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Contract Advertising’s Kumar Subramaniam to join Pinstorm Technologies
MUMBAI: Kumar Subramaniam, who recently put in his papers at Contract advertising as executive vice president and is serving his notice period with the agency, will join Mahesh Murthy’s Pinstorm Technologies.
Subramaniam is with Contract Advertising till the end of this month and will join Pinstorm Technologies mostly in June.
He will report in to Murthy at Pinstorm and will hold the position of business head. Subramaniam will be responsible for looking after the business of music category.
Prior to Contract, Subramaniam worked at Ogilvy & Mather in various capacities like president at Brand David Communications, executive business director and vice president across the four stints he has had with the WPP agency. He also tried his hand at radio when he was with Radio city as a station head in Mumbai . Apart from this, he has worked with Mudra Communications (now part of The DDB Mudra Group) as account director.
He started his career with Leo Burnett in 1991 as an account director.
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Himanshu Khanna joins CKA Birla Group as group chief marketing officer: report
Former Raymond lifestyle CMO to lead group-wide brand and marketing strategy
MUMBAI: According to a media report citing industry sources, senior marketing leader Himanshu Khanna has joined CKA Birla Group as group chief marketing officer.
Khanna moves from Raymond Limited, where he served as chief marketing officer for the lifestyle division since August 2021, overseeing the marketing transformation of the company’s nearly $1 billion lifestyle business. His tenure featured a sharper consumer focus, a digital-first operating model and large-scale retail and brand modernisation.
At Raymond, Khanna led brand strategy and growth across a broad portfolio including Raymond suiting and shirting, Park Avenue, ColorPlus, Parx, Ethnix by Raymond, ready-to-wear, Raymond Home and Raymond made-to-measure. His remit also covered retail marketing, digital marketing, consumer insights, visual merchandising and brand protection.
Before joining Raymond, Khanna was business head for the FMCG division at RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, with full P&L responsibility. During this period, he scaled the snack brand Too Yumm!, drove rapid revenue growth, led the integration of Apricot Foods following its acquisition and executed a business turnaround.
Khanna’s career spans over three decades across global consumer companies, with senior leadership roles at Beam Suntory, Wrigley, PepsiCo, Cadbury and Nestlé.
Widely regarded as a seasoned marketing operator, Khanna is a familiar presence at leading industry forums and is considered among the most in-demand marketing leaders in the country.
