Sandeep Lakhina has joined HT Media in its leaderhip team as Business Head for Mint. Lakhina brings over 22 years of experience in Marketing, Sales, & Business Operations across multiple industries in media, CPG, consulting, advertising, and retail.
“It’s an honor and a pleasure to be heading the Mint portfolio and to be part of the HT Media Leadership Team. Mint is one of the most respected media brands India, and I am excited to lead it to the next phase of growth across print, online, mobile, events and international markets,” Lakhina told exchange4media.
He was until recently Co-founder & Head - Clients & Business Development at peel-works, a B2B start-up in the area of sales productivity & analytics. Prior to this, he headed the India & South Asia business at Starcom MediaVest Group, the integrated media agency network of the Publicis Groupe, as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Lakhina spent a good part of his career in the USA – as a management consultant with Deloitte & in a global operations & marketing role with The Cola-Cola Company. In India prior to that, he worked for Vodafone, Philips & Bata at Euro RSCG & in the retail space as the marketing head for Ebony Retail.