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Pinterest opens new office in Singapore
MUMBAI: Today Pinterest is proud to announce the official opening of its Singapore office. This is the second office for Pinterest in the region and it will be servicing South East Asia and India as part of the company’s expanding work in APAC. Pinterest also has a team in Japan based in its Tokyo office, which opened in 2013.
Starting with a small team of local talent, Ayumi Nakajima, Country Manager, South East Asia and India, will focus on increasing growth in the region. The team will also support relationships with brands and publishers and make sure Pinterest offers the best localized experience for people from different cultures throughout the region.
“Pinterest has a growing, passionate audience across APAC who are using Pinterest for inspiration to create a life they love,” said Ayumi Nakajima, Country Manager, South East Asia and India. “There is a great opportunity for brands, publishers and creators on Pinterest to connect with these engaged users when they’re considering what to do or buy next. With a team based in Singapore, we’ll be able to offer an even more relevant experience for our Pinners in one of our fastest growing regions. So no matter where you’re from, Pinterest is serving you ideas that feel personalized for you.”
APAC is one of the fastest growing regions for Pinterest with millions of people currently using the platform each month, a number that has increased by more than 50% over the past year (June 2018 to June 2019). People in these countries are also saving more than 7 million ideas on Pinterest each day.
The Pinterest Singapore team has already been working with regional partners such as Vogue India and Miss Malini in India and MasakTV, Tastemade and Femina Magazine in Indonesia. MasakTV partnered with Pinterest during Ramadan season this year, helping Pinners in Indonesia find inspiration for recipes to break their fast. In just six weeks, the campaign doubled MasakTV’s Indonesian audience, including a new audience of younger, female Pinners—a different audience from who MasakTV typically reaches on other platforms.
Unlike other platforms, where the focus is on friends, Pinterest is where people go to focus on themselves. More than 250 million people around the world come to Pinterest each month to plan their future—including what to eat for dinner, what products to buy, where to travel and how to decorate their homes.
More than half of people on Pinterest come from outside the United States, and international growth is one of Pinterest’s top priorities. Pinterest’s new Singapore office is the company’s next step in its ongoing commitment to deliver locally relevant inspiration to Pinners around the world.
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Coca-Cola appoints Tapaswee Chandele as Global Chief People Officer
Succeeds Lisa Chang from May 1, reports to CEO Henrique Braun
MUMBAI- When leadership refreshes, culture often follows and The Coca-Cola Company is pouring a new mix into its global people strategy. The company has appointed Tapaswee Chandele as its Global Chief People Officer, marking a key transition in its human resources leadership as long-time executive Lisa Chang steps down after seven years in the role.
The appointment, effective May 1, positions Chandele at the helm of Coca-Cola’s global people agenda at a time when multinational organisations are rethinking talent, culture and leadership pipelines in an increasingly hybrid and competitive workforce landscape.
In her new role, she will report to chief executive officer Henrique Braun, signalling the strategic importance of HR within the company’s top leadership structure.
Chandele brings over two decades of institutional knowledge to the role. She currently serves as senior vice president and executive assistant to president and chief financial officer John Murphy, a position she has held since May 2025, placing her at the centre of the company’s financial and operational decision-making. Prior to this, she spent six years, from 2019 to 2025, as senior vice president of global talent, development and HR system partnerships, where she led Coca-Cola’s worldwide talent strategy and worked closely within Chang’s leadership team.
Her journey with Coca-Cola began in 2001 in India, and over the years she has built a cross-market perspective through roles spanning human resources and talent development. Her international assignments across Turkiye and South Africa, followed by a relocation to the United States in 2017, reflect a career shaped by both geographic and functional diversity, an increasingly critical trait for global leadership roles.
The transition also marks the end of Lisa Chang’s seven-year tenure, during which she played a central role in shaping Coca-Cola’s global people practices through a period defined by organisational transformation and evolving workforce expectations.
Chandele’s elevation comes at a time when HR is no longer a back-office function but a strategic driver of growth, culture and resilience. As Coca-Cola looks ahead, the focus will likely be on aligning talent strategy with business agility ensuring that the people behind the brand remain as globally adaptive as the product itself.
