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ISA global CEO conference 2022 focuses on VUCA 2.0
Mumbai: The Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) is organising the third edition of The ISA Global CEO Conference on ‘VUCA 2.0: Transforming Organisations and Brands.’ The conference is scheduled for 22 August 2022 at ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai.
VUCA 2.0 is characterised by incredibly high volatility, tremendous uncertainty, huge complexity, and unfathomable ambiguity.
This conference will focus on addressing the issues faced by organisations and brands with inputs from experts featuring a galaxy of global and Indian CEOs.
Some of the distinguished keynote speakers include: Unilever PLC chief people & transformation officer and Hindustan Unilever (Live Virtual) chairman Nitin Paranjpe; World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) president and Mastercard (Live Virtual)-healthcare division’s chief marketing & communications officer and president Raja Rajamannar; and Procter & Gamble Company chief operating officer Shailesh Jejurikar. Their keynote speeches will be related to different aspects of the conference theme.
In addition to this, the half-day conference will also feature a panel discussion by distinguished Indian CEOs giving an Indian perspective on the conference theme. The half-day event is also expected to have senior management from marketing, media, and creative agencies and leaders who are driving a transformational change agenda in their businesses in attendance.
Speaking about the idea behind this year’s theme, Raymond Lifestyle CEO and ISA chairman Sunil Kataria said, “Change is going to be our only constant and the landscape we work in is shifting continuously. Every change sows the seeds for a greater transformation, provided we are able to navigate through it as compared to being overwhelmed by it . With the best minds in the industry coming together for this conference, we hope to find some answers and return richer with valuable insights.”
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
