Brands
Jubilant FoodWorks hands Domino’s operations to Avneet Singh Puri
MUMBAI: Jubilant FoodWorks has appointed Avneet Singh Puri as executive vice-president and head of operations for Domino’s India and South Asia, reinforcing leadership as the pizza chain accelerates expansion across the region.
Puri will oversee end-to-end operations, with a focus on scale, efficiency and customer experience across Domino’s fast-growing footprint.
He joins from Airtel, where he spent nearly a decade in senior roles, including executive vice-president and head of sales and distribution, chief executive of the home delivery organisation, and chief executive for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. At Airtel, he managed large P&Ls and led wide-ranging operational transformations.
Earlier in his career, Puri held senior leadership roles at BD and Vodafone, building experience across operations, sales, distribution and market expansion.
The appointment underscores Jubilant FoodWorks’ focus on operational discipline as it pushes growth across India and neighbouring markets.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
