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Changes in key leadership at LMG
MUMBAI: Lintas Media Group has announced promotions at the Mumbai, Kolkata and Cochin offices. Also, Himank Das, Joydeep Raha and S Muthukumarasamy, who head the Karishma Initiative, LMG Bangalore and Chennai offices respectively, have put in their papers.
Confirming the news to indiantelevision.com, LMG‘s yet-to-be named brand agency CEO Suresh Balakrishna said, “Yes, the exits of Joydeep, Muthu (Cochi), and Himanks are confirmed. We are in the process of restructuring and as a result some of these were planned exits and some due to some change in HR strategy.”
Mahesh Motwani has been promoted to executive vice president of the Kolkatta office and will develop new markets as well while Premjeet Sodhi has taken over as COO at LMG.
Patrick Gomes has been elevated to head of the agency‘s Mumbai business. Having been at LMG for the past one and a half years heading prestigious financial accounts and the Bajaj Group, Gomes has a total of 14 years experience. He was previously with Starcom, Mediacom, TME, Madison.
Dhirendra Singh who has been with LMG since eight years now has been promoted to head of planning for the Mumbai Office. He has been overseeing planning for accounts like UBI, Jyothy Laboratories, Bombay Dyeing etc and now takes on a larger responsibility for the entire office.
Also, Vidya Nandakumar has returned to the agency as head of Cochin office and has taken charge of Manappuram and other businesses. She has come in from Madison, Bangalore and has over 12 years of experience in the industry, handling businesses like Britannia Industries Ltd., ITC Ltd., Hewlett Packard, and Muthoot Finance.
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Visa India Group Country Manager Sandeep Ghosh steps down
Seasoned payments executive exits after more than four years with the company.
MUMBAI: Sandeep Ghosh has decided to swipe out of Visa after more than four years of steering the payments giant’s operations across India and South Asia. Visa Inc. has announced that Sandeep Ghosh is stepping down from his role as group country manager for India and South Asia. The company confirmed that a successor has already been identified and will be announced shortly.
Ghosh joined Visa in March 2022 and played a key role in expanding the company’s digital payments footprint and strengthening partnerships with banks and fintech firms in the region. His tenure coincided with a period of rapid growth in India’s electronic payments ecosystem.
Before joining Visa, Ghosh was a partner in financial services consulting at EY. With over 35 years of experience spanning financial services, consulting, and FMCG sectors across more than 25 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, he has held leadership roles at AXA, Citibank, ANZ, RBS, and PepsiCo. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from IIM Ahmedabad and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai.
His departure comes as Visa continues to deepen its push into digital transactions and expand collaborations across South Asia.
In the fast-moving world of digital payments, where transactions happen in the blink of an eye, Ghosh’s exit marks the end of a significant chapter for Visa in one of its most important growth markets. The company now prepares to hand the baton to a new leader as it keeps the momentum going.
