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Stylework appoints Vikrant Vashisht as country head, sales & marketing
Mumbai: Co-working aggregator platform Stylework on Wednesday announced the appointment of Vikrant Vashisht as country head for sales & marketing, India and transactions, MEA.
Vashisht comes with over 19 years of experience in business development, revenue management, customer relationship management of large-scale businesses in the real estate, retail, and aviation industry.
Prior to Stylework, he worked with FirstLease, Awfis and Regus as marketing head and has experience in flexible workspaces function and operation.
“Having Vikrant on board will strengthen the brand’s positioning with outstanding creative strategies along with active community engagement,” said Stylework CEO and founder Sparsh Khandelwal. “His experience in leveraging consultative selling strategies will build relationships for the company across all target markets.”
In his new role, Vashisht said he will be overseeing sales, marketing, managing profit/revenues, results-driven planning, and quality targets. “I am looking forward to joining the Stylework team and leveraging my experience to contribute across various functions,” he added.
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Kate Rouch steps down as OpenAI Chief Marketing Officer
Marketing leader prioritises health after late-stage breast cancer diagnosis.
MUMBAI: When the toughest battle moves from the boardroom to the personal front, even the sharpest minds know it’s time to step back and focus on winning the most important fight of all. Kate Rouch, chief marketing officer at OpenAI, has announced she is stepping down from her role to focus on recovery following a diagnosis of late-stage breast cancer.
In a heartfelt LinkedIn post, Rouch revealed she was diagnosed around a year and a half ago, shortly after taking on the CMO position. Despite undergoing intensive treatment, she continued to lead the company’s marketing function through what she described as one of the most challenging periods of her career.
She explained that while she remained deeply committed to her role and team, she had reached a point where prioritising her health and recovery had become essential. Rouch called the decision difficult, noting it required acknowledging personal limits and shifting priorities. She reflected that the experience had reshaped her understanding of courage not always about pushing harder, but sometimes about stepping back to focus on long-term wellbeing, family and sustainability.
Rouch expressed gratitude to her team and colleagues for their support. She mentioned that Gary will step in to help lead the function and recruit a successor. She plans to support the transition and remains open to returning in a different capacity in the future, depending on her health.
Prior to joining OpenAI, Rouch served as the first chief marketing officer at Coinbase and spent over a decade at Meta, where she was vice president and global head of brand and product marketing.
She also thanked well-wishers for their messages and shared that stories from fellow survivors had a meaningful impact during her treatment journey.
In the high-stakes world of tech marketing, Kate Rouch has always been known for her strategic brilliance. Now, she is showing a different kind of strength, one that reminds us that even the most driven leaders sometimes need to pause, heal, and come back stronger when the time is right. Wishing her a full and steady recovery.
