Ekincare appoints Roopesh Balakrishna as VP - marketing

Ekincare, a health benefits platform, has announced the appointment of Roopesh Balakrishna as vice president - marketing. The move was effective April 2022.

 

He moves from  Akamai, where he headed marketing across Asia Pacific and Japan.

 

Kiran Kalakuntla, CEO and co-founder, ekincare, said, “Over the past few years we focused on the product and market fit, which is now validated with 450+ paying customers and 1.5M+ employees’ engaging on the platform. In the next phase of our growth, we are going to double down on marketing and sales. We’re super excited to onboard Roopesh to lead marketing in making ekincare the largest health benefits platform in India.”

 

Balakrishna said, “ekincare is the best-kept secret in India’s healthtech sector. The depth of its patented platform offers tremendous opportunities to continue delivering exceptional experiences to customers with limitless potential. I’m thrilled to partner and build the next hyper-growth phase with the stellar ekincare team and strengthen its leadership position in the industry.”

 

In a career spanning 15 years, he has also worked with Airbus, Freshworks, HP, YourStory Media, DDB Mudra and Ogilvy.