Retail people moves: appointments, promotions and exits
Senior appointments, promotions and departures at Indian retail, ecommerce and consumer companies: who moved, into which role, and where it was reported.
In the last 12 months we have tracked 120 moves across 88 companies. The busiest month was September 2026, with 18. Honasa Consumer appears most often (6). The most common type is “Appointed” (89).
| Item | moves |
|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 10 |
| Jan 2026 | 12 |
| Feb 2026 | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 17 |
| Apr 2026 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 13 |
| Aug 2026 | 12 |
| Sep 2026 | 18 |
Chart: WiseRetail
November 2026 3
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Appointed
Adyar Ananda Bhavan appointed Uday Shankar as chairperson of the new board of directors.
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Appointed
London Fog Watches appointed Arjun Kapoor as brand face and co-creative director.
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Appointed
Marico appointed Rohit Jawa as independent director.
October 2026 11
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Appointed
Meesho appointed Sudhir Sitapati as independent director.
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Promoted
Honasa Consumer promoted Vipul Maheshwari to chief product and technology officer.
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Promoted
Flipkart promoted Renuka Singaram to Senior VP.
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Appointed
IVS Group appointed Atish Bhatia as group CMO and head of fashion.
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Promoted
Spykar Lifestyles promoted Gautam Jain to chief business officer.
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Appointed
FieldAssist appointed Ashley DSouza as chief AI acceleration officer.
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Appointed
Krishival Foods appointed Vivek Kumar Jain as CBO.
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Appointed
DeVANS Modern Breweries appointed Vikas Bhatia as COO.
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Appointed
Nuvah appointed Barkha Singh as chief creative officer.
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Appointed
Lululemon Athletica appointed Maggie Gauger as chief product officer.
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Appointed
SORRY SUGAR appointed Palash Arneja as Founder and CEO.
September 2026 18
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Exit
Sunder Balasubramanian is leaving the role of Chief Marketing Officer at Myntra.
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Appointed
Amorepacific India appointed Vidushi Goyal as business head, Premium Division.
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Appointed
Savorworks appointed Archit Bagaria as co-founder.
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Appointed
Practo appointed Abhinav Lal as chief scientist.
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Appointed
Practo appointed Rowel Coelho as COO-B2B.
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Appointed
Practo appointed Siddhartha Nihalani as COO-B2C.
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Appointed
Practo appointed Jagnoor Singh as CEO.
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Promoted
Practo promoted Shashank ND to executive chairman.
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Exit
Rajiv Aggarwal is leaving the role of head of public affairs and ESG at Samsung India.
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Appointed
Epigamia appointed Rahul Bhagat as manufacturing lead.
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Appointed
Epigamia appointed Mansi Modi as marketing head.
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Appointed
Da Milano Group appointed Piyush Singh as Group CEO.
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Appointed
Dot & Key appointed Siddharth Vaya as senior vice president and business head.
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Promoted
Honasa Consumer promoted Nishchay Bahl to chief business officer - offline.
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Promoted
McCain Foods promoted Aditya Krishna to MD, India.
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Appointed
Asian Paints appointed Leo Puri as chairman.
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Appointed
Boldfit appointed Oliver Kaye as chief operating officer.
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Appointed
Sirona appointed Nidhi Vohra as chief business officer.
August 2026 12
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Appointed
Campus Activewear appointed Rakesh Thakur as chief financial officer.
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Appointed
Swiggy appointed Kurnala as leadership role.
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Appointed
Snabbit appointed Pradeep Yadav as head of operations.
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Appointed
Oriflame appointed Kenneth Benaim Campbell as CEO.
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Appointed
Reliance Retail appointed Vineet Jain as COO – Fashion & Lifestyle.
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Appointed
Mondelēz India appointed Vinay Subramanyam as VP-marketing.
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Appointed
Stone Sapphire India appointed Bhavesh Shah as CEO of Skoodle toys and stationery business.
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Appointed
SLMG Beverages appointed Lagan Shastri as CEO.
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Appointed
Arvind Ltd appointed Vivek Sandhwar as business head of The Arvind Store.
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Appointed
Sula Vineyards appointed Chaitanya Rathi as non-executive director.
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Promoted
Honasa Consumer promoted Nilesh Kotalwar to chief marketing officer.
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Promoted
VAHDAM India promoted Akhil Arora to CBO for UK and Europe.
July 2026 13
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Exit
Amitesh Jha is leaving the role of CEO at Instamart.
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Appointed
Instamart appointed Nandita Sinha as CEO.
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Appointed
Hafele India appointed Saurav Kumar Das as Sales Director for South Asia.
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Promoted
Miraj Entertainment promoted Sameer Munshi to COO.
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Appointed
iD Fresh Food appointed Rajat Diwakar as Board of Directors.
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Appointed
Bacardi appointed Mahesh Kanchan as Managing Director for India and Southeast Asia.
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Promoted
Honasa Consumer promoted Shivang Jain to BTM Ventures CEO.
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Appointed
ARKS appointed Dhruv Mathur as CEO.
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Appointed
IndoBevs appointed Varun Singla as Chief Commercial Officer.
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Appointed
IKEA India appointed Jessamine Avila as chief marketing officer.
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Promoted
VIRGIO promoted Hansa Nigam to chief marketing officer.
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Appointed
Flipkart appointed Vinay Vaidya as Senior Vice President of Technology.
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Appointed
Instamart appointed Gautam Swaroop as Chief Business Officer.
June 2026 9
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Promoted
Danube Home promoted Sayed Habib to CEO.
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Appointed
Metro Brands appointed Manoj Juneja as chief business officer, sports division.
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Appointed
Metro Brands appointed Atul Sinha as President, core business.
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Promoted
Miraj Entertainment promoted Deepak Adwani to Executive Director, Miraj Cinemas.
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Appointed
Honasa Consumer appointed Richa Gupta as SVP, e-commerce.
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Appointed
BigBasket appointed Amit Nanda as CEO.
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Promoted
Stanley Lifestyles promoted Venkataramana Gorti to MD.
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Promoted
Bigbasket promoted Seshu Kumar Tirumala to COO.
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Appointed
Tupperware appointed Ankur Damani as Commercial Director and Country Head, India.
May 2026 3
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Appointed
Honasa Consumer appointed Saahil Nayar as business head and senior vice president.
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Appointed
Reliance Retail appointed Sandeep Karwa as CEO, Ajio.
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Appointed
PURE Home + Living appointed Sukhleen Aneja as Chief Executive Officer.
April 2026 9
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Promoted
Flipkart promoted Kunal Gupta to SVP for quick commerce business.
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Appointed
Lululemon Athletica appointed Heidi O'Neill as Chief Executive Officer.
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Appointed
TechnoSport appointed Sachin Tandon as chief planning and supply chain officer.
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Promoted
Godrej Industries promoted Burjis Godrej to Chair, Agrovet.
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Appointed
Dolce & Gabbana appointed Stefano Cantino as co-CEO.
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Appointed
ONDC appointed Vibhor Jain as CEO and MD.
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Appointed
Lenexis Foodworks appointed Arvind R P as CEO.
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Exit
Nandita Sinha is leaving the role of chief executive officer at Myntra.
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Exit
Abhishek Agarwal is leaving the role of investor relations head at Swiggy.
March 2026 17
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Appointed
Citykart appointed Rohit Goyal as Chief Financial Officer.
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Appointed
Satya Paul appointed Aseem Kapoor as creative director.
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Appointed
Keventers appointed Shaurya Prabhat as CEO.
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Appointed
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail appointed Marco Agnolin as CEO of OWND!.
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Appointed
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail appointed Suraj Bahirwani as CEO of Pantaloons.
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Appointed
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail appointed Nikhil Modha as Chief Financial Officer.
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Exit
Robin Liu is leaving the role of CEO at OnePlus India.
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Appointed
Bharti Enterprises appointed Rohan Pewekar as CEO of hospitality and dining business.
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Appointed
Flipkart appointed Nishant Verman as Senior Vice President.
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Exit
Sriram Venkataraman is leaving the role of Chief Financial Officer at Flipkart.
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Exit
PM Srinivas is leaving the role of Chief Human Resources Officer at Procter & Gamble India.
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Appointed
Procter & Gamble India appointed Robin Thadathil as Chief Human Resources Officer.
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Appointed
TechnoSport appointed Achal Sharma as Chief Technology Officer.
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Appointed
Ekatra Retail Ventures appointed Rahul Dayama as partner.
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Appointed
Bajaj Electricals appointed Rahul Pundir as chief supply chain officer.
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Promoted
iD Fresh Food promoted Shamshudeen TK to board member.
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Promoted
iD Fresh Food promoted Jafar TK to board member.
February 2026 3
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Appointed
ABFRL appointed Pranchal Srivastava as Chief Business Officer, The Collective and International Brands.
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Appointed
Mondelez International appointed Ziad Abla as Managing Director, Saudi Arabia.
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Appointed
Shoppers Stop appointed Pankaj Chaturvedi as CFO.
January 2026 12
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Appointed
Edrington appointed Paul Ross as Chief Operating Officer, Edrington India.
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Appointed
RollsKing appointed Arjun Toor as co-founder.
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Appointed
ZILO appointed Anaita Shroff Adajania as Style Director.
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Appointed
Livspace appointed Abhishek Gupta as Chief Financial Officer.
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Appointed
Raymond Lifestyle appointed Satyaki Ghosh as chief executive officer.
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Appointed
Nestle India appointed Edouard Mac Nab as CFO.
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Appointed
Grasim Industries appointed Sachin Sahay as CEO, Birla Opus.
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Appointed
Haleon appointed Kedar Lele as President, India subcontinent.
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Appointed
Flipkart appointed Gunjan Bhartia as Senior Vice President, Business Finance.
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Exit
Megha Agarwal is leaving the role of General Manager Business at Meesho.
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Promoted
Meesho promoted Milan Partani to GM of Commerce Platform.
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Appointed
CaratLane appointed Jigar Vyas as Chief Financial Officer.
December 2025 10
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Appointed
Cosmo First appointed Saurabh Jain as CEO of Zigly.
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Appointed
New Balance appointed Janhvi Kapoor as brand ambassador.
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Appointed
Starbucks appointed Anand Varadarajan as Chief Technology Officer.
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Appointed
Kraft Heinz appointed Steve Cahillane as CEO.
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Appointed
LT Foods appointed Rohit Jaiswal as COO, Middle East business.
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Exit
Svetlana Boldina is leaving the role of Chief Financial Officer at Nestle India.
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Appointed
Arvind Fashions appointed Nitesh Kanchan as CEO of Arrow.
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Appointed
Stanley Retail appointed Abhijeet Sonar as CEO.
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Appointed
Bergner India appointed Umesh Guptaa as MD and CEO.
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Promoted
Hindustan Unilever promoted Vandana Suri to Executive Director for Home Care.
How this tracker works
Entries come from company announcements, regulatory filings and news reports about Indian retail. Our system reads each report, records only events it states as new, and checks in code that every company, person and number appears in the report itself before anything is saved. Each entry is written in our own words, dated when the event happened, and labelled with the kind of source behind it: a company announcement, a regulatory filing, media reports, or confirmation from the company itself. Publications this page draws on: YourStory, Entrackr, ET Retail, Entrackr.
Common questions
Where does the people moves data come from?
From company announcements, regulatory filings and news reports on Indian retail, ecommerce, quick commerce and consumer brands. Each entry is labelled with the kind of source behind it and, where we covered it, links to our own story. Brands can confirm or correct entries through our For brands page.
How often is this tracker updated?
Automatically, every time we publish a story that reports a new move. Entries are dated by when the event happened, not when we added them.
How do I report a missing or wrong entry?
Email editor@example.com with a link to a public source. We check it and update the tracker; confirmed errors are logged on our corrections page.
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