Nike ups Gangopdhyay, appoints Avinash Pant as India marketing head

MUMBAI: Nike India has promoted Sanjay Gangopdhyay as marketing head for South East Asia. He was earlier marketing head for Nike India.

The company has appointed Avinash Pant to replace Gangopdhyay.

Pant‘s last assignment was with Walt Disney where he was executive director – marketing. He had resigned from Walt Disney about two months ago.

Prior to Walt Disney, Pant was with Coca-Cola where he spent 14 years working across various functions and gained experience in marketing and in building brands. He also has experience in strategic marketing, category and brand management, innovation, media planning and buying, consumer activation and sales.