Starbucks' Manmeet Vohra set to join Visa as marketing head, India & South Asia

Along with Vohra, Murali Nair joins Visa as head, client relationship management.

Manmeet Vohra will be joining Visa as marketing head, India and South Asia. She was earlier working with Starbucks India as director, marketing and category. Vohra will be based in Mumbai.

Vohra comes with 15 years of strategic marketing and rich retail brand management experience and has led brand building of Starbucks and TAG Heuer in India besides working for L'Oreal India. A graduate from Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, she is a post graduate from the MICA, Ahmedabad.

Manmeet will take over the management of Visa’s India and South Asia marketing team to drive overall strategy and execution including consumer and retail marketing, loyalty and digital and mobile experience across the region.

Along with Vohra, Visa has appointed Murali Nair as head of client relationship management. He was earlier working with Mastercard as senior vice president, market development.

Speaking on the appointments, TR Ramachandran, group country manager, India and South Asia, Visa, says in a press note, "At Visa, we take pride in our people, our biggest asset. We are excited to have experienced professionals like Murali and Manmeet join the team. As Visa works with its clients to bring the future of digital payments to the market, their deep domain expertise and experience in the market will be an important addition to our capabilities."