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Kensico Digital appoints Hemant Patel as director data services
MUMBAI: Digital marketing firm Kenscio Digital Marketing has appointed Hemant Patel to the post of director data services for its Mumbai operations.
This move is part of the company‘s expansion plans in India to stay abreast with the industry which is projected to grow to Rs 2.5 billion in the next two years.
According to an official communique from the company, Kenscio is looking at doubling its headcount by 2015 by tapping into the world class engineering and digital marketing talent pool available.
Kenscio Digital co-founder and CEO Manjunatha K.G said, “Today we are positioned to address the growing need in the digital direct marketing space across the country and this expansion represents the next phase in Kenscio‘s growth strategy. With our larger presence, we are now better equipped to cater to more than 50 per cent of this market with broader and depth of solutions and services.”
Kenscio Digital co-founder and vice president marketing Saurav Patnaik added, “We are completely aware of the positive impact talented employees have on customers, more-so now with Indian CEOs, CIOs and CMOs beginning to discover the value of DDM. Kenscio‘s aggressive growth plans, not just covers the Indian market, but global markets such as Australia as well.”
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.
