Auto marketer

India's leading online automobile marketplace CarDekho.com has appointed Pawan Chawla as the head of its information technology (IT) section. Chawla was earlier head of IT with Yatra.com. Chawla will be spearheading CarDekho.com's overall IT infrastructure. With over 15 years of work experience in IT and ITES, Chawla has been associated with organisations such as Bertelsmann Marketing and American Home Mortgage Servicing.

Creative chief

DDB Mudra Group has got on board Rahul Guha as the president of its new entity, Track DDB. With over 24 years of experience, Guha has worked in various industries from software consultancy, e-business consulting, digital and one-to-one marketing to advertising. Prior to joining Track DDB, he was associated with Wunderman International for over five years as India head. Guha has been earlier associated with brands such as Lacoste, Levi's, Adidas Originals, Ford, Maruti Suzuki, HSBC, Bharti AXA, Tata AIG, Reckitt Benckiser, Cadbury and GSK Consumer Health among others.

Digital shift

 

CA Media Digital (India) has appointed Vivek Jain, former vice-president, Digital Media Products at Reliance Jio, as its chief executive officer. Jain will be responsible for providing brands as well as consumers with innovative, celebrity-powered digital entertainment products and services, including Fluence, India's leading digital influencer network, and Wakau, a first-of-its-kind celebrity video blogging app. In the past, Jain has worked with Amazon, Googleand Motorola in the US.

Agency strategist

FCB Ulka has named Suman Srivastava as vice-chairman and chief strategy officer of the group. He will oversee strategy and related functions, including Cogito Consulting, Asterii Analytics and Marketing Unplugged. Srivastava was previously chief strategy officer at FCB Ulka; the agency, until now, was a client of his brand marketing consultancy Marketing Unplugged. The firm is now officially a part of the FCB Ulka Group. Srivastava started his career with the Lintas Group and was part of the team that set up SSC&B. He then moved on to Euro RSCG in India and eventually became its CEO as well as the chief strategy officer for the Asia Pacific region.