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About
Amar Thomas is Head of Strategy at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., where he provides business consulting to portfolio companies across D2C, fintech, fashion, real estate, and healthcare sectors. With 20 years of experience in business consulting, technology marketing, and digital adoption across South Asia and the SAARC region, he has held leadership positions at Brand Capital, Vodafone Idea, BlackBerry India, and other major organizations. He holds an MBA in marketing from Mumbai University, completed an executive program in digital transformation from Northwestern Kellogg, and is pursuing a PhD from NMIMS Mumbai.
Experience
- Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)Head of Strategycurrent2020 — presentMumbai Metropolitan Region
- Brand Capital, IndiaBusiness Head - Brandscope2017 — 2020Mumbai Area, India
- Idea Cellular LtdGeneral Manager2015 — 2017
- BlackBerry MobileHead of Marketing2011 — 2015Mumbai
- Reliance Broadcast Network LTDSales Head Mumbai2009 — 2011
- Royal Bank of Scotland BusinessMumbai head: Unsecured business2007 — 2009
- airtelManager: Postpaid Sales2004 — 2007Mumbai Area, India
Skills & more
LeadershipNegotiation1CommunicationStrategyCritical ThinkingTeam Management34Management23Content StrategyDemand GenerationProduct MarketingInternational MarketingInvestments
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Marketing AutomationMedia StrategyPositioning (Marketing)Strategic InitiativesEmerging MarketsCorporate RelationsStrategic PartnershipsOnline MarketingSocial MediaMedia ToolsPaid Media AdvertisingDigital Content- Content Marketing — HubSpot Academy
- Advanced Google Analytics — Google
- Breakthrough leadership program — Harvard Business Publishing
- The Complete Investment Banking Course — Udemy
- Digital Marketing Strategies — Kellogg Executive Education
From Amar's professional profile.
Colleagues at Brand Capital
Farzana Wadia
Director and Head Brand Capital at Brand Capital
G Ramaswamy
Principal Advisor at Brand Capital
Manish Bakshi
Head Portfolio Finance at Brand Capital
Rajat Tandon
Director and National Head Brand Estate at Brand Capital
S. Sivakumar
President at Brand Capital
Soumit Mohapatra
Head Legal at Brand Capital
Surinder Chawla
President, BCCL at Brand Capital
Vish Sathappan
Investor at Brand Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Amar Thomas?
- Amar Thomas is Head of Strategy at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., where he provides business consulting to portfolio companies across D2C, fintech, fashion, real estate, and healthcare sectors. With 20 years of experience in business consulting, technology marketing, and digital adoption across South Asia and the SAARC region, he has held leadership positions at Brand Capital, Vodafone Idea, BlackBerry India, and other major organizations. He holds an MBA in marketing from Mumbai University, completed an executive program in digital transformation from Northwestern Kellogg, and is pursuing a PhD from NMIMS Mumbai.
- Where does Amar Thomas work?
- Amar Thomas is Head Strategy at Brand Capital.
- Where did Amar Thomas go to school?
- Amar Thomas studied at University of Mumbai (MMS, marketing); University of Mumbai (Masters in Management Studies, Marketing).
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Surinder ChawlaPresident, BCCL at Brand CapitalRajat TandonDirector and National Head Brand Estate at Brand CapitalFarzana WadiaDirector and Head Brand Capital at Brand CapitalG RamaswamyPrincipal Advisor at Brand CapitalRiddhi AgarwalPrincipal - Private Equity at Rocket CapitalKarthik ReddyCo-Founder and Partner at Blume Ventures
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