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From menstrual hygiene to career counselling; Lodestar UM concludes another satisfying chapter of Impact Day
MUMBAI: Giving back to the society is an integral part of Lodestar UM. So every year the agency shuts its offices on a work day and every employee engage in philanthropic work across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
This year from educating destitute women on menstrual hygiene to helping children in government aided schools to make the right career choices, the Lodestar UM teams came together in full force to make a difference in their own small way to the theme of Better World.
Originally launched in 2016, the Lodestar UM Impact Day strives to bring its employees together in the spirit of Care and Community. It is the Agency’s annual day of service where all its employees go to work; but this time to restore and revitalize the communities they live and work in
“For us, this single day marks the beginning of a whole new year of commitment. Being conscious of what’s happening around us and finding solutions to create a better world is at the heart of our philosophy as an agency. I want to thank each one of my colleagues for the collective passion and goodwill they bring to this initiative. Their enthusiasm was heartwarming. Therefore, every year Impact Day turns out to be a day of fulfillment and achievement of a very different kind”, said, Nandini Dias, CEO, Lodestar UM.
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.
