Agenda

PITCH CMO SUMMIT - DELHI 2025

Theme: The Adaptive Era - Agility, AI, and Always-On Engagement

Thursday, June 5, 2025

The Leela Ambience, Gurugram

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Timing

Session

Speaker

08:45 a.m. to 09:45 a.m.

REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST

09:45 a.m. - 09:50 a.m.

SUMMIT OPENS

09:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

1

WELCOME ADDRESS

DR ANNURAG BATRA
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief
BW Businessworld & exchange4media

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

2

FIRESIDE CHAT
Marketing 2.0

SESSION CHAIR : RAJ RISHI SINGH
Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Business Officer
MakeMyTrip
Session Chair: VIVEK MALHOTRA
Group Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Operating Officer - Consumer Revenue & Enterprise Strategy
India Today Group

10:30 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.

3

SPECIAL ADDRESS / KEYNOTE
From Impressions to Emotions: Driving Results for Brands Through Storytelling

ARUNA DARYANANI
Director
Amazon MX Player

10:55 p.m. - 11:15 p.m.

4

SPOTLIGHT SESSION
TV Starts with Streaming

PRABHVIR SAHMEY
Senior Director - Ad Sales
Samsung Ads

11:15 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

5

THE DIGITAL DIALOGUE PANEL
Digital Marketing: A Black Hole for Marketers?

ADITYA KRISHNA
Director - Sales & Marketing
McCain India
KASHISH VASISHTA
Deputy General Manager, Marketing & E-commerce
MMTC-PAMP
ASHISH TIWARI
Chief Marketing Officer
Home Credit India
GAURAV SHARMA
Chief Marketing Officer
Campus Activewear
NEELIMA BURRA
Chief Strategy, Transformation & Marketing Officer
Luminous Technologies
NIKHIL GUPTA
Head of Marketing, Strategy, Govt. Affairs & CSR - Greater India
Signify
RIDDHI PIMPUTKAR
Director, Enterprise Solutions-India
Teads
Session Chair: RAHUL PANT
Associate Director - Sales
apptrove by Trackier

12:10 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.

6

SPOTLIGHT SESSION
From Moments to Momentum: How Brands Can Win with Always-On SFV

GAURAV JAIN
Chief Business Officer
Sharehat & Moj

12:30 p.m. - 01:15 p.m.

7

THE CX REIMAGINED PANEL
CX and Innovation: Building Emotional Connections Through Technology

ARCHAN BANERJEE
Head - Marketing & Communication
Apollo Tyres
ARNAB CHOUDHURY
General Manager - Marketing, Catch Salt & Spices Division
DS Group
ARVIND SABHARWAL
Business Head - On Package Ads
Amazon
K GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAM
Chief Marketing Officer
LT Foods
NISHA KHATRI
Head of Marketing
Libas

01:15 p.m. – 02:25 p.m.

Lunch

02:30 p.m. - 02:50 p.m.

8

SPOTLIGHT SESSION
TBA

POOJA SHARMA
VP – Presales, Solutioning & Customer Experience
ValueFirst Digital Media

02:50 p.m. - 03:35 p.m.

9

PANEL DISCUSSION

Staying ahead in a rapidly evolving consumer and media landscape

KANIKA ANAND
GM - Media
Airtel
MAYANK PRABHAKAR
Head of Digital Marketing
vivo India
Rachit Mehra
General Manager, Brand and Marketing
Qubo
SUMIT SONAL
Head of Marketing
Qualcomm India
TATHAGAT JENA
Head of Online Sales & Chief Marketing Officer - India & APAC
HMD
Session Chair: DEEPAK DHINGRA
Senior Director - Brand & Content Strategy
91mobiles

03:35 p.m. - 03:55 p.m.

10

FIRESIDE CHAT
Planning For The Future: How Agencies And Adtech Firms Are Redefining Video Advertising In A CTV-First World.

RAHUL CHHETRY
Senior Vice President - Integrated Planning
Dentsu India
Session Chair: ISHANK JOSHI
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Mobavenue

03:55 p.m. – 04:50 p.m.

11

THE INFLUENCER IMPACT PANEL
Cutting Through the Noise – Maximising Influencer Marketing ROI in a Cluttered Ecosystem

LAKHAN ARJUN RAWAT
Content Creator & Blogger
NIDHI RASTOGI
Marketing Director
Uniqlo
RAHUL TALWAR
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Axis Max Life Insurance
SAMIR SETHI
Head of Brand Marketing
Policybazaar
SHANTANU CHAUHAN
Director Marketing
Noise
PRATIK GOUR
Co-Founder
footprynt
Session Chair: NITI KUMAR
Chief Operations Officer
Starcomm India

04:50 p.m. - 05:15 p.m.

12

SPECIAL ADDRESS
TBA

RUCHIRA JAITLY
Chief Marketing Officer
Diageo India

05:15 p.m. - 05:40 p.m.

13

SPECIAL ADDRESS
Tailored for Tomorrow: Reinventing Fashion Brands in a Rapidly Changing India

MANJULA TIWARI
Chief Executive Officer - Cover Story & Ancestry
Reliance Retail

05:40 p.m. - 06:10 p.m.

14

SPECIAL ADDRESS
TBA

GOPICHANDAR JAGATHEESAN
Director - Confectionery
Nestlé India
Session Chair: SIMRAN SABHERWAL
exchange4media

06:10 p.m.

TEA

7 p.m. onwards

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