Maddies Awards 2020 | Speaker

Speakers

B Thiagarajan

Managing Director

Vishakha R M

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Ankit Prasad

Founder & CEO

Dolly Jha

Managing Director

Gavin Buxton

Managing Director, Asia

Girish Kalyanaraman

Vice President and Brand Operations Leader, Indian subcontinent

Karthi Marshan

President & Chief Marketing Officer

Vidya Kailasam Hangal

Consumer Digital Lead

Siddhartha Butalia

Chief Marketing Officer

Damyant Singh Khanoria

Chief Marketing Officer

Damyant Singh Khanoria
Chief Marketing Officer, Oppo India

Damyant Singh Khanoria, Chief Marketing Officer, OPPO India.
Damyant is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience who comes with an in-depth understanding of the smartphone industry and a compelling marketing portfolio across some leading consumer brands.
In his current role as the Chief Marketing Office at OPPO India, he is leading the Marketing team and has been entrusted to strategize the marketing operations for the brand across India.
Beginning his career as a brand communications manager, Damyant moved on to head brand marketing for adidas India as AGM. In this role, Damyant spearheaded a large product marketing team which accounted for ~94% of the Indian business of the brand.
Damyant made a shift to the smartphone technology business in 2016 when he joined one of the leading smartphone brands in India as the head of marketing communications. His role focused on helping the brand understand the Indian consumer landscape to drive growth, build a strong base and deepen the connection with Indian consumers.
On the education front, Damyant has completed his ISC in Economics, Commerce from Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok and B. A. (HONS.) in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi.
In his free time, Damyant loves to play Football, Golf and reading/ listening to podcasts.

Manasi Narasimhan

Vice President & Head, Marketing & Communications, South Asia

Tejas Chaudhari

Performance Marketing Lead - eCommerce

Sonam Pradhan

Head Integrated Media and Advertising

Dippak Khurana

CEO & Co-Founder

Vaibhav Odhekar

Co-founder & COO

Siddhant Mazumdar

Head of Mediabrands Content Studio, India

Roopak Saluja

Founder & Executive Chairman

Ankita Jain

Co-founder

Naveen Murali

VP - Head of Marketing

Shivam Ranjan

Head of Marketing

Priyanka Bajaj

Head of Demand- Asia

Vishal Singh

India GM & Global Marketing Head

Vishal Singh
India GM & Global Marketing Head, Moca Technology

Vishal is Marketing Expert and Business Leader with 22+ years of experience in Brand Management, Business Strategy, Digital Marketing, Media Sales, Media Strategy Development, Business turn-around leadership with world-class businesses. Across various role of Brand Head and Marketing head, he has been instrumental in launching Telecom and Media brand portfolios across different markets of India; 3G services in the country, a FM Radio brand and Indian Railways Helpline Number to name a few. Few of the companies he has worked are Idea Cellular, Big FM, Times Group, Spice Group and GroupM.

He Brings extensive experience to drive business in both challenger and leadership positions in markets with highly competitive heat. Vishal has led teams to turn around core businesses; launch innovations; strategically re-structuring portfolio and go to market channel mix to drive business growth. He has been part of multiple award-winning brand campaign; spearheading ATL & BTL activities from inception to closure with a clear focus on Profit Centre Management; achieving goals successfully with strong Work Ethics, Business Acumen and Relationship Management skills.

Passionate about people, brands and business. Vishal believes in building winning businesses with a strong reason to compete in the market place. His mantra is winning the hearts of consumers with purposeful brands that add real value to people's lives. A High Bias-for-growth leader with ability to envision & drive diverse, multi-functional teams to deliver outcomes in complex challenging situations.

Siddesh Kerkar

Head Prospect and Digital Marketing

Siddharth Venkataraman

Head – E-Commerce & Digital Marketing

Shetanshu Dikshit

Lead Digital Communications

Shetanshu Dikshit
Lead Digital Communications, Pernod Ricard

Currently working with Pernod Ricard India and leading digital communications
A marketer by heart and musician by passion
Top 40 under 40 Marketer | Limca Records Holder | Ex ITC | Young Marketing Professional of the Year | Brand Storyteller | e4m 2022 content 40 under 40 winner.