetlana Boldina, will step down on 31 January 2026 to take up a new assignment within the Nestlé group. Her successor will be named later.
After more than 32 years with the company, Satish Srinivasan, executive director for technical, will retire on 31 May 2026. Jagdeep Singh Marahar has been nominated to succeed him as whole-time director from 1 June 2026, subject to approvals. As part of the transition, he will take charge as head of technical from 1 May 2026.
In senior management changes, Nitu Bhushan will assume the role of head of human resources from 2 March 2026, pending approvals.
Nestlé India said the appointments will be placed before the board at its next meeting on the recommendation of the nomination and remuneration committee. The filing has been uploaded on the company’s website.
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.
