Dheemant Thacker, Head – Mobile Innovation, Social Media & AI Banking

Dheemant Thacker

Head – Mobile Innovation, Social Media & AI Banking

HDFC Bank Ltd

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

Head – Mobile Innovation, Social Media & AI Banking at HDFC Bank Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • My current job since September 2014

• Identify new-age digital trends & innovations in Mobility, AI, Social Media, IoT, AR, VR space, generate innovation ideas and oversee projects for new product / channel development

• Setup new verticals & build teams to manage and run best practices, products and channels to grow them into mature P&L centers of the bank

• Setup a UI / UX Centre of Excellence and lead projects for systematic revamp of bank’s digital products & channels with a focus on improving customer experience and channel usage

• Drive penetration and usage of current and new age digital banking products & channels

Sr. Manager – Brand & Digital at Aditya Birla Capital (formerly Aditya Birla Financial Services Group - ABFSG)
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2006 to September 2014

ADITYA BIRLA CAPITAL - CORPORATE | Sr. Manager - Brand & Digital
(April 2012 - September 2014)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop and implement common brand architecture and digital strategy for the corporate brand with a view on current & future business aspirations

• Partner with business marketing teams to plan and develop tactical & strategic 360 degree campaigns

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• 80%+ on-brand work generated due to development & implementation of guidelines & audit procedures

• Launched Aditya Birla Money MyUniverse - an online money management platform and mobile app

• Achieved set target of 1 Lac registrations within 3 months of launch

• Acquired 21% customers & generated 25% subscriptions in first year of operations

• Partnered in the creation of a unified digital presence of all 7 lines of businesses. Key websites i.e. Mutual Fund & Life Insurance lead in qualitative and quantitative website performance metrics

ADITYA BIRLA CAPITAL - MUTUAL FUNDS DIVISION | Manager - Product Marketing
(April 2007 - March 2012)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop & implement product communication and 360 degree campaigns for Mutual Fund, Real Estate Advisory and Portfolio Management Services verticals

• Develop innovative sales tools to aid sales efforts of channel partners and promote channel engagement

• Increase engagement & generate leads through feature enhancement and effective management of digital channels like Website, Apps etc.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Generated sales worth Rs. 2.94 Mn by developing and promoting a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) micro site with first of its kind online form-filling module

• Achieved sales worth Rs. 843 Mn (10% of total NFO collection) from DM campaign of Special Situations Fund NFO

• Collected Rs. 28.2 Mn as SIP AUM with over 15, 000 applications in just 3 months from exclusive ‘Kismat Ki Chaabi’ campaign developed for Axis Bank

• Won 2 Global and 2 Indian awards at various forums like Data & Marketing Association (USA), Midas Awards (USA), Advertising Club (India) and Rural Marketing Association (India), for creating & implementing a 360 degree marketing campaign for ‘Savings Solutions’ - A ‘story telling kit’ and ‘Khushaali ki Gaadi’ - a rural marketing project to increase mutual fund literacy.

ADITYA BIRLA GROUP - CORPORATE | Group Management Trainee
(June 2006 - March 2007)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Asset Management: Develop and execute impactful DM campaigns for customers and channel partners

• Apparel: Research the demand for luxury apparel and study the feasibility of a sub-brand of Louis Philippe

• Cement: Develop 5-year strategic sales plan through forecasting and distributor research for Birla White

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• ‘Winner’ - Regional round and 2nd place - National round for case study on ‘Building Sustainable Brands’ at All India Management Association - National Competition for Young Managers, 2006

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
  • April 2006

Full Time, 2-year MBA Minor: Finance

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical
  • at Rizvi College of Engineering (Mumbai University)
  • June 2003
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Mithibai College
  • March 1999
High school or equivalent, 10th Grade
  • at Arya Vidya Mandir
  • March 1997

Specialties & Skills

Mobility Solutions
Online User Experience
Product Development
Innovation
Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BANKING
MARKETING
Product Development and Management
Digital Banking
Social Media
Leadership
Team Building
Communication
Digital Innovation
User Experience Design

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Gujarati
Native Speaker
Marathi
Intermediate