Former PepsiCo official Vani Gupta joins consulting firm Hypersonic

NEW DELHI: Former PepsiCo marketing director, snacks, Vani Gupta has joined consultancy and business accelerator firm Hypersonic Advisors as a founder member, where she will lead the consumer innovation practice, a company statement said.

Gupta, previously with Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser before exiting PepsiCo a couple of months back, will drive marketing and category management for businesses across consumer goods, telecom and eCommerce. Hypersonic Advisors works with mature and early stage companies and links pay-outs to measurable results, the statement said.

Promoters of Hypersonic Advisors include former chief operating officer at Airtel’s Delhi-NCR circle Venkatesh Rangachari, and former officials of Hewlett-Packard, Star TV and Accenture - Nitin Hiranandani, Anand Khurana and Vipul Gupta respectively, the statement added.