Board Member Category: Speaker
KARTHI MARSHAN
Karthi Marshan heads marketing for the Kotak Mahindra Group, India’s fourth largest private sector bank and BFSI conglomerate. In his role at Kotak, Karthi oversees marketing efforts across all the verticals that Kotak is present in, including insurance, banking, brokerage, asset management et al.Previously, Karthi has headed marketing at IDBI Bank, and co-founded Sharekhan, one of India’s leading retail brokerage firms.
Karthi started his professional career as a copywriter, then moved on to account management at Grey Worldwide, and subsequently produced television content for Sony India. Prior to joining Kotak, Karthi was based in Sydney, where he helped turn around an ailing DTH business that catered to the Indian diaspora in the ANZ region.
An alumnus of IIM Bangalore (class of ’92), Karthi is a Bombayite who has been trying to escape from the madness of Mumbai all his adult life. Bangalore is his favourite city in India, Goa comes a close second.
TARUN SINHA
Tarun Sinha is Business Head for Advertising at OLX India. He is digital marketing and business development expert with over 15 years of rich experience in revenue and growth strategy. Tarun has successfully built business dynamics for leading companies and generated strong revenue streams. He has worked with leading industry brands such as Times Internet, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.
VARUN ALAGH
Varun Alagh comes with over 10 years of leadership experience in sales and marketing roles with world-renowned FMCG brands. During this corporate stint, he has won multiple recognitions including Business Unit Presidents Award, Above and Beyond Award and I am Diageo Award. Varun is the Co-founder and Chief Dad at Mamaearth, a brand that reduces parenting stress by offering a line of honest, natural and safe products. Varun leverages his understanding of the FMCG market to develop, distribute and market Mamaearth’s 100% toxin-free products.
“In India, it is difficult to find Paraben and Sulfate free products. The emphasis on the post-natal market is also low, which is quite developed in the US as most of the mothers go back to work full-time. This experience made me and my wife think of alternatives which are certified and can be retailed at 50% cheaper than the foreign brands present in India”, says Varun.
With a Masters in Finance and Marketing from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and Bachelors in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Varun started his career with Hindustan Unilever and has, twice, been listed amongst the top managers in HUL. He then went on to become the Senior Brand Manager at Diageo. As a part of this assignment, Varun managed the ATL, BTL, Digital & On-trade activations for Smirnoff across India. Varun has also completed a four-year stint with Coca-Cola as the Senior Brand Manager, and has been instrumental in launching Coke Zero in India. A loving father of a two-year-old baby and a farsighted entrepreneur, Varun Alagh is a fun loving guy, always game for new adventure and challenges.
PALLAVI SINGH
PUNEET SINGHVI
NEHA SINGH
GULSHAN VERMA
Gulshan Verma is a digital media expert with a rich experience of over 16 years in the industry. Currently, Gulshan heads client and agency revenues at Hotstar, India’s leading premium streaming platform.
Prior to Hotstar, Gulshan was the Chief Revenue Officer at Times Internet Limited, where he was responsible for the entire revenue of the digital group across advertising, classified and transaction based businesses.
Gulshan has alo enjoyed successful stints as the General Manager, SEA and India at Outbrain, Chief Revenue Officer at Komli Media, Director of Sales Strategy for Yahoo! India, and Director of Product Marketing for Yahoo! Search Marketing in the United States. He has also worked in Europe, North America and Asia and for leading companies like Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Co and IMG.
His key specialties include P&L, Advertising, Strategy, Technology Sales, Digital Media, Marketing, Media, Product Marketing, Go-To-Market, M&A valuation, due diligence and post-merger integration, Pricing.
Academically, Gulshan has a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a Masters in Political Economy and a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics, and holds two patents in search monetization.
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AASHISH CHOPRA
Aashish Chopra is an award winning viral video marketer, having made and marketed videos with millions of shares and gazillion views, with one becoming Asia’s most shared branded Facebook post (Campaign Asia) and other getting 40 million views in a week. He is the author of the Amazon bestseller, “Fast, Cheap and Viral: How to Create Game-Changing Content on a Shoestring Budget.” He also won the “Content Marketer Of The Year” that year. Recently he was featured on Forbes. He is passionate about content and believes that in the times of declining attention spans and chaotic news-feeds, creativity is the differentiator.
He heads content marketing at ixigo. From ideation to execution he has been instrumental in making video marketing a growth hack. From driving app installs, to skyrocketing reach with videos. “In today’s fast evolving digital landscape, social media strategy for any brand revolves around remarkable content. Content must be compelling and share-worthy, period. Every brand today is turning into a media company.” he affirms. Before diving into video marketing, Aashish was active in visual content marketing, with several Infographics going viral on Slideshare.
Aashish has been on stage at events at IIT Bombay, IIM, CXO Roundtables, DMAI, Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), ClickAsia, FICCI, Ashoka University, Bridge Business School, ICFAI Business School Hyderabad, Manipal University, Digital Vidya, Digital Marketing Summit – Asia, sold-out masterclasses at DMAasia Delhi & Mumbai, Webit.India, NDTV, TiE Travel Marketing Summit, NIIT, YourStory Mobile Sparks and an exciting lineup for 2019
