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mOne appoints Vishal Chinchankar as director
MUMBAI: GroupM’s mOne is looking at strengthening its core team and has taken the first step towards that by appointing Vishal Chinchankar as director. Chinchankar will be based at mOne’s Mumbai office. mOne caters to the Internet, mobile and digital media space.
Chinchankar, who took charge as of today (10 January) will be reporting to mOne business director Tushar Vyas.
Chinchankar comes to mOne from Mediaturf, where he spent three years as senior manager. Prior to that he was with Myiris.com. He was also involved in space selling at Business World and Indian Express for five years.
Speaking to indiantelevision.com about the new appointment, Vyas says, “We are strengthening our team in all the cities as part of our expansion plans. The Internet and mobile space is growing and so is the business. We are also looking at hiring more people in the near future.”
On the other hand, Chinchankar says, “This was something exciting that came my way and was an excellent opportunity for me to prove myself, whether it is in the online planning, buying or implementation areas at mOne.”
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.
