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Modi Naturals onboards Mukesh Ghuraiya as chief marketing officer
Mumbai: FMCG major Modi Naturals, known for its edible oil brand, Oleev has appointed Mukesh Ghuraiya as chief marketing officer (CMO).
In his new role, Ghuraiya will be responsible for the end-to-end development and implementation of the marketing and brand strategy of the company. He will also handle the New Product Development section at Modi Naturals.
Modi Naturals managing director Akshay Modi said, “Mukesh is a seasoned marketing leader and comes with an impressive record of delivering results for companies at significant points of their growth. He is a perfect choice for Modi Naturals, and we are certain that Mukesh will elevate our go-to-market strategy and continue to augment our company’s growth with a new and innovative consumer-focused approach.”
Ghuraiya joins the company with hands-on experience of 13 years in brand and category management. He has cross-industry expertise having worked across various industries including consumer products, luxury retail, smartphone, and media. An MBA in Marketing from MICA, Ahmedabad, he has worked as a category manager with Philips India in his previous assignment and also headed the marketing for Rado Watches in India.
Talking about his new role, Ghuraiya said, “I am thrilled to join Modi Naturals and its leadership team at such a pivotal time as the organisation is scaling up its Innovation & Brand Marketing initiatives. The organisation is also getting into newer categories in the RTC/RTE space. I look forward to adding further momentum & resilience to the marketing function at Modi Naturals.”
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.
