Hires & Promotions: Samco Securities, Motilal Oswal, Pidilite, Rapido

Ajay Dusane joins Samco Securities as Chief Growth Officer

Samco Securities has appointed Ajay Dusane as the Chief Growth Officer (CGO).

Dusane has over 2 decades of experience in marketing and growth, including brand building, digital marketing and business scale.

He will be responsible for all growth initiatives for its products, platforms and will endeavour to profitably scale to build its growth momentum. 

Jimeet Modi, Founder & Group CEO, Samco says, "I’m delighted to welcome Ajay at SAMCO. With his vast and robust experience in growth marketing and digital space, in particular, we expect to put his knowledge as well as experience at work for Samco to chart out a higher trajectory of growth. I look forward to Ajay's Out of the Box thinking approach and his contributions in accelerating awareness and adoption of our product as well as platform innovations.”

His last stint was with Angel One, as Senior Vice President, Digital Business, where he has been instrumental in building the brand proposition, digital marketing and new digital channels. He has also worked with Mahindra & Mahindra, Cummins India and Kinetic Engineering.

On his appointment, Dusane expresses, "I am excited to join an incredible and young team that believes in creating wealth for investors-traders. It is an exciting opportunity to make stock market investing more delightful for every participant in India. I look forward to leveraging my knowledge and experience in building a solid platform for growth and working with teams across the board to drive the company’s vision and growth aspirations.”

Motilal Oswal Private Wealth ropes in Shradha Bhat to lead marketing

Motilal Oswal Private Wealth (MOPW) has strengthened its leadership team by onboarding senior wealth management professionals across Ultra HNI/Family Office, offshore business, investor advisory, human resources and marketing functions.

Apurva Kothari, Srinivas Mendu, Narender Reddy, Shradha Bhat and Mitali Chitnis were recently roped in by MOPW for senior roles.

Kothari has joined to lead the Ultra HNI/ Family Office and offshore business. A veteran in the industry, Kothari has close to 26 years of enriching experience across corporate banking, private banking (offshore and onshore). He was last associated with Citigroup Private Bank and was responsible for growing the global South Asian business in the UNHW segment. He has also managed a billion-dollar family office. 

Srinivas Mendu has joined to lead the business in the south. He was last associated with ICICI Securities Private Wealth where he was responsible for scaling the Private Wealth business in the Southern region. He brings along with him 21 years of experience and will be based out of Bengaluru.

Narender Reddy will be leading the Investment Advisory function. He has 18 years of experience across institutions like ICICI Prudential, HSBC, ICICI securities to name a few.

Additionally, Mitali Chitnis has joined to lead the Human Resources function and Shradha Bhat has joined to lead the Marketing function.

Commenting on this development, Ashish Shanker, MD & CEO, Motilal Oswal Private Wealth shares, “We are very excited about the prospects of the wealth management business. This investment in senior leaders will allow us to expand our footprint and garner a rightful share of the wealth business in India as well as in certain attractive offshore locations.”

Kashyap Gala appointed Senior VP at Pidilite Industries

As Senior Vice-President, Kashyap Gala has joined Pidilite Industries. He has announced it through a social media post.

Gala has stated that as BU Head and full P&L owner, he will scale up business.

He was Johnson & Johnson's Marketing Director before this.

Gala has previously collaborated with Perfetti Van Melle and Colgate Palmolive.

Rapido appoints Pawandip Singh as Vice President-Marketing

Rapido has announced the appointment of Pawandip Singh as its Vice President, Marketing.

With 20+ years of multidisciplinary expertise, he has worked for companies such as Levis Strauss India, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail and Wildcraft India. 

Commenting on the appointment, Singh says, “India has witnessed a rapid transformation in the twenty-first century, be it in terms of infrastructure, connectivity, transport or technology. One of the critical trends in employment has been driven by the transportation sector, and over a very brief period, Rapido has emerged as a leader in transport, providing technology-driven solutions for customers in urban areas while providing employment in a growing gig economy. Coming together with Rapido to build and grow further is truly an exciting prospect. The partnership thus is a fruitful one, and I look forward to our journey to come.”

Pavan Guntupalli, Co-Founder, Rapido believes, “Rapido’s journey has been successful and we have achieved growth at a steady yet fast pace. We are delighted to welcome Pawandip with his experience and expertise in new-age marketing, technology and social fluency that will enable Rapido’s marketing verticals to accomplish newer heights and fuel impressive revenue growth. As our company moves into the next phase of its transformational journey, Pawandip’s exceptional track record of marketing and branding expertise will be critical to executing the Rapido mission. We welcome him to the leadership team and look forward to working with him to deliver increasing value to our riders and partners.”