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Arnab Mitra quits Starcom to pursue own interests
MUMBAI: Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) national director- digital Arnab Mitra has decided to move on from the agency.
Mitra will be serving his notice period at the agency till the end of December.
Confirming this to Indiantelevision.com, Mitra said, “Yes, I have put in my papers. The journey at Starcom was very good. I have been handling the digital practice of the agency. We have won many digital businesses and I am glad that we could do so.”
Mitra declined to disclose his next venture but hinted that he might do something of his own. He has already invested in a couple of businesses.
He had joined SMG in June 2011 from MediaContacts, a Havas Digital Company, where he was regional director – South Asia. He has spent nearly a decade with leading digital companies including three years in London with Purple Media, a UK based agency, where he was instrumental in launching and implementing their affiliate network across Europe.
Mitra has also worked with Ignitee and Pinstorm before moving to the Havas group.
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.
