Sameeksha Uniyal leads the brand BACARDI rums for India. She has worked on building new platforms for the consumers to establish the brand's new global positioning. She leads the consumer marketing for the company's flagship rum portfolio which has key brands like BACARDI Carta Blanca, BACARDI Reserva Range-Cuatro, Ocho & Diez along with the Bacardi flavors range with BACARDI Limon and more.

With almost 15 years of experience, she has played an integral role in driving some of the most important and flagship campaigns for the brand such as BACARDI NH7 Weekender. Prior to this role, she led marketing and innovation efforts for RTD at Bacardi in the AMEA region for over two and a half years. Her role included integrated activity planning and execution in the region as well as innovation research and concept creation for the portfolio.

She has held media planning and strategizing roles at Sony Entertainment and Group M. She's also worked at Viacom 18 for the biggest youth platform in the country - MTV networks. She strategized on specific briefs across the key properties to provide solutions across TV, Digital and Live Media.

This varied work experience has prepared her to be at the crossroads of the emerging new thinking while creating synergies between the old and the new, and unravel the dynamics of consumer preferences and the constant flux of the mass media & social platforms which present exciting possibilities.

Nikhil heads the Marketing and Brand for IndiGo - worlds 7th largest airline. He has over a decade of experience in brand management, design thinking, growth and corporate strategy. Previously he has worked with leading media company and consulting firms.

With over three decades of experience across various leadership positions in the Media & Entertainment industry, he plays a key role in setting the larger strategic direction in terms of growth opportunity identification and development of new products and Go-to-Market strategies. He currently leads the topline delivery for the linear TV business at ZEE and has successfully created multiple new revenue streams based on his profound understanding of the Indian consumers' psyche, the market dynamics and the strategic requirements of advertisers.

Esha Nagar is the Founder & CEO of Pegboard, a Brand Strategy Firm & Media Studio that pioneers consulting services in both the Insights & Creative domains.

With a remarkable 13-year tenure spanning diverse disciplines focused on leading verticals backed by understanding of human behaviour & branding principles, Esha held a pivotal role as Region Head as Nepa APAC MD before launching Pegboard after successful leadership stints at Kantar and Nielsen.

A thought leader in branding, content, and consumer science, Esha shares profound insights garnered from her journey across her socials. A fitness enthusiast, she passionately advocates for Branding Strategy, Women in Leadership, and cultivating vibrant company cultures. Esha's contributions earned her a place on the prestigious IMPACT Content 40U40 list of 2021.

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Pratik Mukherjee bio: Pratik is a Commercial Leader with 14+ years' experience across Consumer Goods, D2C, Technology and Consumer Internet sectors. An IIMA 2012 alumnus, Pratik has led P&Ls of >$100Mn Global Brands like Gillette at Procter and Gamble followed by leadership roles at fast growing consumer-tech and digital first businesses like Urban Company, Honasa (Mamaearth) and now House of Masaba (part of ABFRL).

At P&G, Pratik has delivered unprecedented results including turning-around businesses like Gillette Guard (4X growth & record market share); Setting up and leading pan-India D2C Organization (7000+ People) and Creating Winning Category Development Programs (on Gillette and Pampers), receiving Cannes award for the same. At Urban Company, Pratik led the Beauty and Grooming Growth and Marketing P&L, building the growth and marketing teams from scratch and scaling UC Salon business 2.5X while launching and blitzscaling Men's Grooming business during his tenure.

In his recent stint at Honasa as Business Head for new brands, Pratik crafted and scaled new D2C and e-Commerce first brands: Aqualogica and Dr. Sheth's, profitably to 100Cr+ ARR within 1-year and incubated further new brand propositions in Skin Care, Cosmetics and other BPC spaces which shall add 500Cr.+ profitable brands to the company's topline in coming years. In his current stint at House of Masaba, Pratik is successfully blitzscaling LoveChild by Masaba via the D2C/online channels and the brand has already scaled >10X in past 6 months.

With over 14 years of experience in media and entertainment Pankaj has worked in India and middle east in different capacities. In his current role he leads brand marketing for JioTV, JioTV+ and for other projects under the Jio Entertainment Services portfolio. His latest project - No Filter Neha Season 6 on JioTV is currently the talk of the town.

Preeti Nayyar is a 24 year veteran in the Media, Music & Entertainment industry in the region .A proud Harvard alumnus, Nayyar has spent the greater part of her career setting up & running Non Traditional revenue verticals at some of India's top glocal media brands like The Walt Disney Company, Fox Star Studios, India Today Group, Radio Mirchi & now Universal Music Group for the last 7 years. As head of the "music & brands" business at UMG, her main passion is to be able to tell some of the most relevant brand stories of all time through music & its multiple allied businesses. Nayyar has worked with all the top brands across the region, lending greatly to their overall marketability & sales

Nayyar truly believes she resides in the core of the brand world & its values and it gives her the power to bring their stories to life, in newer & more innovative ways than ever before. Innovation, Passion, a deep love for music & meaningful relationships with artists sets her apart from her contemporaries & makes her one of the most relevant "Music & Brands professionals" of all time. A highly awarded professional, Nayyar has regularly featured in Marketing & Brand Professional's lists as a leading marketer.