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Carat appoints Navaneeta Das as international client president
MUMBAI: Carat has appointed Navaneeta Das as international client president for Mondelez International based out of Singapore for Asia Pacific.
Das will head up the Carat media strategy and planning operations for Mondelez, with responsibilities for the wider Dentsu Aegis Network offering. Longer term she will move into a global role within Carat. Das joins from Johnson & Johnson and will report to Carat Asia Pacific CEO Sean O’Brien.
O’Brien said “Nav’s balanced exposure to digital and traditional media and her knowledge of strategy, data and trading makes her the right fit for us as we continue to redefine the business value we deliver to our clients through media. Mondelez International is an innovative business, looking to drive significant growth, and with Nav’s expertise now within Carat we are in a great position to continue to support them on this journey.”
With 17 years’ of media and marketing experience, Das previously worked at Mindshare, at WPP’s econometrics and consulting offering (ATG and Mindshare Business Planning), and most recently at Johnson & Johnson where she was director of digital analytics and marketing analytics.
“Carat embodies an honest, down-to-earth, warm and collaborative culture. The company has grown rapidly over the past few years due to strong communication and marketing capabilities driven by their culture. I am looking forward to working with the teams across the region to drive further success for Mondelez International and in turn grow our business,” said Das.
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.
