Learning platform

Zee Learn Limited has appointed Debshankar Mukhopadhyay as chief executive officer. Mukhopadhyay has over 20 years of experience in educational and financial sectors across South Asia. Prior to this, he was the head of educational sales, financial services and insurance, Manipal Global Education Services. His previous stints have been with Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Western Union, Scholastic India, Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd and DHL Worldwide.

Digital agency head

Wunderman has appointed Caspar Schlickum as chief executive officer for the Asia-Pacific region, beginning in September. Schlickum joins Wunderman from Xaxis, a WPP-owned global digital media platform, where he served as CEO for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region. He will oversee Wunderman's Asia-Pacific operations. Schlickum will be responsible for developing and expanding the agency's offering and role with a particular emphasis on digital and data-driven marketing.

Media matters

IBT Media India has appointed Mohit Hira as president and country head of its India operations. In his last assignment, Hira was chief executive and publisher of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka-owned Open Media Network which publishes Open magazine. Before joining Open, he was CEO at Hungama Digital Services, digital head at J Walter Thompson India, as well as regional business head on the Airtel account. He has also served as the president of NIIT's B2C global online learning business that he had started, and chief marketing officer for its retail individual training businesses.

Consulting lead

Mercer India has appointed Preeti Chandrashekhar as the India business leader for benefits. Chandrashekhar joins Mercer from Willis Towers Watson where she was working as consulting leader for employee benefits for South India and Sri Lanka. A postgraduate and MPhil degree-holder in statistics from the University of Delhi, Chandrashekhar has experience in global benefits harmonisation and management, trust governance and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and actuarial services.