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Vikram Sakhuja re-elected as President of The Advertising Club for the second term
MUMBAI: The Advertising Club, India’s premier industry body for the advertising, marketing, research and communication fraternity, today announced the list of its Managing Committee members for the year 2018-19. Vikram Sakhuja, Group Chief Executive Officer, Media and OOH, Madison Communications was re-elected as the President of the Ad Club. The other leadership positions remained unchanged from the previous year with Ajay Kakar, CMO-Financial Services, Aditya Birla Group as Vice President; Shashi Sinha, CEO, IPG Media Brands as Secretary; Mitrajit Bhattacharya, Founder & President, The Horologists, Former President & Publisher, Chitralekha Groupas Jt. Secretary and Dr. Bhaskar Das, Executive President, Dainik Bhaskar Groupas Treasurer.
Speaking on his re-election as the President of The Advertising Club, Vikram Sakhuja said: “Leading an industry body with such rich legacy as that of the Ad Club has been an enriching experience. Over the past one year, we have focused all our initiatives towards recognizing excellence, driving thought leadership, being a repository for marketing & advertising and attracting young talent into the industry.”
In the past year, the Ad Club has taken considerable measures to ensure actionable impact in its four identified areas. Elaborating further Sakhuja adds, “In the area of excellence, we have ensured gold standards in effectiveness with Effies, creativity with Abbys, media with EMVIES and marketing with Marquees. Driving the agenda of thought leadership, we introduced Digital Review- D-CODE, to attract young talent we are about to unfold a communication focused Hackathon, and encourage knowledge repository though case study sharing and Knowledge Series events. I am thankful to the excellent member committee who have consistently supported every initiative of the Ad Club and helped us drive the narrative of excellence for the industry.”
This year’s list of managing committee members include leaders from the media and marketing industry. The elaborate list is mentioned as below:
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.
