Heval Patel

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India20 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-created award-winning Saregama Carvaan.
  • Led successful Mahindra Thar launch with 50,000 bookings.
  • Established Ogilvy Mumbai as a global hub for Castrol.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned marketing leader with expertise in brand strategy and product innovation across FMCG and automotive sectors.

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LeadershipManagementMarketing StrategyProduct InnovationBrand DevelopmentProduct StrategyBrand StrategyClient Management

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AdvertisingEffective CommunicationIntegrated MarketingMarket ResearchMarketing ExecutionStrategy

About

Co-created the product innovation - Saregama Carvaan and also the subsequent brand thinking which positioned it as a 'Gift of Nostalgia'. This was awarded the “Most Effective Campaign in the World” by WARC Global 100.  Led one of the most successful car launches for Mahindra Auto, The cult All New Thar and Scorpio N The Big Daddy of Suvs in India Britannia premium creams growth strategy of brands like Britannia Bourbon, of Pure magic and Jim Jam Pops Established Ogilvy Mumbai as the ‘Global Hub’ for the Castrol Global Motor Cycle Oil Portfolio - Key countries being India, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Awarded APAC Suit of the Year, 2011 and Ogilvy India Suit of the Year, 2007 Over 20 years of Brand Development experience on diverse global & local clients across Automotive, Smartphones, Edutech, Finance, DTH, FMCG, Retail, Lifestyle, Real Estate and Media sectors. Currently working as a chief operating officer at a 10 year young start up - The Womb.  They say the first 1000 days are very critical to any start up. It really tests you and your vision for a unique approach. It all started with partnering the founders in setting up the core of the agency, acquiring like-minded clients, setting up a high performing team, managing finances - P&L, yearly revenues etc. Being a leader in a large agency with the necessary support systems and work rhythm is easier as compared to working in a start-up from day one with a 'No Pitch' policy and a vision of bringing respect back to advertising, it requires a whole new level of leadership.

Experience

The womb communications

2 roles

Chief Operating Officer

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Bourbon sales increased by 15.8%, Oreo's dropped by 2.8%
  • Successfully revitalised Brand Bourbon (losing to Oreo) by re-establishing the chocolate credentials and leveraging a 'chocolate overload' strategy across various touch pointsWon at India and Apac Effies
  • Jim Jam grew by 32.2% (8x category) in a year where category growth fell from 27% to 8%'The Open' cream biscuit articulated as a cream biscuit that you don't need to twist, just have it with one hand helped ont oly to grow but steal share from competition. Oreo declined by -4.1%
  • Launch of Pure Magic achieved 35.1% sales growth by capitalising on the Consumers who are increasingly seeking richer experiences, buy elevating the brand into a more indulgent space
  • Piramal Finance's success was in identifying that - It was Neeyat. Not documents that repays loans. This helped the brand get to 95% loan disbursement
LeadershipManagementMarketing Strategy

Business Partner

Aug 2015Present · 10 yrs 7 mos

  • Carvaan - Saregama India
  • Co-created the product innovation Saregama Carvaan and also the subsequent brand thinking of the same which positioned it as a Gift of Nostalgia.
  • The Revenue of the company catapulted by 135%, Profits by 530% & Share Price by 300%
  • It was awarded “Most Effective Campaign in the World” WARC Global 100.
  • 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze in Effies India, 1 Gold, 2 Silver at APAC Effies, Campaign Asia Brand of the Year twice in a row, 1 Platinum, 3 Gold at Tangrams Effectiveness Awards
  • Mahindra Thar
  • Relaunch of a Cult 2 door 4x4.
  • Developed the thinking on the Product, Strategy, Creative & Execution that resulted in a overwhelming 50,000 bookings in 6 months @ 60% premium
  • Most successful 2 door car launch
  • Axis Mutual Funds
  • Led the complete repositioning of the brand during a volatile period of market returns that led to Axis MF becoming the Fastest growing AMC with 250% increase in distribution.
  • Won a Bronze at Effies India 2019
  • Rio Sanitary Pads
  • A complete underdog brand that was up against two legacy brands Stayfree and Whisper. To make this a success we unearthed an insight that challenged the way sanitary pads were sold to Indian women and brought about historic change in media, culture that even legacy-leaders didn’t dare doing. Led Rio’s campaign, that showcased period-truths by showing period blood as red not blue – first time on national television to break the silence around period-flow struggles both physical and emotional.
  • Rio’s sales increased by 147% & distribution by 60%
  • Friends Adult Diapers
  • Led a campaign that made peeing in their pants acceptable for men who didn’t even want to admit that they had a problem of incontinence. The working insight was ‘when you know you are not suffering alone, you feel less embarrassed to seek solutions’. The ideas was to ‘normalize’ the problem of incontinence. Results of 34% new-users & 38% increased sales.
  • Other brands : UpGrad, Honeywell, Zeel Rainwear, Uniwash, NatGeo, Star Sports, NCPA
Product InnovationBrand DevelopmentMarketing Strategy

Ogilvy & mather

Client Services Director

Sep 2005Aug 2015 · 9 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Led the Castrol Global portfolio. Proficiently established Ogilvy Mumbai as the ‘Global Hub’ for the Motor Cycle Oil category & developed strategy and communication for a global re-launch of the brand in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malasiya and Vietnam.
  • Developed a safety campaign for Castrol India - ‘The Good Road’ for bikers which won a Gold at the Spikes Asia Awards, a Black Elephant at the Kyoorious Awards and an Envies in 2014.
  • Brooke Bond Taaza refreshed my advertising journey. Once an Olympic brand for Unilever beverages was now losing its sheen. I led the thinking and execution of Taaza’s re-launch that involved refreshing the brand key via and extensive MBA research on beverages. The re-launch made it one of the fastest growing brands in Unilever.
  • Tata Sky was one of the most extensive pitches that I had been a part of. On winning the account, the client was so overwhelmed with the enthusiasm and persistence of the team that they decided to put the mother brand Tata Sky on a multiagency pitch which Ogilvy won. Over the years the brand won 4 silver Effie’s on TS+ Launch, Activ English, Tru Choice & PNMKJH.
  • Neo Sports challenged to push my boundaries, the work on India-Pakistan cricket series was awarded Ogilvy’s first Silver Cannes in the Films category.
  • Other brands : SBI Life Insurance, Vedanta, Radio City, WWF, SBI
Client ManagementBrand StrategyIntegrated Marketing

Education

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans N.M.Institute of Science, Andheri West Mumbai 400 058

Bachelor's degree — Advertising

Jan 2000Jan 2005

Bhaktivedanta Swami Mission School

Jan 1990Jan 1998

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