Pitch BrandTalk Conference 2026
Friday, November 20, 2026

Speakers

anil dua
Anil Dua
COO
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Anil Dua

COO


Anil Dua is the Chief Operating Officer at Usha International, with over 25 years of experience across the consumer durables and media industries. He brings extensive expertise in business operations, P&L management, revenue growth, business transformation, and people leadership.
He began his career with Usha International in 2000 as a Management Trainee and progressed through various roles across sales, marketing, and business strategy. He went on to become Business Head – Electric Fans and subsequently Head of Strategy and New Business Development. He then held senior leadership positions at Philips India and HT Media.
At Philips India, he led the business for the Indian market across multiple product categories, driving go-to-market strategies, channel expansion, trade marketing, and e-commerce initiatives. His leadership was recognised through several awards, including the CEO Award for Best People Leader in South Asia.
At HT Media, he held leadership roles across print and digital businesses, overseeing revenue strategy, commercial partnerships, and new business development initiatives across its media portfolio.
Throughout his career, Anil has focused on driving sustainable business growth, building high-performing teams, strengthening market leadership, and leading business transformation across diverse industries. His cross-sector experience enables him to combine strategic thinking with execution excellence to deliver business results.
rahul talwar
Rahul Talwar
Chief Marketing Officer
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Rahul Talwar

Chief Marketing Officer


Rahul Talwar is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Axis Max Life. In his current role he spearheads comprehensive marketing strategies that drive brand transformation, customer-centric growth, and digital innovation. His expertise encompasses integrated marketing communications (IMC), digital marketing, brand management, corporate communications, consumer insights, and customer experience (CX), ensuring a holistic approach to marketing leadership. He is a strong advocate of data-driven marketing, strategic storytelling, and building high-performing, agile teams. Talwar’s career trajectory uniquely bridges FMCG (PepsiCo Foods & Beverages, McVitie's Biscuits), Textiles & Strategy (Aditya Birla Group), and BFSI fuelling his ability to craft impactful campaigns, connect-the-dots, challenge traditional narratives and innovate with sector-agnostic strategies. At Axis Max Life, he has pioneered the award-winning ‘You are the difference’ brand philosophy, and recently, led the 2024 brand refresh (Max Life is now Axis Max Life), launching the 'Double Bharosa' campaign.
devajit roy
Devajit Roy
Head of India, LinkedIn Ads
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Devajit Roy

Head of India, LinkedIn Ads


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russhabh r thakkar
Russhabh R Thakkar
Founder & CEO
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Russhabh R Thakkar

Founder & CEO


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shruti arora
Shruti Arora
Head of Marketing – India
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Shruti Arora

Head of Marketing – India


Shruti Arora is a marketing leader with 17+ years of experience driving brand growth, portfolio strategy and commercial performance across luxury, automotive, consumer and premium brands. She has a proven track record of delivering record sales, leading large-scale product launches, building premium brands, driving digital transformation and forging high-impact strategic partnerships. Arora is experienced in integrated marketing campaigns, GTM strategy, customer acquisition, media planning and collaborating with global leadership across cross-functional teams.
A brand-first thinker with strong execution capabilities, she has successfully led both local and international projects across diverse sectors for brands including MINI, Rado, Nokia, Philips, Sony, HUL, Dabur & William Grant & Sons.
vishvender singh
Vishvender Singh
Chief Marketing Officer
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Vishvender Singh

Chief Marketing Officer


Vishvender Singh is the Chief Marketing Officer at Bajaj Capital Ltd., where he leads the company’s brand, marketing, customer growth, digital strategy, and integrated communications. He is focused on strengthening Bajaj Capital’s brand leadership, building new-age customer propositions, accelerating digital growth, and creating a more data-driven and customer-centric marketing ecosystem.
With over 12 years of experience across fintech and financial services, Vishvender has built and scaled businesses across mutual funds, stock broking, insurance, HNI investment products, digital gold, wealth management, and tax-tech. Prior to Bajaj Capital, he led Growth at Fisdom and Tax2Win (now part of Groww), where he played a key role in scaling customer acquisition, improving marketing efficiency, launching and growing new business lines, and driving sustainable growth across multiple financial products.
Over the course of his career, he has helped acquire more than one million investors and taxpayers across platforms, built and scaled multiple digital financial services businesses, and led high-performing growth and marketing teams with a strong focus on customer acquisition, engagement, retention, and profitable growth.
Vishvender holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Marketing) from the Great Lakes Institute of Management and a B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology.
anil srivatsa
Anil Srivatsa
Co-Founder & Director
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Anil Srivatsa

Co-Founder & Director


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