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Former Deloitte CMO Teresa Barreira joins Publicis.Sapient
MUMBAI: Publicis.Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe focussed on partnering with clients to advance their business performance, has appointed Teresa Barreira as the company’s new chief marketing officer (CMO).
Barreira is a senior leader with experience at consulting and technology firms including Deloitte, Accenture and IBM. She joins Publicis.Sapient from Deloitte Consulting, where she was CMO, bringing over two decades of global, business-to-business marketing experience in the IT and professional services industries with expertise in brand building and reinvention, digital and agile marketing, omni-channel and client-centric strategies.
As CMO at Publicis.Sapient, Barreira will oversee the global marketing function across 100-plus offices with responsibility for market strategy, client experience, brand and corporate communication.
Barreira will be a member of the Publicis.Sapient executive leadership team, supporting business growth and working to solidify Publicis.Sapient’s position as an industry leader in digital business transformation—bringing together the experience design, technology and consulting expertise of SapientRazorfish and Sapient Consulting. She will work to support greater integration across its capabilities, establish market differentiation, transform its relationship with clients and attract the best industry talent.
The appointment marks the next step in Publicis.Sapient’s focus on delivering clients’ transformation initiatives through its unique combination of technology, data sciences, creativity and deep industry expertise. Barreira will report to Nigel Vaz, Publicis Groupe executive committee member, global lead digital business transformation and CEO of Publicis.Sapient International.
Said Vaz, “Teresa has a tremendous track record as a senior leader with large technology and consulting firms, building strong market leadership and differentiation as well as leading high-performance global teams. Her vast experience and wealth of expertise make her the perfect person to help drive Publicis.Sapient forward and to ensure our continued recognition as a market leader accelerating our clients’ businesses by ensuring they successfully reimagine and transform their business for the digital age.”
“I’m excited to join Publicis.Sapient at an important time in its evolution. Publicis.Sapient has an unmatched track record in helping businesses to reinvent themselves for the digital age. As the worlds of marketing, technology and consulting converge, and as clients look to keep pace with changing consumer expectations, partners in these efforts are more important than ever. I’m thrilled to be joining such a renowned market leader as Publicis.Sapient and for the opportunity to make significant impact for our clients at a time of such unprecedented opportunity,” said Barreira.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
