Deepali is the Group CMO for CK Birla Group since March 2023.
Just before this she was the Director Digital Sales, Bengaluru Digital Sales Centre for IBM. She is also the Digital Sales Centre Growth Leader for JAPAC at IBM.

In the past she has served as CMO for IBM in India & South Asia. She is also a podcast host to a successful series called "Being CEO with Deepali Naair". (link:https://www.aawaz.com/en/listen/being-ceo-with-deepali-naair/ )

Before IBM, she led Marketing and Digital at IIFL Wealth group of Companies. She was also a non-executive member of the Board at IIFL Wealth Finance.

In financial services, she has held leadership positions with L&T Insurance & HSBC. She has also worked with Tata Motors, BPL Mobile, Draft FCB-Ulka; was the Marketing Manager for Saffola and Mediker at Marico. She headed Products and Marketing at HSBC Global Asset Management and at L&T insurance she was Head – Marketing, Digital Sales and Customer Service.

She led Marketing, Digital, Analytics, Inventory Sales at Mahindra Holidays as Chief Marketing Officer. Both Digital & Inventory Sales saw tremendous growth under her leadership.

She gets invited to speak at technology & digital forums across the country and abroad. She has been a jury member numerous times for AdClub’s EMVIES, EFFIES, ABBYs; IAMAI Digital awards & ECHO awards.

Based in Mumbai, Deepali enjoys teaching and has mentored MBA students at top management institutes. In the past she has been on the marketing advisory council of SPJIMR, BITSoM, IIM Udaipur and Nirma University. She also mentors women led start-ups. She is a sought-after speaker on subjects of Leadership, Marketing, Culture Transformation and Digital Transformation.
She can be reached on Twitter @deepalinaair