Agenda

PITCH CMO SUMMIT - MUMBAI 2025 Theme: Future-Ready Brands: Navigating the Multi-Path Consumer Journey Friday, March 21, 2025 MUMBAI 2025
09:00 a.m. to 09:55 a.m.	REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
09:55 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Summit Opens
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	1	WELCOME ADDRESS	DR ANNURAG BATRA Chairman & Editor-in-Chief BW Businessworld & exchange4media
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	2	FIRESIDE CHAT ICONIC BRANDS: SECRETS TO THEIR TIMELESS SUCCESS	SANDEEP TANWANI Chief Marketing Officer Pidilite Industries
10:45 a.m. - 11:10 a.m	3	SPOTLIGHT SESSION THE DISTRACTED INDIAN: GRABBING ATTENTION IN A DIGITAL WORLD	KANIKA KALRA Regional Marketing Director - Health, South Asia RECKITT
11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	4	SPOTLIGHT SESSION POWER OF JIOSTAR ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK	AJIT VARGHESE Head - Revenue, Entertainment & International JioStar
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	5	THE SPORTS MARKETING PANEL LEVERAGING MARKETING TRENDS DURING THE IPL FEVER	ADITYA KAYALAKAL Head - Marketing Veera SAURABH GOLANI Head of Business PrsmX by Mobavenue SHUBHA PAI Head of Brand Solutions Google KEWAL LOHIA AVP: Buying & Accountability Interactive Avenues Session Chair: ANKIT BANGA Chief Business Officer FCB Kinnect
12:15 p.m. - 01:05 p.m.	6	THE FUTURE-READY PANEL THE TECH-DRIVEN RENAISSANCE – LEVERAGING EMERGING TOOLS FOR NEXT-GEN CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT	KEDARSWAMY RAVANGAVE Executive Vice President - Marketing Kotak Mahindra Bank SUJALA MARTIS Director - Consumer Marketing – India Platinum Guild Internationa MANDAR NATEKAR Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer NeuralGarage SATISH KADU Founder & Chief Executive Officer YOptima V G SENTHILKUMAR Head- Marketing & Branding Bank of Baroda SHWETAL BASU Senior Vice President, Head - Brand & Marketing Polycab Session Chair: NIKHIL KUMAR Chief Growth Officer mediasmart
01:05 p.m. – 02:05 p.m.		Lunch
02:15 p.m. - 02:30 p.m.	7	SPECIAL ADDRESS BEAUTY IN INDIA: LOCAL PREFERENCES, GLOBAL REACH	RAAGJEET GARG Director - Consumer Products Division (CPD) L'Oreal India
02:30 p.m. - 02:45 p.m.	8	SPOTLIGHT SESSION ESCAPE THE THEME TRAP: HOW DESIGN SYSTEMS TRANSFORM CLIENT FRUSTRATION INTO STUNNING WEBSITES	Deepti Mishra Head of Sales and Marketing Digitup
02:45 p.m. - 03:00 p.m.	9	SPOTLIGHT ADDRESS TV Starts With Streaming	NISHIT KANCHAN Head of Sales Samsung Ads
03:00 p.m. - 03:50 p.m.	10	THE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT PANEL Narrative-Driven Brand Building – Turning Data into Compelling Stories	DARSHANA SHAH Chief Marketing Officer Aditya Birla Capital DIPTI SHAH JAGDEV Chief Marketing Officer VIP Industries POULOMI ROY Chief Marketing Officer Joy Personal Care (RSH Global) PRIYANKA PURI Senior Vice President - Marketing HRIPL RISHI RAI Account Director - South Asia CNN SATYA PRABHAKAR Chief Executive Officer ProManage Session Chair: TBA
03:50 p.m. – 04:25 p.m.	11	PITCH DIALOGUE TBA	ANJALI MADAN KRISHNAN Director - India Consumer Experience, AMEA Media Mondelez India Foods Private Limited HARSHDEEP CHHABRA Global Media Head GCPL SHUBHRA SETHI Head - Strategy, Entertainment Ad Sales JioStar Sonam Pradhan Head - Media & Digital Marketing Kellanova Session Chair: JAI LALA Chief Executive Officer - India Zenith
04:25 p.m. - 04:50 p.m.	12	SPOTLIGHT SESSION TBA	Satya Raghavan Director, Marketing Partners - India Google
04:50 p.m. - 05:15 p.m.	13	SPOTLIGHT ADDRESS TBA	TBA
05:15 p.m. - 06:05 p.m.	15	THE EVOLVING INFLUENCE PANEL THE EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCE – REIMAGINING BRAND NARRATIVES IN THE CONTENT ECONOMY	KUNAL SHARMA Head of Marketing & Business head - Modern Trade and E-commerce KRBL Limited SHWETHA IYER SVP and Head of Marketing Kissht NIDHI RASTOGI Marketing Director Uniqlo India TUSHAR MALHOTRA Director - Sales and Marketing Bisleri International ZOHER KAPUSWALA Chief Marketing Officer Ferrero Rocher India Session Chair: ESHA NAGAR Founder & Chief Executive Officer The Pegboard
06:05 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.	15	SPOTLIGHT ADDRESS TBA	MANJARI UPADHYE Chief Marketing Officer - Automotive Division Mahindra & Mahindra
6:30 p.m		TEA
7 p.m. onwards		PITCH BEST CMO AWARDS FELICITATION CEREMONY