KFC India has appointed Suhayl Limbada as chief marketing officer, replacing Aparna Bhawal, who was appointed CMO for KFC India and partner countries in February 2023.
Limbada jumps from KFC Thailand, where he spent just over four years, first as CMO from January 2022 before taking on the additional role of market lead in July 2024, assuming full P&L responsibility for the brand’s 1,250-restaurant business.
Under his tenure, KFC Thailand claimed Yum Brands’ first-ever Cannes Lions Gold in Film and accumulated more than 80 creative accolades.
Before Thailand, Limbada served as marketing director of KFC South Africa from May 2018 to January 2022, and prior to that spent two and a half years as KFC marketing manager for Africa, overseeing 16 markets.
He who was named to Campaign Asia-Pacific's Power List in 2025, began his career at Cadbury Schweppes in South Africa in 2006, spending nearly a decade across Cadbury, Kraft Foods and Mondelēz in South Africa and the EEMEA region before joining KFC.
Limbada announced the role on LinkedIn.
A version of this article first appeared on Campaign Asia.
