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Gaurang Menon appointed NCD for Madison Digital
MUMBAI: Madison Digital has appointed Gaurang Menon as its national creative director.
Gaurang will report to Vishal Chinchankar, chief digital officer and will be based in Mumbai.
Gaurang comes with a wealth of experience in digital communication across agencies such as iContract, Quasar (GroupM), Leo Burnett, BC Webwise and Mediaturf and has worked on a wide range of brands such as Kellogs, Sunsilk GangofGirls, Jet Airways, Cleartrip, Microsoft, Reliance Communications, Honda Motors, Nestle, Twinings, Dettol, Durex, UTI MF, HSBC, Garnier India, Kissan, Pureit and Vaseline.
Madison Chief Digital Officer Vishal Chinchankar says, “We are very happy to have Gaurang on board. Our aim is to be a significant player in the creative tech and content ecosystem of India. His experience in the area of content and smart creative tech solutions will add to our existing proficiency in media performance and we will be able to offer holistic solutions to our clients. I am confident that Gaurang, with his experience and expertise, will help us take this ambition forward.”
Says Gaurang Menon on his appointment, “It’s a pleasure and honour to be a part of Madison – a name most of us first heard of when we entered advertising. Madison’s collaborative work environment, exciting list of brands, and a digital creative first approach is very exciting to be in at the moment. I’ve known Vishal since my first job in digital advertising and am pleased to partner with him in his future growth plan for Madison Digital.”
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.
