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‘Weekend Unwind’ with: Loktantra Mediatech, CEO & founder Piyush Kulshreshtha
Mumbai: With yet another weekend upon us, in our latest ‘Weekend Unwind’ series, it’s time to take a peek into the mind of the head of social networking and conversation platform through a fun lens in an attempt to get to know the person behind the title a little better.
In this week’s edition, we have Loktantra Mediatech, CEO & founder Piyush Kulshreshtha. In his current pursuit of developing Khul Ke, a homegrown social networking app that enables users to freely express themselves through purposeful and positive conversations that matter and level up their engagement.
Through his illustrious career spanning over two decades, he’s known for holding prominent positions across leading real estate, and investment organisations. With a strong stance, he is frequently known to lend his voice to the creation of meaningful discourse.
Prior to embarking on this project, Piyush spent years in a top-management position in Mumbai’s real-estate development industry, where he explored his skills in management and leadership, which groomed him into a poised figurehead.
In the stock broking industry, Piyush worked for five years in brand management at Motilal Oswal and Sharekhan. During his MBA days, he worked as a radio jockey with All India Radio for three years and spent a year writing for Indian Express’ youth magazine Channel Y. Piyush is a graduate in economics.
So without further ado, here it goes…
- Your mantra for life
Act & perfect, don’t overthink.
- A book you are currently reading/plan to read
Vibhanga
- Your fitness mantra, especially during the pandemic
Pranayama and light asanas.
- Your comfort food
Arahara ki daal and rice with aloo ki bhujia.
- When the chips are down a quote/philosophy that keeps you going
This too shall pass.
- Your guilty pleasure
Gulab Jamun
- When was the last time you tried something new?
Everyday.
- A life lesson you learnt the hard way
There is no moment in my life that I do not deserve. Everyone has to carry their own cross.
- What gets you excited about Life?
Possibility of becoming a better version of myself.
- What’s on top of your bucket list?
Research work on vipassana and Buddha’s discourses.
- One thing you would most like to change about the world
Be more objective.
- An activity that keeps you motivated/charged during tough times
New ideas and quick execution.
- What lifts your spirits when life gets you down?
Vipassana.
- If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be?
Life is a journey, keep moving.
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WPP appoints Guillaume Epstein as its global head of commercial
Publicis veteran to streamline pricing, contracts and client deals globally
LONDON: WPP has created a new global commercial leadership role and appointed Guillaume Epstein to lead it, according to media reports, as the company looks to simplify client deals and strengthen commercial operations.
In his new role as global head of commercial, Epstein is expected to oversee pricing structures, contract frameworks and client negotiations across markets. The move points to WPP’s growing focus on making its commercial approach more streamlined and consistent worldwide.
Epstein joins from Publicis Groupe, where he spent close to four years in senior leadership roles, including global commercial finance director and chief operating officer for Brazil. His work there covered financial strategy, operational efficiency and client profitability across multiple regions.
Prior to that, he held key roles across Asia Pacific within Publicis, including chief commercial officer for Apac and regional client finance director. During this period, he helped build regional hubs, standardise pricing models and manage complex, multi-country client relationships across markets such as Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
He also brings experience from Valtech, adding digital transformation expertise to his commercial skill set.
At Publicis, Epstein played a key role in developing multi-country rate cards, improving financial processes and creating training programmes around negotiation and pricing strategy. His work also focused on unlocking new revenue streams through digital and analytics capabilities.
The newly created role at WPP comes at a time when global agencies are under pressure to offer more transparent, efficient and scalable commercial models to clients.
With Epstein’s appointment, WPP appears to be fine-tuning its commercial engine, aiming to make client partnerships simpler, sharper and more aligned with evolving market needs.
