Abhishek Joshi is General Manager (Digital) – Africa, India and Middle-East, at Michelin India Pvt. Ltd.

Abhishek has over a decade of diverse experience in digital domain - eCommerce, Digital Marketing, SEO, Digital Transformation, Social Media Marketing, Content Strategy, and Online Reputation. In 2018, he was listed among India’s Top 100 Digital Marketers by Adobe. Prior to his current role he was Digital - marketing manager at Luxottica and Before that, at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Aside from work, he is a digital marketing trainer, and an avid blogger working towards finding homes for the abandoned or homeless dogs. His blog - https://dogwithblog.in which won India's best social blog (2017) has driven 500+ adoptions.

Digital Marketing professional with 10+ Years of Digital strategy and Transformation experience, with a focus on customer engagement, data driven marketing, and using quantifiable metrics to create effective brand campaigns that increase ROI and decrease cost. Have been actively participating in knowledge sharing platforms created by institutes like MDI (Gurgaon) and ISB etc to empower young marketer on future digital capabilities. I love singing and soccer, and am wannabe Chef!

Aditi Sud is currently the Assistant Vice President and Head of Marketing at SpiceJet Limited, in charge of brand strategy, marketing communication and digital marketing. In her previous stint ,she was the Vice President for product initiatives, Asia Pacific, ME and Africa for Rate Gain, a leading global SAAS Company and prior to that was heading Digital and Customer Marketing for American Express in India. She has over 18 years of experience across various industries –Financial Services, Online Travel and Hospitality . Over her professional career she has handled leadership roles across categories -digital ,brand strategy and communications ,portfolio and growth marketing ,business strategy ,alliances and partnerships ,business development and operations with some of the leading travel and hospitality brands such as Taj,Leela,Travelocity.Before entering the banking sector, she headed the Digital Marketing ,E commerce and distribution for Starwood and Accor in South Asia. Aditi had been involved in many start up initiatives in the past which included starting the North India operations for Travelocity to leading digital transformation for Starwood hotels and resorts in South Asia .She is a strong believer that to “bring in a change ,you got to be the change yourself “.

Aditi is a post Graduate from the INSEAD business School and was awarded the CMO Asia’s Top 50 most influential Digital Marketer and also Adobe’s DIGI100: India's top 100 Digital Marketers award .In her free time she loves to play badminton and likes to teach and talk on varied subjects at B-Schools .Travelling and Exploring new places is in her DNA

Akash Deep Batra heads marketing for the consumer banking group at DBS India. He is responsible for driving business segments, brand marketing, user acquisition and engagement for Digibank by DBS (India’s first digital bank) and DBS Treasures (wealth management offering from DBS).

In his previous role he worked with Twitter as Business Head, leading the west & south region and heading the agency business nationwide. Before Twitter, he was the Head of Brand Communication, Corporate Brand and Digital for Nestlé India where he led some key campaigns for brands like Maggi, KitKat, Nescafé, corporate brand among others. Akash joined Nestle in 2012 and in his 7 year stint he set up the digital & ecommerce practice at Nestle India, led digital and ecommerce for Nestle in the APAC region, setup the digital innovations practice and led brand communication in India. Akash started his career with Infosys where he played various roles in business consulting and product management. While at Infosys, he co-founded Infosys ShoppingTrip360 – one of a kind shopper marketing platform. He is an engineer from Kurukshetra University and a management graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a techie at heart and is very passionate about everything at the intersection of marketing and technology.

Atit comes in with over 18 yrs of hard core brand and media experience across marquee organisations like Mindshare, Colgate Palmolive, HUL and Sequoia Capital. Atit is currently Head of Marketing at Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd (Byju's) group.

Ayushman Chiranewala, Head of Marketing – Fastrack, is amongst the top 25 Hot Young Marketers, 2018 in the country by Economic Times Brand Equity. Ayushman has completed his MBA in Marketing and Finance from SCMHRD, Pune. He started his career as an Area Sales Manager at Titan Company Limited in the year 2008 and has been with Titan ever since. He was responsible for brands such as Fastrack Watches and Eyewear, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo. Later, he moved on to become the Brand Manager for Sonata, India’s largest selling watch brand, where his role primarily focused on launching and taking the Superfibre range of watches to its 1 millionth sale in year one. In the year 2011, he joined Titan’s international business division as a brand manager, where he was responsible for brand promotion, development of marketing campaigns and consumer research for international business. After a successful run in the Indian Market, he took over the role of Country Manager for Titan’s global markets. Since 2016, Ayushman holds the role of Head of Product & Marketing at Fastrack – country’s coolest, buzziest youth brand, leading the brand to new heights of top line & bottom-line achievement and making it the fastest growing brand in the company. He has successfully launched the first smartwatch brand Reflex within Fastrack, and made it the number 2 brand as per IDC within the country.

Gauri Awasthi has been instrumental in driving Digital Marketing Strategy & Social Brand Advocacy along with Programmatic Media and Influencer Marketing Strategies for fortune 100 companies in commendable capacities. This has given her a unique understanding and expertise in the area of online marketing and branding. An innovative go-getter with a passion for creating high impact user experience for products, using marketing strategy with sharp communication and digital advertising, Gauri always worked towards bridging the gap between digital innovation & organization’s business objectives. With her strong hold on online marketing activities, digital tech innovation solutions, artificial intelligence, marketing automation, use of social media tools, she has been deftly involved in creative strategy during the upward curve of many rising brands in the last couple of decades. Managing brands, handling the customers experience and leading the team is her forte which she excels in, and has created a name for herself in the digital industry. Her prompt approach towards work, new learnings have won her quite a few accolades from her previous assignments.

Last but not the least, the efforts were well paid-off when the awards came pouring-in, Gauri Awasthi was awarded as the Top 100 Smartest Digital Leader by the World Digital Congress, last year. Link for your reference - https://bit.ly/2KY3diy Then, this was not all Paul Writer in association with Oracle, awarded Gauri Awasthi, amongst the Fast 100 Digital Leaders for #LetstalkCX, last year. Link for your reference – https://bit.ly/2Fak12o

This does not end here, #NotJustAnyIndigo won the DMA Asia Award and #MalharIsMe won the Best Use of Photography is Social Media in the DOD Awards. Recently, WON 4 metals at #SAMMIE2019 which was held recently. One #Gold in the Fashion category’s Apparel followed by Two #Silvers in Best UGC/Co-creation and Best Use of Influencers (Fashion) respectively and 4th The CMO of the year. ACEF Asian Leaders Forum and Awards powered by CCN News18, I was also awarded a #GoldMetal for being the “Young Achiever Marketing Leadership Award for the Year” amongst other awards. #Gold in Best use of influencers (Capability award), #Silver Most admired brand of the year (#GrandPrix award) & Best use of video content #FabindiaTrails (Capability award) & #Bronze in Excellence in partner marketing (Capability award). Quite recently, Won 3 prestigious metals at INDIA TV (Independent News Service Pvt Ltd) afaqs! Great Lifestyle Brands Conference & Awards powered by MTV Not only did we win a special & highly coveted award "The Most Sophisticated Brand of the Year", we also picked up 2 #Silvers for "Best Use of Influencers" & "Best Use of Experiential Events", in the twin categories of Digital media and Experiential marketing respectively. Recently, picked up Social Samosa's 40Under40 award & Marketing Leadership Award by Top Rankers Excellence Club.

Started my career in the Mobile Space with Idea Cellular Limited. Primary responsibilities included New Product Development in the IVR Services as well as the Location based Services at the National Level in the Marketing Domain to make significant Top line contribution to the company.

With the inclination towards Digital Space, Mahindra two Wheelers gave me a new opportunity to harness the potential of this upcoming medium. Leveraged digital medium and created high impact campaigns for the brand.

Now leveraging my Digital experience at CEAT Limited.

Additional responsibilities include leading marketing initiatives for International markets of Europe, Middle East, Japan and Australia.

Strategic marketer with 10 years of experience across marketing and consulting. Transitioned the Reebok brand to an always-relevant Digital Approach in India built on content, influencer and community marketing, and a Mobile First + Omni Channel Strategy centered around driving business objectives.

Jatin leads the Digital Strategy for Royal Enfield across global markets, his job involves devising brand and digital strategy to drive brand and business objectives. He leads digital transformation for Royal Enfield as well to ensure the brand remains ahead of the curve in terms of digital maturity. He is an avid motorcyclist, loves to ride and work on them whenever he gets time.

Latish leads the digital media practice for Mediacom India, A GroupM Company. He is currently focused on rolling out digital strategy for clients to address the media convergence.

He has over 18 years of Digital media experience with a unique experiential mix of developing business strategy, structuring client’s digital media deliveries and scaling digital business. More recently his work is focused on influencing the industry stakeholders in deploying a framework to address fraudulent inventory, clicks and fakenews which is disrupting the impact of digital media in business.

He joined Mediacom in 2008 and has vast experience in leading global digital accounts including Procter & Gamble, Dell, Volkswagen and large Indian brands like Future Group.

A marketing professional with extensive experience in Digital and traditional media marketing and a proven track record of consistent media deliveries and leading large teams.

Experienced Team Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the FMCG, Telecom marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in Media Planning & Buying, Consumer Insights, Digital Marketing and Market Research. Strong marketing and advertising professional with over 12 years of experience and an MBA focused in Marketing Communications.

Currently working as the National Head of Media at L’OREAL India managing media strategy on large brands like Garnier, Maybelline, L”OREAL Paris, NYX and professional division (Kerastase, Cheryl, Matrix, etc). It’s been more than 12 years of his career working as media expert with focused digital marketing and research expertise in FMCG (Unilever & L’Oréal) and Telecom (Vodafone). Currently he is part of L’OREAL India’s national brand team heading the digital and traditional media for the brand.

Niraj heads Mobility and Emerging Tech at Groupm India, he has vast experience in mobile marketing, consumer platforms, brand communications and marketing analytics. Previously, at Madhouse, Niraj was managing over 200 brand relationships, delivering world

class solutions in cross media marketing, rural marketing, rich media innovations, brand activations and product sales. Before Madhouse, Niraj managed mobile loyalty and mobile churn management solutions to large telcos and FMCGs. Having spoken to mobile Indians, from a SMS-only past to an always-on data present, Niraj has confidently solved nearly every marketing problem. His expertise in the mobile and new-age technology space has played a crucial role for some of the brands at Mindshare. His work on Lifebouy and Godrej has won Cannes and I-com Data Creativity Awards lately. He is also the jury member for the renowned MMA Smarties 2019.

Niraj has been instrumental in driving Voice Practice for WPP India, enabling WPP agencies and clients in India to build engaging and informational skills on Voice. Niraj is a die-hard fitness fanatic and an avid hula hooper!

With a career spanning across over two decades and spread across marketing of healthcare & nutrition products to holiday brands and destinations, Nishant’s done it all from traversing across the length and breadth of India setting up distribution network for nutritional health drink, PediaSure, to working across various cultures internationally. A keen observer of trends and societal changes, Nishant is known to keep things simple, have clarity of objectives and believes in superior execution of strategies to achieve business objectives.

Having joined Tourism Australia a decade ago, and as the captain of Team Australia, he has been responsible for driving visitation and tourist spend by raising Australia’s awareness and appeal in India and GCC countries. Under his leadership, arrivals from India to Australia have more than tripled in the last decade to reach 400,000 and he has been instrumental in strengthening the people to people links between the two countries.

Hailed as a market leader and voted amongst the top 30 CMOs of India by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in 2019, Nishant is often invited to speak at various marketing and tourism conclaves.

During his own time, Nishant enjoys playing professional cricket on every weekend and searching for new food haunts. Pro tip, he always knows the best places for food. Good thing, Nishant works for a country that’s as passionate about cricket and food as him.

Nitin brings with him a rich experience in product design and digital customer experience, which he has acquired over the last 19 years across leading internet and digital platform companies in India. He is currently leading the Digital Transformation for IndiGo and has previously built and scaled Quikr.com, Yatra.com, Naukri.com, Indiatimes, Rediff, and Bharti Airtel. He specializes in leading multi-functional teams and establishing the best user experience practices and processes across organizations. He is an expert in crafting loveable Omnichannel experience for consumers through simple and usable products basis insights on their personas and buying behaviours. Nitin mentors many start-ups and has invested in a few of them, as well. He also likes to speak on Design Thinking and Digital Transformation on many public forums and has authored several articles on the topic.

Nitin has won the 'Design-led Entrepreneurship Award’ at TiE 2017, and was also awarded the ‘Karnataka Brand Leadership Award 2017.’ He got recognized as one of the top digital influencers and made it to the ‘Adobe Content 100 list’ for 2017 along with the ‘Adobe Digi100 list’ for 2018. He has been chosen as one of the Smartest Digital Marketing Leaders by World Digital Marketing Congress, and recently made it to DMAasia Top Digital Influencers list for 2019.

Close to 20 years of work experience in Retail, Housing, Digital, Content and Commerce.

Some of key highlights are, being a part of startup team of Big Bazaar to heading marketing function for Future Retail.

Currently leading Digital at Future Group. Spearheading online and offline for all Future Group formats and also driving ecommerce businesses.

Awarded as Digital Marketing leader by Internet and Mobile Association of India, Marketer of the Year-Retail by IAA Leadership Awards.

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Sonali Malaviya is Senior Vice President, Client Partner, India and Southeast Asia at Essence, a global data and measurement-driven media agency which is part of GroupM. In her role, she leads the agency’s relationship with Google in the market.

With over 20 years of rich and diverse work experience, Sonali is a seasoned marketing professional with specialties including strategic planning, consumer analytics, insights generation, creative problem-solving, business solutions and network management.

Sonali’s love for building connections between brands and consumers has taken her across interesting career frontiers. These include organisations of the calibre of Twitter where she was Country Marketing Lead, Colorbar Cosmetics where she was COO, Mindshare, Mediacom and Roy Morgan Research, giving her an enviable profile of marketing and management portfolios across a wide spectrum of industries.

A postgraduate in business management from the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Sonali is a firm believer that change is the only constant, and constant learning and exploring are what keep her going.

Sameer is a marketing professional with 12 years of experience in digital with a foundation in technology. He has been invested in growing digital commerce with performance marketing, analytics and conversion optimization at the core. Having worked with organizations like Shopclues, Makemytrip and Oracle in the past, he is currently leading the Digital Marketing efforts for Max Life, chasing undisputed online market leadership in life insurance. Outside of work he is a traveler at heart with footprints all over the world.

A digital marketing evangelist with over 12 years of diverse experience in transforming products to brands for verticals like FMCG, Food & Beverages, and Consumer Durables.

He has been instrumental in crafting out consumer journeys for FMCGs across social and media touchpoints. Having worked across full service creative agencies like Publicis, Rediffusion Y&R to Media agencies like Mindshare, he then moved on to GSK Consumer Healthcare before moving into RB as Head of Digital Marketing in 2016.

Shashi has been a key player in charting out digital strategies for brands like Dettol, Durex, and Veet.

This helped brands to trigger conversations which are meaningful for the audience and led to high impact successful digital launches like Durex Air, Dettol Co-created with Moms etc.

When not narrating stories, he loves to travel and play the role of a canine whisperer.

Vishal is Director - Digital with Nielsen India and leads Nielsen’s flagship Reach & Resonance measurement solution - Digital Ad Ratings, Digital Ad Effectiveness & Digital Content Ratings. In this role, he leads overall business responsibilities for South Asia.

He works closely with all key stakeholders in the ecosystem to provide them with a robust measurement for both Digital Ad and Digital Content. Prior to this, at Nielsen, Vishal led and grew its Online, Mobile and Social media business.

Before joining Nielsen, Vishal worked for over 6 years with India’s leading online company managing their large accounts and helped them build a strong product & business.

Vishal has a Masters in Business Administration and an Engineering degree in Computer Science. And has earned a Diploma in Cyber Law.