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Razorfish’s Jonny Stark confirmed as speaker for Goafest 2015
MUMBAI: Razorfish senior vice president, Asia Pacific – head of brand and real time marketing Jonny Stark will be a speaker at Goafest 2015. Stark, will speak at the fest on 10 April, 2015 on how creativity in real time is important with the changing face of digital.
An experienced speaker and commentator, Stark has contributed articles to various industry publications including PR Week (UK) and AdNews (Australia), as well as has appeared on panels, like AVCAL, delivering keynotes, most recently at the Informa Social Media Conference and running workshop sessions, such as on driving true engagement at this year’s Adobe Symposium.
Razorfish India CEO Charulata Ravi Kumar said, “It gives us great pleasure that Razorfish is represented at Goafest 2015 by Jonny Stark. With his experience and passion for technology and driving relevant, innovative and highly contextual social connect with consumers, it would be an experience you wouldn’t want to miss. Having worked closely with & knowing Jonny, I am personally looking forward to his session, which I am sure will give rise to stimulating conversations.”
Stark has been trained as a journalist and has worked for music titles and lifestyle magazines before moving into public relations. As his digital knowledge expanded, he left the world of PR and joined Razorfish London, in the planning department as a planning lead, specialising in social and content. After over a decade in digital, he has run accounts at a global, EMEA, APAC, UK and Australia level and developed strategies for household brands like Samsung, eBay, Emirates and McDonald’s, thus having a broad range of experience in a variety of markets.
Stark said, “India is going through very exciting times. I am excited to be part of the India transformation story along with Razorfish India, and looking forward to interacting with some of the best minds in the country at Goafest.”
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Collective Artists Network reshuffles talent leadership
Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee take expanded roles in core division.
MUMBAI: Collective Artists Network just handed the talent baton to its homegrown stars because when your agents have been building careers this long, it’s time to let them run the show. Collective Artists Network has announced the next phase of leadership for its talent management business, elevating senior agents Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee to expanded roles within the division. The move strengthens the company’s foundational talent arm while it continues to grow into content creation and production-led ventures.
Each of the three has played a significant part in shaping artist careers across films, digital platforms and brand partnerships. Together they now represent the next generation of leadership for Collective’s talent operations, with a continued focus on long-term career building, strong partnerships and adapting representation to a fast-changing media landscape.
Collective Artists Network founder and Group CEO Vijay Subramaniam remains actively involved in guiding artist strategy and key relationships. He said, “Talent management has been the foundation on which Collective was built, and that philosophy continues to guide how we grow the company. As we enter this next phase, it’s important that the people leading this business have both deep context and long-term convictions.”
Collective Artists Network partner and head of talent Janahavi Rawal added, “Collective’s talent business has always been built on trust, long-term thinking, and a deep understanding of where artists want to go next. Fiona, Jinal, and Arjun have each played an important role in shaping the careers of the artists we represent, and this phase is about empowering our senior agents further while building the right support systems around them.”
The leadership evolution reflects Collective’s belief in promoting from within and creating clear ownership across verticals. In a talent world where yesterday’s agent is tomorrow’s partner, Collective isn’t just reshuffling chairs, it’s handing the spotlight to the people who’ve been quietly directing the show all along.
