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Madison Media gets Gautam Kiyawat to replace Punitha as Group CEO
MUMBAI: Madison Media has appointed Gautam Kiyawat as CEO – Madison Media Group. He will replace Punitha Arumugam who is joining Google India.
Kiyawat moves in from Research in Motion (Blackberry), where he was senior director – head of marketing operations, APAC region.
Kiyawat has experience in media, marketing and communications spanning over 17 years in markets like India, South East Asia and US. A graduate from IIM Bangalore, he started his career with Procter & Gamble in India in 1995. In 2002 he moved for Phillips where he worked for two years before joining News Corp (Star TV), South East Asia. In 2009 he joined a digital creative media company named AdVerb.
Madison World chairman and managing director Sam Balsara said, “I am delighted to have Gautam join us. His cross market experience of managing brands, media companies and a digital startup are all very relevant to the exciting future we see for Madison. I am sure he will add a lot of value to Madison Media clients and bring a fresh new holistic business perspective”.
Kiyawat will be based in Mumbai. “It is fantastic to be joining an organisation that I have respected immensely as a client for its expertise, its values and for always being guided by doing the right thing. Along with Sam, Sriram and the Madison team I look forward to an exciting time in building on the momentum and taking Madison to greater heights,” he said.
Madison alumnus D.Sriram is also joining Madison Media as a consulting director and will spend approximately one week every month advising on agency operations, and will also be available for key clients. Sriram was Madison‘s first media director in 1995. After that he has worked with DMB&B and Starcom Mediavest Group to eventually become APAC CEO for Starcom Mediavest Group. Sriram also had a stint as COO, China for Aegis Group, and for the last 18 months has been operating as an independent consultant to startup agencies and media companies across the region.
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
