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India – Roopa Badrinath, HR veteran and ex-chief talent officer of Wunderman Thompson South Asia has officially launched Turmeric Consulting, a diversity, equity inclusion (DEI) consultancy with a vision of helping organisations create diverse and equitable spaces for people to thrive for who they are.

Prior to launching Turmeric Consulting, Badrinath served as the chief talent officer at Wunderman Thompson South Asia and is an award-winning professional with over 25 years of experience in the realm of DEI, HR, as well as training & development.

Furthermore, Badrinath is a DEI practitioner and certified diversity auditor. She is also a Google-certified gold tier facilitator, having trained more than 350 women worldwide in self-advocacy skills. She is passionate about leveraging her vast experience in people strategy and employee experience to enable behaviour and mindset shifts through systemic interventions.  

Commenting on the launch of her new venture, Roopa Badrinath, founder of Turmeric Consulting, said, “DEI is about being intentional and intersectional. It is about deliberately providing opportunities for all, creating level playing fields and ensuring that all voices are heard, so that people can realise their full potential by knowing that they matter, and their opinions and perspectives make a difference.”

“Organisations are on the lookout for a partner who can conceptualise and contextualise scalable DEI strategies, curated to match their requirements. With Turmeric Consulting, my goal is to partner with organisations in their DEI journey, to help change mindsets and attitudes, so eventually an equitable future gains momentum.”

“ I chose to launch Turmeric Consulting in the Independence Day month as freedom for me is embracing diversity and differences and fostering change to free us from the shackles of prejudice, biases, and judgement. While it requires consistent effort and commitment, I deeply believe in the intentionality of organisations to spark meaningful change and be a force for good. I see Turmeric Consulting as an enabler to help organisations translate their intent into action,” she added. 

Singapore – Nexplay, a regional esports and technology startup, has appointed Miguel Bernas, one of its early investors, as its newest president and co-founder, where he will be leading the startup’s strategy and corporate governance, as well as spearhead fundraising as the company moves towards its Series A investment round.

Bringing into the startup over 25 years of global media industry experience, he has worked with some of the world’s known media brands such as television networks MTV, CNBC, Singapore’s Mediacorp, and digital media Yahoo. In addition, he has also led marketing teams in global and the Asia-Pacific roles at Nokia, Singtel and PayPal.

Speaking about his appointment, Bernas said, “The games industry is at an inflection point. Aside from further expanding our esports ecosystem, we also plan to venture into the high-growth area of Web3.0, NFTs and blockchain gaming. In the same way that games leaped from arcades to the home, from desktop devices to mobile handsets and from offline to online, blockchain technology will be the next revolution in gaming.”

Nexplay is looking to bolster its esports ecosystem and enhance its professional esports teams and content creator offerings to brands and advertisers.

Meanwhile, Gabriel Benito, CEO and founder of Nexplay, commented, “[Bernas] has been part of our team, backing us when all we had was a prototype and being one of our earliest investors. To have him step up into a more active role and bring his global media experience to Nexplay will be a huge benefit to the team.”