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MakeMyTrip appoints Sameer Bajaj as head of corporate affairs & communications
Mumbai: Online travel company MakeMyTrip has announced the appointment of Sameer Bajaj as head of corporate affairs and communications.
A multifaceted corporate communications and corporate affairs expert, Bajaj has been in senior leadership roles across varied industries including sports, real-life entertainment, direct-selling and ed-tech.
During his career spanning over 20 years, he has played a critical role in building corporate brand reputation, managing crisis communication, and leading external & internal communications for global brands such as Discovery, Amway, ESPN STAR Sports and most recently, WhiteHat Jr.
Welcoming and congratulating Sameer on joining the team, group chief marketing officer Sunil Suresh shared, “We have a very exciting time ahead of us and I am thrilled to welcome Sameer to steer and drive our communications and corporate affairs strategy. I am confident that Sameer’s rich and diverse corporate and consumer experience will be invaluable as we continue to solidify our positioning in India and GCC.”
“I am excited to be part of such a purpose-led organisation. MakeMyTrip Ltd is uniquely placed – as it has the verve of a start-up, and yet the stability of a mature process-oriented organisation,” said Sameer Bajaj.
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.
