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Flipkart names Jane Duke ethics chief ahead of potential IPO
MUMBAI: Flipkart has appointed Jane Duke as chief ethics and compliance officer, strengthening its leadership ranks as the Walmart-backed ecommerce group prepares for a potential public listing.
Duke will lead the group’s ethics and compliance function, overseeing governance, regulatory compliance and risk management across Flipkart’s businesses. She joins from Tyson Foods, where she served as vice-president and associate general counsel, and earlier as chief compliance officer.
She brings nearly 30 years of experience across public-sector enforcement and enterprise compliance. At Tyson Foods, Duke handled regulatory compliance, government investigations, litigation and enterprise risk management. Earlier, she spent more than a decade at the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of Arkansas, including a stint as US attorney between 2007 and 2011.
Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said Duke’s appointment would be central to building sustainable, long-term value for stakeholders as the company scales.
The move follows a string of senior hires as Flipkart sharpens its corporate architecture ahead of a possible IPO. Recent appointments include Gunjan Bhartia as senior vice-president for business finance, former Meta executive Dan Neary to the board, Kushagra Dwivedi as director of Flipkart Ads and Balaji Thiagarajan as chief product and technology officer.
Flipkart Internet cut its losses by 37 per cent year on year to Rs 1,494 crore in FY25, while revenue rose by Rs 20,493 crore, underscoring improving operating leverage.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
