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Future Group’s Vineet Jain joins V-Mart
NEW DELHI: V-Mart Retail has brought in former CEO of Future Group Vineet Jain as the company’s new chief operating officer.
Jain, an industry veteran who has seen the dawn of modern retail in India two decades ago, spent 17 years at Future group, where he spearheaded annual business over Rs 6000 crore. He led an 8000+ strong team of personnel and managed over 3 million square feet of retail area.
V-Mart Retail CMD Lalit Agarwal said, "We are delighted to welcome Vineet to the V-Mart family. Vineet brings both depth and breadth of leadership and operational experience in the value retailing format, and a customer-centric approach that would help accelerate V-Mart’s growth and market leadership journey".
A specialist in managing hypermarket / supermarket/ fashion businesses, Jain has also held leadership roles at reputed value retail formats including Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar and FBB. A polyglot who is a CA From ICAI, CWA from ICWAI, CS(Inter) from ICSI, the new V-Mart COO is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and INSEAD, France in advanced management programs.
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Himanshu Khanna joins CKA Birla Group as group chief marketing officer: report
Former Raymond lifestyle CMO to lead group-wide brand and marketing strategy
MUMBAI: According to a media report citing industry sources, senior marketing leader Himanshu Khanna has joined CKA Birla Group as group chief marketing officer.
Khanna moves from Raymond Limited, where he served as chief marketing officer for the lifestyle division since August 2021, overseeing the marketing transformation of the company’s nearly $1 billion lifestyle business. His tenure featured a sharper consumer focus, a digital-first operating model and large-scale retail and brand modernisation.
At Raymond, Khanna led brand strategy and growth across a broad portfolio including Raymond suiting and shirting, Park Avenue, ColorPlus, Parx, Ethnix by Raymond, ready-to-wear, Raymond Home and Raymond made-to-measure. His remit also covered retail marketing, digital marketing, consumer insights, visual merchandising and brand protection.
Before joining Raymond, Khanna was business head for the FMCG division at RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, with full P&L responsibility. During this period, he scaled the snack brand Too Yumm!, drove rapid revenue growth, led the integration of Apricot Foods following its acquisition and executed a business turnaround.
Khanna’s career spans over three decades across global consumer companies, with senior leadership roles at Beam Suntory, Wrigley, PepsiCo, Cadbury and Nestlé.
Widely regarded as a seasoned marketing operator, Khanna is a familiar presence at leading industry forums and is considered among the most in-demand marketing leaders in the country.
