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Speaker lineup at Goafest 2016 shows great promise
New Delni, 31 March: For those in the media, advertising and marketing sector, attendance at Goafest has become compulsory for the sheer number of people they get to interact with and perhaps finalise deals with.
And this is apart from the knowledge imparted by veterans and even newcomers in these fields.
Goafest 2016, which is less than a week away will come to grips with some of the major problems facing these sectors and speakers from across the sectors will give their viewpoint. The organisers promise that this year’sexemplary speaker’s line-up at Goafest is set provide an enriching experience by emerging as a great melting pot of ideas and vision.
Presented by the Advertising Club and AAAI, the Goafest ABBYs 2016 will be held from 7 to 9 April at The Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, North Goa.
This year, industry stalwarts will include some innovators like Crispin Porter and Bogusky Strategy head Benny Thomas, FCB Global CEO Carter Murray, ace Indian filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar, and leading filmmaker and advertising guru and Mullen Lowe Lintas group Chairman R Balki.
Sri Lankan Minister of Ports and Shipping and former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga will be seen in conversation with veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai,
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.
