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Devyani International names new leaders for Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee.

What happened

Pizza Hut, Inc. hires Sandeep Anand as Chief Marketing Officer and Business Head.

Source

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Devyani International names new leaders for Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee. Sandeep Anand steps into a dual role, taking over from CEO Vijay Gogate at the pizza QSR chain. 04 Apr 2026 16:26 IST Devyani International has appointed Sandeep Anand as chief marketing officer and business head of Pizza Hut, a role in which he will also succeed outgoing CEO Vijay Gogate. The company has also named Robinder Singh as business head of Costa Coffee and Airports. Prior to this appointment, Anand was with Americana Restaurants (MENA franchisee of KFC and Pizza Hut), where he served as Senior Director of Ecommerce Sales and Marketing, overseeing KFC, Pizza Hut, and Hardees across the Middle East. He has previously held roles at Domino's, Zydus Wellness, Zomato, GSK Consumer Health, Reckitt, and Ranbaxy. Singh was most recently Chief Operating Officer at Paradise Biryani. He has earlier worked with Chaayos, Vodafone, and Reliance Communications.

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Event
Executive hire

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Person
Sandeep AnandChief Marketing Officer and Business Head

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People

  • Sandeep AnandChief Marketing Officer and Business Head · Named in the story

Details

Category
Hires

Topics and mentions

Product tags

  • marketing

Extraction

Confidence
50%
Detected
Apr 3, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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