afaqs! Pause: Divya Aggarwal, Chief Growth Officer, Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.

Divya Aggarwal is the Chief Growth Officer at Impresario <a href="https://comicvibe.com/zee-entertainment-announces-%e2%82%b9600-crore-buyback-at-24-premium/” title=”Zee Entertainment announces ₹600 crore buyback at 24% premium”>Entertainment & Hospitality Pvt. Ltd., leading growth strategy across its brands, including SOCIAL, Smoke House Deli, BANNG and BOSS Burger. She brings extensive marketing and leadership experience from Nestlé, Jubilant FoodWorks, Twitter India and Star Plus, with a focus on consumer-first campaigns and business growth.

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The people, honestly. Whether it is my team, our leadership, our guests or our partners, I get to interact with such different perspectives every day, and I really enjoy that. There is something very fulfilling about seeing an idea begin as a simple conversation and then slowly become something real that people experience, enjoy and connect with.

Lead by example, act with compassion, and trust your team to do their best work.

Riyaaz Amlani. I have always admired the way he looks at the world with curiosity, whether it is Gen Z, design, spaces, food or culture. What stands out most is that no matter how big or innovative the idea is, he always brings it back to the guest.

In an alternate timeline I would have been 

In an alternate timeline, I would have been a cultural anthropologist, travelling across India to understand how people eat, gather, celebrate and make choices. I am fascinated by the small behaviours that reveal larger shifts in society. Fortunately, marketing lets me borrow from that world every day.

Books/movies/shows I re-read and re-watch

90s Shah Rukh Khan movies are definitely my comfort watch and probably my favourite stressbuster.Friendsreruns are another constant. And with books, I keep going back to Jane Austen. There is something very comforting about returning to stories you already know and still finding something new in them.

I likedHyundai’s campaignbecause it made a 30-year association feel fresh rather than nostalgic. Shah Rukh Khan is also a personal favourite, so the “change in leadership” joke immediately worked for me. It was warm, self-aware and a very clever way to celebrate legacy while looking ahead.

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