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Voylla names Kangana Ranaut as brand ambassador, plans expansion
NEW DELHI: Actor Kangana Ranaut has been appointed as the new brand ambassador for fashion jewellery brand Voylla. Moreover, the company, which started as an e-commerce only brand, is also looking at opening as many as 100 brick and mortar stories over the next 24 months.
Voylla Fashion founder and CEO Vishwas Shringi said, “For us, it was a strategic fit since Kangana personifies the brand. A Voylla woman is independent, progressive, and truly believes in a woman’s choice to look good and feel good. We are extremely delighted with this endorsement. We started as an eCommerce only brand but now are well and truly on our way to become a compelling omni-channel brand. We are looking at opening at least 100 stores in the next 24 months. This association with Kangana is a part of well thought out strategy to help us reach out to a very large customer base.”
“It is a pleasure endorsing Voylla. I am very impressed with the design dedication and overall professional approach of the Voylla team. It reflects in the excellent range of jewellery from Voylla. With their plans to open offline retail including the launch of a flagship store in Rajauri Garden in Delhi, I am sure more and more customers will be able to access Voylla’s vast range of jewellery,” added Ranaut.
Voylla had received seed fund from Snowleopard Momentum LLC and has recently raised a SeriesB funding from Peepul Capital. Voylla is currently sold through its monobrand site, 29 online channels and few strategic SIS counters in Future Group led Central.
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
