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Siddhartha Mundra appointed chief financial officer at Tata Communications
From shaping Tata Group strategy to leading finance at a global digital enabler
MUMBAI: Tata Communications has named Siddhartha Mundra as its chief financial officer. Mundra will join as chief financial officer – designate on 23 February 2026 before formally assuming the role on 1 May 2026, marking a key leadership transition for the global digital ecosystem enabler.
Mundra brings a wealth of experience from across the Tata Group. Most recently, he served as vice president at Tata Sons, contributing to the group CFO and group strategy office and helping steer the conglomerate’s financial and strategic direction.
Before joining Tata Sons, Mundra held several senior roles, including chief executive officer at Shankara Building Products, director at Fairwinds Private Equity, and associate vice president at ICICI Venture. His early career also includes a stint as software engineer at Cisco and a brief internship with Tata Administrative Services.
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and National Institute of Technology Warangal, Mundra has blended technical expertise with financial acumen throughout his career. At IIM Ahmedabad, he coordinated the Finance Fair at Confluence 2004, while at NIT Warangal he earned a gold medal in Computer Science and led the college’s technical festival.
With this appointment, Tata Communications gains a leader who connects strategy, finance, and operational insight, positioning the company for growth in the global digital ecosystem.
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Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
