MAM
Leo Burnett appoints Suvadip Ghosh Mazumdar as VP for Mumbai
MUMBAI: Leo Burnett has appointed Suvadip Ghosh Mazumdar as vice president at the Mumbai office.
Mazumdar, who has over 12 years of varied experience as a marketer, moves in from Virgin Mobile India, where he was head — consumer and marketing insight.
LB India Subcontinent chairman and CEO Arvind Sharma said, “Leo Burnett advertising is about building brands the Human Kind way, not just through ads but also acts. Suvadip’s consumer insights orientation is invaluable to our Human Kind thought process for brands. He adds strength to our team for developing holistic and actionable plans that transform human behavior.”
Mazumdar started his career as a consumer market researcher at Quantum Market Research in Mumbai. At Quantum, he worked on brands such as Marico, Colgate Palmolive, Tata Motors and ITC.
From Quantum, Mazumdar moved to Draftfcb Ulka as group manager (account planning) for two years.
After a stint in brand planning at FCB Ulka for Hero Honda, HCL and Godfrey Phillips, Mazumdar moved to Virgin Mobile’s Consumer Insights Department.
Mazumdar later became head of the Tata Teleservices consumer insights team as a result of the Virgin and Tata merger.
Mazumdar says, “I have always enjoyed connecting with the end consumer. Hearing what they say and listening to what they really mean. Without missing out on this passion, moving to a mainstream business role has always been a dream. That is what Leo Burnett has offered me.”
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.
