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Greg Joswaik replaces Phil Schiller as new marketing head for Apple
NEW DELHI: Apple Inc long term marketing head Phil Schiller has been replaced by Greg Joswaik on Tuesday. Schiller will be leaving his post as senior vice president of worldwide marketing to become an Apple Fellow but will retain leadership of the app store. Whereas Joswiak, who previously handled the marketing of Apple’s products will take over for Schiller as senior vice president of worldwide marketing.
Schiller who is often seen on-stage introducing new Apple products, will continue to oversee Apple’s event.
Schiller has been associated with Apple for the last 30 years and has witnessed the company’s struggles in the mid-1990s and its ascendance after the return of co-founder Steve Jobs in 1996. Apart from Apple’s marketing, Schiller also guided the company’s products and served as one of the few public faces authorized to speak freely for the company.
“I’ll keep working here as long as they will have me. I bleed six colours, but I also want to make some time in the years ahead for my family, friends, and a few personal projects I care deeply about,” Schiller said in a statement.
Lately, the company has come under criticism from developers who say its fees and rules create an uneven playing field to compete with the iPhone maker. Schiller has overseen the App Store since 2015.
Joswiak who is replacing Schiller comes with over 2 decades of experience and has been a veteran of Apple. He was handling the marketing for the original iPod and iPad. He will report to chief executive Tim Cook.
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.
