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Ajay Gupte set to join Dentsu in senior role: Reports
Industry veteran moves from WPP Media to steer Dentsu’s Media++ plans
MUMBAI: Ajay Gupte is expected to take up a senior leadership role at Dentsu, according to media reports. His new position is likely to play a key part in driving the company’s ambitious Media++ strategy.
Gupte recently stepped down as president – client solutions at WPP Media, a role he held until the end of January. He had been with WPP Media since 2011, overseeing operations across South East Asia and India.
Over the years, Gupte has built a reputation for shaping media strategies and growing businesses. Before WPP Media, he held leadership roles at Wavemaker, MEC, mediaReach OMD, and Maxus Global, among others. His career spans diverse markets, from Indonesia and West Africa to India, and covers both media planning and executive management.
Known for blending strategic insight with a knack for execution, Gupte’s move is expected to bring fresh energy to Dentsu’s operations in the region.
With a track record of scaling teams and pioneering campaigns, his appointment is likely to make waves in India’s media landscape.
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.
