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Sheel Saket quits Euro RSCG India
MUMBAI: Sheel Saket, Euro RSCG India (Delhi) vice-president, client servicing, has decided to move on after a nearly four-year stint, to start his own venture related to brand communications.
Saket has been battling health issues for about three months and finally decided he needed to bid adieu to his advertising career.
Saket informed indiantelevision.com, “I have spent a fruitful four years here and now feel the need to move on. I feel it is now time to go beyond the advertising norms and venture into something innovative.”
He revealed that he plans to start something related to brand communications that explores more innovative and creative measures. The announcement of his new venture may be expected in the very near future.
Saket has almost 16 years of industry experience during which he worked on the marketing side briefly before starting his agency career. He worked with Denver-based telecom company Executive TeleCard for around a year and a half before joining McCann Erickson Delhi as account manager in 1998.
After spending four years at McCann Erickson Saket moved to JWT in 2003 and was involved with brands like Pizza Hut, Monte Carlo and Hero Cycles here. He then shifted to Ogilvy India a couple of years later. Here he handled clients such as LG, Maruti, Dabur, Nestle, Schnieder, Oswal and WWF.
After three years at Ogilvy, Saket moved to Euro RSCG in 2008. While at Euro, he managed several key accounts including Voltas, Volvo, makemytrip.com, NewsX, Future Brands, Max New York Life, Quest Diagnostic, Government of Gabon and Cyberwalk.
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
