Brands
NeoNiche names Sheraz Hasan to leadership board for Apac growth
MUMBAI: NeoNiche Integrated Solutions is sharpening its Asia-Pacific ambitions with the appointment of Sheraz Hasan to its leadership board. The move signals a clear intent from the experiential marketing specialist to scale faster across one of the world’s most dynamic regions.
Hasan brings heavyweight credentials to the table. As former head of marketing for Amazon Web Services across Asia Pacific and Japan, he spent nearly a decade building the engines that fuelled AWS’s growth across APJ and India. From go-to-market strategy to cracking high-growth markets, his playbook is well tested.
For NeoNiche, the timing could not be better. The company, known for blending technology with immersive brand experiences, sees Singapore and the wider Asean region as a springboard for global expansion. Digitally savvy audiences, cultural diversity and fast-moving markets make the region fertile ground for bold brand storytelling.
“Sheraz brings a rare mix of large-scale platform thinking and deep regional insight,” said NeoNiche founder and CEO Prateek N. Kumar. “His perspective on account-based marketing, ecosystem building and expansion into new markets will be critical as we enter our next phase.”
Hasan, for his part, sees a company ready to stretch its wings. “NeoNiche has the ingredients to redefine its category,” he said. “Scaling today is about balancing global ambition with local intelligence, especially in high-potential markets like ASEAN. I am excited to help build that momentum.”
The appointment underlines NeoNiche’s growth-first mindset as it doubles down on creative engagement, technology-led solutions and a truly global outlook. In a crowded marketing landscape, the agency is betting that the right leadership can turn regional opportunity into worldwide impact.
Brands
Lululemon picks former Nike executive to be its next chief
Heidi O’Neill, who helped grow Nike into a $45 billion giant, will take the top job in September
CANADA: Lululemon has found its next chief executive, and she comes with serious credentials. The athleisure giant named Heidi O’Neill as its new CEO on Wednesday, ending a search that has left the company running on interim leadership since earlier this year. O’Neill will take charge on September 8, 2026, based out of Vancouver, and will join the board on the same day.
O’Neill brings more than three decades of experience across performance apparel, footwear and sport. The bulk of that time was spent at Nike, where she was a central figure in one of corporate sport’s great growth stories, helping take the company from a $9 billion business to a $45 billion global powerhouse. She oversaw product pipelines, brand strategy and consumer connections, and played a significant role in shaping how Nike spoke to athletes around the world. Earlier in her career, she worked in marketing for the Dockers brand at Levi Strauss. She also brings boardroom experience from Spotify Technology, Hyatt Hotels and Lithia and Driveway.
The board was unequivocal in its enthusiasm. “We selected Heidi because of the breadth of her experience, her demonstrated success delivering breakthrough ideas and initiatives at scale, and her ability to be a knowledgeable change and growth agent,” said Marti Morfitt, executive chair of Lululemon’s board.
O’Neill, for her part, was bullish. “Lululemon is an iconic brand with something rare: genuine guest love, a product ethos rooted in innovation, and a global platform still in the early stages of its potential,” she said. “My job will be to accelerate product breakthroughs, deepen the brand’s cultural relevance, and unlock growth in markets around the world.”
Until she arrives, Meghan Frank and André Maestrini will continue as interim co-CEOs, before returning to their previous senior leadership roles once O’Neill steps in.
Lululemon is betting that a Nike veteran who helped build one of the world’s most powerful sports brands can do something similar for an athleisure label that has genuine love from its customers but is still chasing its full global potential. O’Neill has done it before at scale. The question now is whether she can do it again.
