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Marketing executives of real estate companies are quitting to join rivals or to pursue personal interests amid a prolonged slowdown in the industry.The most recent departure was that of Girish Shah, chief marketing officer at Godrej Properties, who joined the Wadhwa Group as director to oversee its information technology, sales and marketing, and customer relationship management functions."Promoters want to grow their companies and are realising the importance of hiring the right professionals," said Shah, who has worked with Reckitt & Colman, the UB Group and the Reliance ADA Group.Smeeta Neogi, vice-president, marketing, at Mahindra Lifespaces quit for personal reasons. She earlier headed marketing at ET Now, Zoom and the Tata-owned Trent. Neogi could not be contacted for comments.A couple of months ago, Bharath Duppar, chief marketing officer of the Mumbai-based Omkar Group, quit to join Sheth Creators as chief executive officer. "I was looking to move. I had an opportunity to m