Om Athavale
Communications & Marketing professional | Consumer Marketing & Corporate Communications at GSK and previously, ACC Cement | Former journalist & content-editor TechCircle (affiliated to Wall St. Journal) & Republic TV
- Role
- Senior Manager (Group) - Corporate & Brand Communications at Welspun World
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Om Athavale
Om Athavale is a communications & marketing professional with experience of working in corporate/leadership, internal & external communications, awareness & marketing campaigns to drive consultations with experts, public relations (PR) & media relations, employer branding, digital marketing & media engagement, townhalls, annual reports, press releases, website content development, newsletters, quarterly internal engagement events and other areas of work. He has worked across campaigns that have cumulatively garnered 100 Mn+ reach, 120+ organic media story outcomes, 5+ Mn unique website visitors through campaigns on print, digital, social media, TV, influencers, search, etc. Recognitions span a GSK Ahead Together award (conferred to highest-performing percentile of the global organization), 13 global recognition awards, being named 3 years in a row amongst the Top 30 Corporate Communication teams in India, and an award from Economic Times for the \'Best Brand Campaign in Healthcare\'. He has a history of working across the domains of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, building materials, cement, internal communications, editing, communication strategies/campaigns, website management, content development, venture capitalism, journalism and broadcasting. He has authored news articles for publications and drafted company-wide communications for various functional heads and C-level executives. As part of his graduation, he studied Economics and History, following which he was a civil services (UPSC) candidate with Political Science & International Relations as his major discipline. He has undertaken his post-graduate studies in an eclectic variety of disciplines such as Communications, Journalism, Marketing Analytics and Organizational Analysis from institutes such as Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, Darden School of Business (University of Virginia) and XIC (St. Xavier\'s College).
Experience
Senior Manager (Group) - Corporate & Brand Communications
Jan 2026 — Present
Responsible for Group-level leadership, external & internal communications of $5 Bn conglomerate
Education
Ramnarain Ruia College - Mumbai
Bachelor of Arts
Jasudben M. L. School - Bloomingdale's
ICSE (Primary and Secondary school)
University of Pennsylvania
Journalism
Stanford University
Organizational Analysis
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Marketing Analytics
St. Xavier's College
Post-Graduate from XIC (Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai)
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