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Deepak Patkar joins Fullerton India as chief risk officer
New Delhi: Fullerton India Credit Company Limited (Fullerton India) on Monday announced the appointment of Deepak Patkar as its chief risk officer. Patkar will now head the risk, collections, information security, legal, and analytics function of the company.
He rejoins the Fullerton India family after a span of three years. Prior to this, Patkar worked at Magma Fincorp Limited as EVP and chief risk officer and went on to lead their asset financing business as chief executive officer.
He has over 25 years of experience across various disciplines such as business and risk management, audit, sales, and quality assurance across multiple industries. He has worked with leading companies such as Citibank, HCL Infosystems, and Cable Corporation of India, said the company.
Fullerton India, CEO and MD, Shantanu Mitra, said, “Having worked with him in the past, we are confident that he will help us manage our risk functions and the other critical departments efficiently. During his previous stint at Fullerton India, Deepak was responsible for driving a strong culture of business enablement with risk measures backed by analytics, which had a profound and positive effect on the company.”
Patkar said he is excited to be back at Fullerton, India. “I have always had a strong bond and fond memories with the Fullerton India team. I am honored to lead the responsibilities I have been entrusted with and will help this company grow from strength to strength during the current scenario,” he said.
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.
