Brands
Anmol Industries ropes in Abhishek Kumar as VP Marketing
MUMBAI: Packaged food major Anmol Industries has appointed Abhishek Kumar as its new vice president, marketing, handing him the brief to lead brand building and marketing strategy across product categories.
With over 18 years of experience in FMCG marketing and sales, Kumar brings a well-seasoned blend of brand management, market expansion and go to market planning. His career spans stints at companies such as Cargill Foods, 3M India, Godfrey Phillips India, Lotus Chocolate Company and Patanjali Foods, where he worked across diverse product portfolios and consumer segments.
At Anmol, Kumar will collaborate closely with cross functional teams to strengthen the company’s brand presence and align marketing efforts with its expansion ambitions and shifting consumer preferences.
Welcoming the appointment, Anmol Industries managing director Gobind Ram Choudhary, said the company was pleased to have Kumar on board. He noted that Kumar’s understanding of consumer behaviour and FMCG marketing would add momentum as Anmol continues to scale its brands and widen its market reach.
Sharing his thoughts on the move, Kumar said he was joining Anmol at a pivotal phase of its growth journey. He described Anmol as a brand built on trust, value and consistency, and said he looked forward to enhancing its relevance across markets while supporting the company’s growth plans.
With a familiar name at the helm of marketing, Anmol appears set to give its brands a sharper voice in an increasingly crowded food aisle.
Brands
Lululemon picks former Nike executive to be its next chief
Heidi O’Neill, who helped grow Nike into a $45 billion giant, will take the top job in September
CANADA: Lululemon has found its next chief executive, and she comes with serious credentials. The athleisure giant named Heidi O’Neill as its new CEO on Wednesday, ending a search that has left the company running on interim leadership since earlier this year. O’Neill will take charge on September 8, 2026, based out of Vancouver, and will join the board on the same day.
O’Neill brings more than three decades of experience across performance apparel, footwear and sport. The bulk of that time was spent at Nike, where she was a central figure in one of corporate sport’s great growth stories, helping take the company from a $9 billion business to a $45 billion global powerhouse. She oversaw product pipelines, brand strategy and consumer connections, and played a significant role in shaping how Nike spoke to athletes around the world. Earlier in her career, she worked in marketing for the Dockers brand at Levi Strauss. She also brings boardroom experience from Spotify Technology, Hyatt Hotels and Lithia and Driveway.
The board was unequivocal in its enthusiasm. “We selected Heidi because of the breadth of her experience, her demonstrated success delivering breakthrough ideas and initiatives at scale, and her ability to be a knowledgeable change and growth agent,” said Marti Morfitt, executive chair of Lululemon’s board.
O’Neill, for her part, was bullish. “Lululemon is an iconic brand with something rare: genuine guest love, a product ethos rooted in innovation, and a global platform still in the early stages of its potential,” she said. “My job will be to accelerate product breakthroughs, deepen the brand’s cultural relevance, and unlock growth in markets around the world.”
Until she arrives, Meghan Frank and André Maestrini will continue as interim co-CEOs, before returning to their previous senior leadership roles once O’Neill steps in.
Lululemon is betting that a Nike veteran who helped build one of the world’s most powerful sports brands can do something similar for an athleisure label that has genuine love from its customers but is still chasing its full global potential. O’Neill has done it before at scale. The question now is whether she can do it again.
