Kumar Gaurav

About Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav, popularly known as ‘KG’, is a seasoned brand custodian & full stack marketing professional with 23 Years of corporate experience in handling different marketing & communication portfolio with a proven track record of excellence & achievement, through the ranks. KG has diversified experience in Marketing & Brand Management and has served some of the big consumer brands in different capacities. His stint with Shoppers Stop Ltd. HDFC bank, Idea Cellular Ltd, Pernod Ricard India (Seagram\'s), Jana Bank, Edelweiss Tokio Life, IndusInd Bank (BFIL), Poonawalla Fincorp and now with SMFG India Credit as Chief Marketing Officer, reporting directly to MD & CEO, is known for his ability to think differently and find creative solutions for business problems of CXOs. As a strategic thinker, KG’s ability to identify marketing opportunities and willingness to roll up the sleeves to get the job done is outstanding. KG has an Inquisitive mind wants to go deeper to decode the – “Why”- and could identify key & powerful consumer behavior insights. During his corporate journey, KG has worked very closely with large and renowned marketing agencies, Created popular Award winning campaigns & therefore, earned several Awards & Recognitions e.g. IAMAI India Digital Marketing 2024, DIGIES Awards for Best Digital Influencer Marketing Campaign 2024, The Great Indian BFSI Award 2024 in 10 different categories, Mad Over Marketing Award for Best Digital Campaign 2024, ASIA\'s 100 POWER LEADERS in MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 2022 by \'WHITE PAGE INTERNATIONAL, WINNER OF ICONs AWARD In Aug’20, GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for Organ donation Campaign in Dec 19, 2 Champions Award, 4 Excellence Award, 2 Team Excellence Award, 3 Best creative strategy Award, 3 Marketing Best Practice Award are just a few to be called out. KG is a Gold Medalist in Computer science and earned his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management with specialization in Marketing. His hunger to learn more, Challenge the Status Quo, Go Getter attitude, ability to see the opportunity to do things differently, Commitment to drive business objective through high Impact marketing actions & thought leadership, above all his belief in CREATING MARKETING MAGIC, helps him grow in every assignment. Know more about his credentials, watch this video profile & copy paste this link in the browser to watch my video https://youtu.be/sSQ2EWbsRK4?si=zhw8a_jLbnJgblmO

Experience

1. Chief Marketing Officer

   SMFG India Credit

   Jun 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Leading full scale Integrated Marketing & Communication role for the group - SMICC (consumer Loan Business) and SMFG Grihshakti (Housing Finance Business) as function head with my excellent team of Brand Management, Digital Marketing, Website, App and SEO, Social Media, PR & Corp Communication, Media planning and buying, Research, Branch & Internal Communication & Events.