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Hinduja Group appoints Diana Monteiro to lead brand and communications
MUMBAI: Hinduja Group has named Diana Monteiro as its new vice president – branding and communications, drawing on a career that cuts sharply across financial services, insurance and media. Monteiro steps in with a reputation for building brands that speak boldly, act decisively and land impact where it matters.
She previously led communication mandates at Star Health and Allied Insurance, Shriram Finance, Shriram Housing Finance and Magma Fincorp (Poonawalla Fincorp), layering in stints at Fitch Ratings, HDFC Bank and a newsroom grounding from Bloomberg TV India, ET Now and Crisil S&P Global. From brand strategy and content to investor relations and digital reputation, her portfolio reads like a blueprint for corporate storytelling done right.
At Star Health, she sharpened the insurer’s voice in a crowded market, while her role as chief brand storyteller at Shriram cemented her flair for crafting narratives that move both markets and minds. Her time at Fitch, HDFC Bank and Crisil added the analytical edge required to navigate investor sentiment and corporate credibility with precision.
Monteiro’s appointment signals Hinduja Group’s intent to recalibrate its brand for a global audience—sleeker, sharper and more future-facing. With her at the helm, the Group’s communications engine looks set to shift gears and hit the fast lane.
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Ember Cookware appoints Amit Singh as chief of supply chain
10-year veteran to lead operations as brand scales across D2C, quick commerce and retail.
MUMBAI: Ember just handed its supply chain the perfect seasoning because when your cookware is non-toxic and non-stick, the operations behind it better be fast and flawless. Ember Cookware has appointed Amit Singh as chief of supply chain and Services, bolstering its leadership team at a pivotal growth phase. Singh brings over a decade of experience in supply chain strategy, operations and large-scale network buildouts.
He began his career at Singapore-based retail giant Giant Hypermarket before joining Pharmeasy in 2015, where he played a foundational role in building and scaling its pan-India supply chain across B2B and B2C channels. At API Holdings, he later led supply chain operations for North India, managing end-to-end execution across complex, multi-city networks.
In his new role, Amit will oversee Ember’s complete supply chain and service ecosystem including sourcing, manufacturing coordination, logistics, last-mile delivery, post-purchase support and workforce development. His mandate focuses on building cost-efficient, resilient operations that shorten fulfilment times, strengthen inventory management and deliver a consistently high-quality consumer experience as the brand expands nationally.
Ember Cookware co-founder & CEO Siddharth Gadodia said, “Supply chain is where growth either holds or breaks. As we scale across channels and geographies, we need operations that are efficient, resilient, and built for speed, without ever compromising on the consumer experience. Amit has done this before, at real scale.”
Ember Cookware co-founder & CMO Himanshi Tandon added, “As we scale, supply chain efficiency becomes as important as product and brand. Amit’s mandate is to build the operational foundations that make our promise consistent at scale.”
Amit Singh commented, “Ember is building something genuinely different, a category-defining brand with a clear purpose and the ambition to match. I’m looking forward to building supply chain infrastructure that doesn’t just keep pace with growth, but enables it.”
The appointment forms part of Ember’s broader push to deepen leadership across key functions as it invests in its Innovation Lab, proprietary material technologies and operational backbone to support national expansion.
In a kitchenware world where non-stick promises are easy but delivery is hard, Ember isn’t just cooking up products, it’s cooking up an operation that keeps every promise sizzling from factory to fork.
