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Cleartrip appoints Pallavi Saxena as CMRO
Flipkart veteran to lead marketing and revenue growth for travel platform.
MUMBAI: Cleartrip just booked a marketing powerhouse because when your next flight needs sharper storytelling, you don’t settle for economy class leadership. Cleartrip, the Flipkart-owned online travel platform, has appointed Pallavi Saxena as its new chief marketing and revenue officer (CMRO). In her role, Pallavi will lead the company’s marketing and growth planning & insights functions.
Pallavi joins from Flipkart, where she spent over a decade scaling high-impact categories. Most recently she served as senior director heading marketing, revenue and customer growth for Lifestyle, bringing deep expertise in customer-first strategy, category building and data-driven growth planning.
Cleartrip, chief growth and business officer Manjari Singhal said, “Pallavi joining us comes at an important phase for Cleartrip. Having spent over a decade at Flipkart, she deeply understands the ethos of building at scale, moving with speed and staying customer-first, which is core to how we operate.”
Pallavi Saxena added, “Cleartrip is at an exciting stage of its journey. Travel is becoming more experience-led and more competitive, and that calls for sharper storytelling, stronger brand recall and smarter revenue strategy. My priority will be to build an integrated marketing and revenue engine that puts the customer first.”
The appointment arrives as Cleartrip continues to strengthen its position as one of India’s fastest-growing OTAs, backed by innovations such as Clearchoice Plus and Clearchoice Max, and a focus on end-to-end travel solutions across flights, hotels and buses.
In a travel market where every booking is a choice, Cleartrip isn’t just adding a CMRO, it’s adding the kind of fuel that turns journeys into stories worth sharing, one smart campaign at a time.
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Marico hands Pawan Agrawal charge of international business alongside CFO role
The consumer goods company restructures its global operations, with two regional heads now reporting to Agrawal and losing senior management personnel status from April 1st
MUMBAI: Marico Limited has given its group chief financial officer a bigger brief. The consumer goods company has elevated Pawan Agrawal to the dual role of group CFO and chief executive officer of its international business, effective April 1st, 2026, the company disclosed in an exchange filing on Wednesday.
The expanded mandate puts Agrawal in charge of Marico’s global operations across all markets, adding to his existing oversight of the company’s international business in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh. Two regional heads will now report directly to him: Binjit Kadakapcedlikayal, executive vice president for the Middle East and North Africa, and Ryan Bartram, managing director of Marico South Africa. As a result of the restructuring, both executives will cease to be classified as senior management personnel from April 1st, 2026.
Agrawal is no newcomer to the Marico story. He joined the company in 2004 and has spent over 25 years building expertise across financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, treasury, investor relations, taxation and governance. He has been a central figure in Marico’s push into digital-first brands, with acquisitions including Beardo, Just Herbs, True Elements, Plix, 4700BC and Cosmix all bearing his fingerprints.
Before Marico, Agrawal spent four years at Eveready Industries. A chartered accountant, he holds a B.Com (Hons) degree from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and was named CFO of the Year in the consumer sector at the CII CFO Excellence Awards 2023-24.
Twenty-five years in the making. Marico has clearly decided Agrawal has earned the keys to the world.
