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Sushma Jhaveri is Madison Media Infinity COO
Mumbai: Madison Media has appointed Sushma Jhaveri as COO of Madison Media Infinity.
Jhaveri moves in from Carat Media, where she was senior VP. She will be based in Mumbai and will lead a set of accounts in the Bombay office.
Jhaveri replaces Mallikarjundas CR, who recently joined Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) as CEO.
Madison Media Group CEO Punitha Arumugam said, “I have interacted with Sushma at various industry forums in the past and found her perspective and inputs refreshing and concise. With Sushma becoming a Madisonite, I am delighted that we will now have her experience and inputs available to our portfolio of clients.”
Jhaveri has over 18 years of experience in Media planning and research having worked in companies such as Carat, Mindshare Fulcrum, TME and Synovate.
Jhaveri has worked with names such as Unilever‘s oral care and deodorant brands, Colgate, Britannia, Godrej Appliances, Heinz, Castrol, Viacom 18, ICICI Bank, Star Network, Shopper‘s Stop and HDFC.
In her research role, she has been involved with media research, micro market planning softwares, various ad tracking studies and formulating customised research for various brands.
Madison Media handles media planning and buying for various blue chip clients including Airtel, Godrej, Cadbury, ITC, General Motors, Marico, McDonald‘s TVS, Britannia, Tata Tea, SpiceJet, Axis Bank, Domino‘s, Bharti Axa, Max Newyork Life Insurance, Tata Salt, Acer, Dish TV, Imagine TV, Times Television Network and Indian Oil.
Brands
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.
