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Brandie appoints Junaid Hakim as national director, India
New Delhi: Social media word-of-mouth marketing platform, Brandie, has appointed Junaid Hakim as national director for India. He will be based in Bengaluru.
Hakim joins from MediaCom, where he was the general manager and headed the media mandate for Dell till November, 2020. In his new role, he will oversee Brandie’s growth in the Indian market and develop stakeholder engagement, drive sales and new business development.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally impacted the marketing industry and highlighted the growing importance of word-of-mouth marketing and customer advocacy,” Brandie’s co-founder, Pranav Kosuri said. “Junaid’s vast experience, strategic perspective, and operational focus will play a vital role in strengthening Brandie’s core leadership team and ensure our continued fast growth and adoption amongst agencies and brands in one of our core markets.”
Talking about his new role, Hakim said, his focus in the first six months at the organization will be to drive awareness and education around Brandie, to boost product adoption.
Brands
Almonds Ai appoints Gajendra Arya as head of technology
IIT Bombay alumnus with 20+ years’ experience to lead AI innovation push
MUMBAI: Almonds Ai has appointed Gajendra Arya as its head of technology, strengthening its leadership bench as it scales its AI-led engagement and loyalty platforms.
An alumnus of IIT Bombay, Arya brings over two decades of experience in building scalable enterprise and consumer technology platforms. His career spans key leadership roles across companies such as CarDekho, Zypp Electric and Escrowpay, where he led product innovation and large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
In his new role, Arya will oversee the company’s technology strategy, product architecture and innovation roadmap. His focus will be on strengthening Almonds Ai’s AI ecosystem and building next-generation platforms designed to enhance brand and channel partner engagement.
Almonds Ai co-founders Abhinav Jain and Apurv Modi said, “Technology is the backbone of everything we are building at Almonds Ai. As we continue to push the boundaries of AI-driven engagement and loyalty ecosystems, having a leader like Gajendra onboard significantly strengthens our vision.”
Speaking on his appointment, Gajendra Arya said, “Almonds Ai is building a powerful ecosystem at the intersection of technology, data and partner engagement. I am excited to work on scalable platforms that help brands create stronger relationships through intelligent, technology-led solutions.”
With this move, Almonds Ai is doubling down on its innovation roadmap, aiming to expand its AI-powered loyalty and rewards ecosystem while accelerating global growth.
