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Amar Thomas

Investor

Head Strategy at Brand Capital

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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.

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Experience

  1. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)Head of Strategycurrent2020 — presentMumbai Metropolitan Region
  2. Brand Capital, IndiaBusiness Head - Brandscope2017 — 2020Mumbai Area, India
  3. Idea Cellular LtdGeneral Manager2015 — 2017
  4. BlackBerry MobileHead of Marketing2011 — 2015Mumbai
  5. Reliance Broadcast Network LTDSales Head Mumbai2009 — 2011
  6. Royal Bank of Scotland BusinessMumbai head: Unsecured business2007 — 2009
  7. airtelManager: Postpaid Sales2004 — 2007Mumbai Area, India

Education

  1. University of MumbaiMMS, marketing2001 — 2003
  2. University of MumbaiMasters in Management Studies, Marketing2001 — 2003

Skills & more

LeadershipNegotiation1CommunicationStrategyCritical ThinkingTeam Management34Management23Content StrategyDemand GenerationProduct MarketingInternational MarketingInvestments
+12 moreMarketing 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.

Same school

Also attended University of Mumbai102

Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ullas NaikFounder and General Partner at Streamlined VenturesAnshul SadanaCEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURESBhavana WaigankarCOO at LightboxHimanshi TailorAssociate, Legal at LightboxAkshat JainVice President, Investments at Sixth Sense Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)15

Surinder ChawlaPresident, BCCL at Brand CapitalG RamaswamyPrincipal Advisor at Brand CapitalRiddhi AgarwalPrincipal - Private Equity at Rocket CapitalKarthik ReddyCo-Founder and Partner at Blume VenturesSachin TagraManaging Partner at JSW VenturesJuhi ShahMarketing Manager - o2h Ventures at O2h Ventures

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Also worked at Brand Capital, India5

Soumit MohapatraHead Legal at Brand CapitalManish BakshiHead Portfolio Finance at Brand CapitalSai Shanmukha YadavalliVice President at The Chennai AngelsPiyush PuriPresident at Brand Capital InternationalPrashant KatariaInvestor at boundless ventures

Also worked at Idea Cellular Ltd4

Abhishant PantInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesPradyumna MurharInvestor at Alkemi Growth CapitalAbhimanyu SaxenaSr. Manager - Programs at IIMA VenturesSandeep BalanBranded Content Partner at Spring Marketing Capital

Also worked at Royal Bank of Scotland Business14

Georgia BarkellDirector at Sprint VenturesBryan TurnerPartner at Spear CapitalCyrus ChurchManaging Director at Neu CapitalWeisheng ChenGroup Finance Controller at Mirana VenturesNorrie CookHead of Fund, Scotland at The FSE GroupTom HustlerSenior Investment Director at Palatine

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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