CXO Moves: Key Leadership Changes at WPP India, Unilever, ITC, Anthropic India & More

• CVL Srinivas, Country Manager of WPP India, will retire on March 31, 2026, after leading the company since 2017.
• Anshul Asawa, former General Manager at Unilever, is appointed CEO of Avenue Supermarts, effective February 1, 2026.
• Sachin Sahay from ITC Limited is now CEO of Birla Opus Paints; Irina Ghose, ex-Microsoft India MD, joins Anthropic India as MD.
• Dina Powell McCormick becomes President & Vice Chairman at Meta; Antoine Pin steps down as CEO of TAG Heuer.
• ICICI Bank re-appoints Sandeep Bakhshi as MD and CEO until October 2028; Dolf van den Brink to step down as Heineken CEO in 2026.

Why It Matters: Major leadership transitions are underway across top companies like WPP, Unilever, ITC, Meta, and ICICI Bank.