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Raghav Rekhi to head Mars chocolate business in India
MUMBAI: Mars International India has appointed Raghav Rekhi to lead the marketing operations for the chocolate business in India as the marketing director with effect from August 2013.
In his new role, Raghav will develop and implement marketing strategies for the brand to achieve company’s growth and promotional objectives. He will also further work towards establishing the Mars brand as a global and local market leader.
Raghav comes to Mars International India with significant experience and a proven track record. He has 14 years of experience with Mars, Inc. and has held a number of marketing and sales management roles in various parts of the world during his tenure with the company globally.
“I’m confident that his experience in sales and marketing will help in driving our chocolate business forward in the country.” says Mars International India chocolate business general manager MV Natarajan.
In his most recent role, Raghav served as a marketing director for Mars META (Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region). Raghav has won several awards and recognitions for his work, including the global Mars Inc award for ‘The most innovative marketing campaign’.
Raghav is of Indian decent and returns to India after having spent more than 20 years across the globe.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
