Bhargavi Rathi, Group Chief Marketing Officer (APAC) at Ascentium
Bhargavi Rathi is a B2B growth marketing leader with 17+ years of experience building high-performance marketing engines across global APAC markets. As Group Chief Marketing Officer (APAC) at Ascentium, she drives brand positioning, demand generation and go-to-market strategy, with a strong focus on agentic marketing, autonomous growth engines and AI-led marketing transformation.
In 2021, she founded Digital Go Where, an AI-enabled B2B growth marketing firm that has since scaled across 10+ markets, helping companies generate demand, build pipeline and grow internationally with a particular focus on winning customers in the AI-discovery economy. She is also the voice behind The Leadership Circle podcast, where she engages top consulting firms on global scaling strategies.
In recognition of her work, she has been felicitated by the Government of India with the National Award, Empower Her Excellence. Bhargavi holds executive education from multiple IIMs (Bangalore and Calcutta), the Indian School of Business, and a Diploma in Digital Marketing Strategies from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
