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IKEA India elevates Nivedeeta Moirangthem to country communications manager
Mumbai: Ingka Group-owned IKEA India on Wednesday announced the elevation of Nivedeeta Moirangthem as the country communications manager to lead its total communications portfolio including public relations, public affairs and co-worker communication and represent the retail entity as a spokesperson and as an external representative for all Ingka entities in India. She will be a part of the IKEA India management team and report to CEO and chief sustainability officer (CSO), Peter Betzel.
In her new role, Moirangthem will work closely with the business and key stakeholders to support IKEA India’s ambitious India expansion plans. She will also be closely involved with transformation initiatives as IKEA continues its digital transformation journey towards establishing itself as an omnichannel retailer, the company said in a statement. Moirangthem and team will continue to strengthen the communication agenda and IKEA’s positioning in India, it added.
Moirangthem commands 23 years of experience in corporate communications & PR, advertising, internal communications, stakeholder engagement, and supply chain communication in the South Asia region. She has been associated with IKEA for close to 20 years. In her previous assignment, she has worked with McCann Erickson India.
“I am excited to take up the new role and to be able to contribute further to build a loved, meaningful and successful IKEA in India,” Moirangthem said. “There is so much potential left to explore, connects to build and milestones to celebrate and this we do together, always with our IKEA values as the guiding star. It has been a deep learning experience during these tough times that we all are in, both professionally and personally.”
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
