ETPWLA 2023: Announcing the nominees for the Marketing Leader of the Year Award

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Through the Marketing Leader of the Year Award category, the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards programme has, over the years, celebrated exceptional women leaders in the field of marketing, branding, advertising, and strategic communications. This year, the shortlisted nominees for the ETPWLA — Marketing Leader of the Year Award category are Neha Ahuja, Director and Head of Marketing at Spotify, Ranjani Krishnaswamy, GM of Marketing at Titan, Sakshi Verma Menon, Director Marketing at Kimberly Clark, Shalini Rao, CMO of Bangalore International Airport, and Shreya Sachdev, Head of Marketing & Strategy at PUMA India.

The nominees were shortlisted based on their expertise, achievements, sector and company performance, notable awards received, and their ability to drive success in terms of budgets, market share, geographies, and categories/products and brands managed.Neha Ahuja, Director, Head of Marketing — India, Middle East and North Africa, Spotify As Director and Head of Marketing — India, Middle East and North Africa for Spotify, Neha Ahuja has transformed Spotify India into the company’s fastest-growing market globally within four years since its launch in India. Ahuja has positioned Spotify as a comprehensive music platform across languages and genres, contributing to its prominence in terms of streams and global user base growth.

Her innovative campaigns, such as Spotify Wrapped, have generated organic advocacy and user engagement. Ahuja's dedication to empowering creators and artists is evident through initiatives that support independent music globally and programs like bootcamps for podcasters.