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Punita Lal joins Lupin’ s board as Additional Director
Global pharma major Lupin Limited has appointed Punita Lal as an Additional Director( Non-Executive, Independent) to its Board of Directors. Punita has a distinguished career spanning over 35 years in strategy, marketing, and leadership across Asia, encompassing various geographies and industries. She has held senior positions at Coca-Cola in China and PepsiCo in India. She served as Managing Director & CEO of NourishCo, a joint venture between Tata Global Beverages and PepsiCo.
Following her executive tenure, Punita focused on consulting for SMEs, playing a significant role in fostering innovation. She is also a qualified leadership coach.
Punita has served on the boards of DBS Bank, Carlsberg A. S., Cipla, CEAT, and Entertainment Networks India. She has been recognized among India’ s top 20 businesswomen by Business Today in 2006, and Corporate Woman of the Year by FICCI Women’ s Organisation in 2009.
Practo appoints Shoumyan Biswas as Global Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Practo has announced the appointment of Shoumyan Biswas as its new Global Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer. Shoumyan brings over two decades of extensive leadership experience and a proven track record of building customer-centric growth engines across diverse industries. His expertise will be invaluable in advancing Practo’ s mission to help people live healthier, longer lives through strategic clarity and driving innovation to improve health outcomes.
In his new role, Shoumyan will lead
Practo’ s global business expansion along with focusing on deepening customer engagement and accelerating profitable growth in India. He will play a key role in shaping the company’ s global growth strategy plans, with a strong emphasis on category expansion and a sharper consumer focus.
Shoumyan’ s career includes positions such as CMO & Group Loyalty Head at Tata Digital, CBO at Rebel Foods, and CMO at Flipkart.
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BioVoiceNews | June 2025