Avinash khatri Appointed as Chief Growth Officer & Chief Sales Officer at kalyan
kalyan has grown to 130 employees, up 18.2% in a year, and has now put growth and sales under one executive title.
The Move
- New role
- Chief Growth Officer (CGO) & Chief Sales Officer (CSO) Kalyan Group
- Company
- kalyan
- Previously
- Director, Autofigures Media
- Announced
- October 18, 2026
By the Numbers: kalyan
- Employees
- 130
- Headcount change, past year
- +18.2%
- Sales team
- 10
- Job listings since July 18
- 0
Data: Crustdata, as of October 18, 2026
kalyan has named Avinash khatri Chief Growth Officer (CGO) & Chief Sales Officer (CSO) Kalyan Group. The role starts in October 2026, and the move became public on October 18, 2026.
Why kalyan Is Hiring
kalyan has been adding staff. According to Crustdata company data, the company has 130 employees, up from 114 a year ago. That is a gain of 16 people, or 18.2%. Over the last six months, headcount moved from 129 to 130, a rise of 1.6%.
Sales is a core group in that headcount. The sales team has 10 people, or 7.7% of staff. Operations has 9 and administrative staff number 8.
The seat is new in the data. No earlier holders of a Chief Growth Officer title show up at kalyan. The company data also shows no funding rounds and no acquisitions in the last three years.
The Team khatri Joins
The new title covers both growth and sales. kalyan's sales team has 10 people. The marketing team has 3, and media and communication has another 3.
The marketing team added no new people in the past 12 months, and no marketing leadership hires appear since October 2025. Crustdata job data shows no job listings at kalyan since July 18.
Most of the company's staff work in one state. Of its employees, 66 are based in Maharashtra, India, including 50 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and 11 in Kalyan. Another 11 are in Kerala, India.
Where khatri Comes From
khatri joins from Autofigures Media, having served as Director there from October 2023 to May 2026.
What To Watch
kalyan has posted 0 job listings in the three months since July 18. Will new sales or marketing listings appear now that the seat is filled? The next headcount figures will show whether the sales team of 10 and the marketing team of 3 change size.
Hiro News tracks leadership moves across go-to-market teams every day. People, company and job data in this story comes from Crustdata.
Questions and Answers
Who is the new Chief Growth Officer and Chief Sales Officer of kalyan?
Avinash khatri is the new Chief Growth Officer (CGO) & Chief Sales Officer (CSO) Kalyan Group. The role starts in October 2026. The move became public on October 18, 2026.
Why did kalyan hire a Chief Growth Officer?
kalyan has grown to 130 employees from 114 a year ago, a rise of 18.2%. Its sales team has 10 people and its marketing team has 3. No earlier holders of a Chief Growth Officer title appear at the company.
How big is kalyan?
kalyan has 130 employees. Of those, 66 are based in Maharashtra, India, including 50 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The company has posted no job listings since July 18.
· people and company records, retrieved October 18, 2026. Source: Crustdata.