Highly placed sources have told exchange4media that Karan Kumar has joined ART Fertility Clinics as Group Chief Marketing and Growth Officer. The move comes three months after he quit DLF.
The group is headquartered out of Abu Dhabi, with four centres in the Middle East and another six in India. The company's growth plan includes opening more clinics in Europe, other parts of Asia and of course in other cities in India in the balance part of the year.
Kumar was the first Chief Marketing Officer appointed at DLF, and joined the company two and a half years ago. He had been driving marketing strategy and business leadership for more than two decades across businesses ranging from nascent to mature ones and across categories as diverse as FMCG, packaged foods, lifestyle, retail, and real estate.
Prior to this, Kumar was the founding Chief Brand and Marketing Officer at Fabindia and has worked across multiple businesses of ITC.