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Pepsi looks at cashing in on the ICC Champions Trophy fever
MUMBAI: After IPL6, Pepsi has launched its all new social media campaign ‘Road to champions‘ for cricket fans remembering the defining moments in cricket history.
Through this campaign, fans will get an opportunity to take participation in application based in Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Users can create graphics to earn higher points and tweet their favorite movement ‘Oh yes Abhi!‘ which will help them to move ahead on the virtual road to ICC champion‘s trophy.
Inaugurating the campaign is a Pepsi tweet up led by Harsha bhogle. The tweets need to be addressed with #Road2Champions to qualify in the contest. The contest is divided into four phases. For the first four days and at the end of each day the winner will be announced. On Day six, top 20 players from the leader board will be declared, the users have to gain support from their friends and followers for points. On Day seven, Harsha Bhogle will tweet the winner‘s name.
At the end of the contest, the top scorer will get a chance to win a ticket to London and toss the coin at the Finals of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Speaking on the launch, PepsiCo India senior director marketing (Colas, Juices & Hydration) Homi Battiwalla said, “With the launch of the Pepsi ‘Road To Champions‘ we are taking our journey of fan engagement on digital platforms to the next level. We aim to create meaningful conversations around the sport with this activity, by engaging our fans with an opportunity to share their memorable moments on cricket. Pepsi as a brand strongly identifies with cricket in India and this year‘s Pepsi IPL activation cemented that association. The “Pepsi Tweet 20″ and the ‘The Great Indian Catch‘ were immensely popular campaigns that made Pepsi the most talked about brand online during the tournament. Keeping our success trajectory as a benchmark, we are hoping to multiply our engagement with consumers online with this campaign.”
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
