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MEC Interaction picks Ritesh Singh as national director
MUMBAI: MEC India has appointed Ritesh Singh as head of digital. He will be designated as MEC Interaction national director.
Singh moves in from Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) where he was business head – India for SMG Digital He will report to MEC MD India T Gangadhar and GroupM Interactions – South Asia managing partner Tushar Vyas.
Vyas said, “Ritesh comes to MEC with unrivalled pedigree in managing the digital marketing services business and has the right blend of diversified media experience. We are delighted to have him lead MEC‘s digital agenda and help deliver integrated communications planning for our brands.”
Singh said, “I am excited to join MEC and thrilled to have an opportunity to work for some of the best brands in the country. In these exciting times for digital media, I look forward to work with MEC‘s talented digital team to create new benchmarks.”
Singh comes in with over 13 years of experience in activation and digital. Prior to SMG, he has also worked with Samsung, Aircel, Western Union, General Motors, SAB Miller and Himalaya.
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.
