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O&M promotes Renuka Jaypal to chairman Ogilvy Indonesia
MUMBAI: Former OgivlyOne Worldwide president in India Renuka Jaypal has been promoted to chairman Ogilvy Indonesia, with effect from early June this year.
Commenting on the appointment, executive chairman and national creative director Piyush Pandey says, “This well deserved move is yet another example of India’s ability to export expertise into the region and I wish Renuka all the success as she prepares to make this next step.”
Speaking to Indiantelevision.com Jaypal says that as part of her responsibilty she would oversea the operations of the individual units including OgilvyOne, Oglivy PR and Ogilvy Activation.
Jaypal in her second stint returned to Ogilvy in 1999 to service Parle, Asahi and what was then the MaxTouch account.
She was designated to national business director – telecom in 2002, and headed the Pan-India 360 team that launched the Hutch brand which grew to become a 360 flagship business for Ogilvy India and win many accolades including ‘Campaign and Client of the year’ for consecutive years.
In 2004 she took on the additional responsibility of OgilvyOne India as president handling the offline and digital business.
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Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR:Â Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
