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Professional with >16 yrs of PR, Brand & Corporate Communications experience - BFSI & Consulting (across sectors/industries) being a stronghold. Currently leading Brand & Corp Communications at Ambit Group.Last role at DBS Bank India Limited, was an individual contributor role, which entailed internal comms, content and external communications - across earned, owned and paid media. At Edelweiss Financial Services, I led corporate communications, crisis management and content, for all of Edelweiss' retail-oriented businesses, as well as a few others in the institutional space. I also led and steered Change Communications for a large digitization project for the Group, for their two biggest BUs. Before Edelweiss, I handled a gamut of clients in the BFSI and Corporate space in the eight years of my PR (agency) career. At my last agency role, I led a diverse team of motivated and talented individuals who serviced Indian and foreign clients, spanning mutual funds, private equity, startups and consulting firms across talent, law and aviation, while also helping to grow the overall Corporate and Financial Services business. I have serviced and led large India mandates for global BFSI giants (specifically investment banking and PE, research and wealth management/private banking, and also other institutional and retail businesses), across American, Indian, Swiss and Japanese investment banks and insurance players.All mandates were a mix of stakeholder management & client servicing, crisis management, internal communications and media relations. Some other blue chip clients I have worked on include the likes of the Big 4, leading foreign and Indian mutual fund houses, well-known PSBs as well as large private equity, Asia and India funds. Some project mandates I've driven in the past included communications for foreign exchanges, credit bureaux, large infrastructure and broking firms, associations of Indian Registrars, societies, etc.