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Coca-Cola India appoints Atul Singh as president
MUMBAI: Softdrink major Coca-Cola has appointed Atul Singh as president, India division with effect from 1 September.
Singh will be responsible for leading the India Division in a collaborative manner to ensure sustainable and profitable growth, not only for India and the company, but for the franchise bottlers as well.
He had most recently been appointed president, East, Central & South China Division and was a key member of the leadership team since 2001; initially as region manager, East China, followed by vice president operations, Mainland China, and later as deputy division president, China division.
Prior to joining Coca-Cola China, Singh was vice president operations for Coca-Cola India, responsible for managing the franchise bottlers and key accounts. Before joining Coca-Cola , he held a number of leadership roles at Colgate Palmolive in the United States, Romania and Nigeria.
Singh will be relocating to New Delhi.
Former Coca-Cola India president and CEO Sanjiv Gupta, on the other hand is leaving the company to pursue personal interests.
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.
