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Mindshare North America appoints Rolf Olsen as chief data officer
MUMBAI: Mindshare North America has appointed Rolf Olsen as chief data officer. Olsen will lead the agency’s Marketing Sciences group, a team of more than 70 advanced analytics professionals across North America, and will drive new tools and data partnerships for The Loop, Mindshare’s adaptive marketing engine.
Olsen will report to Mindshare North America CEO Colin Kinsella.
“Data is the lifeblood to a media agency, to turn insights into real-time action, and optimize our clients’ media investments. Rolf’s not afraid to the push boundaries of what’s possible and move quickly on it. He has the kind of grit – the perseverance – that we look for in our talent, and the creative thinking that helps us make media a competitive advantage for our clients,” said Kinsella.
Olsen joins the agency from global digital performance agency iProspect, and has run Marketing Sciences teams across Carat, Copernicus, and iProspect for the past seven years. As SVP, he transformed the capability, leading the integration of several departments to achieve better data management and reporting, and delivering large organic growth. Among other things, he also launched the agency’s new reporting and optimization suite.
“Data and insights are the cornerstones of everything Mindshare does. I’m excited by the great work they’re doing across The LOOP and the entire Marketing Sciences team – I can’t wait to join in,” added Olsen.
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Dish TV shareholders approve three independent directors
99.49 per cent vote of confidence strengthens board as company expands into connected TV, e-commerce and OTT.
MUMBAI: Dish TV has just been served a near-perfect vote of confidence and the shareholders have dished it out in style. Shareholders of the DTH operator have approved the appointment of three new Independent Directors with an overwhelming 99.49 per cent approval. The three appointees are Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, Ms Heena Naishadh Bhatt and Mr Ashok Anant Paranjpe.
The strong mandate reflects continued investor faith in the company’s strategy, disciplined execution and long-term value creation. It comes as Dish TV focuses on stabilising its core DTH business while actively scaling new verticals connected TV platform VZY, B2B e-commerce ShopZop, and OTT service Watcho to build a more diversified and resilient growth trajectory.
Dish TV India Limited, CEO & executive director Manoj Dhobhal said, “We are encouraged by the shareholders’ approval of the appointment of the Independent Directors and sincerely thank them for their continued trust and confidence. The Board is already benefiting from the Directors’ collective experience, which will further sharpen strategic focus and support disciplined execution.”
With a fresh, strengthened board in place, Dish TV is well positioned to navigate the evolving media landscape. In a sector where every percentage point matters, a 99.49 per cent thumbs-up is the kind of ringing endorsement that suggests the company’s recipe for the future is already tasting right.
