SmartCella Holding AB announced that Dr. Nina Bauer, MBA, has been appointed Chief Business Officer and Head of Smartwise. Nina Bauer joins in January 2024 from MilliporeSigma, where she most recently held the role of Global Head of Commercial, Viral Vector and Biologics CDMO. She will be a member of the SmartCella Exceutive Management Team, and based in Boston (MA, USA).…
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (Kotak) announced the appointment of Anupam Kaura as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to spearhead organisational transformation, in the journey of ‘accelerating change’ at Kotak. Anupam joins Kotak from CRISIL Ltd, London, UK where as Global Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and overseeing Corporate Administration was responsible for various crucial aspects…
Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante), a leading carbon capture and removal solutions provider announced that it has appointed Justine Fisher as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The company has been rapidly scaling since it closed US$318 million in its Series E fundraising round in December 2022, nearly doubling its employee headcount, and appointing a new Chief…
Interactive Brokers, an automated global electronic broker, announced the appointment of Rich Repetto as an independent director of the firm effective January 1, 2024. “We are pleased to announce the appointment of Rich to the Board of Directors following his distinguished career where he pioneered the research of electronic brokers and exchanges,” said Thomas Peterffy,…
ScandiNova Systems AB (ScandiNova), a leading provider of high-end pulsed power systems, announced the appointment of Pernilla Enkler as its new Head of Sustainability, Quality, and Communications. Pernilla will also join the Executive Group Management, contributing her extensive leadership experience acquired from diverse industries, including startups and large international corporations, a statement said. “Sustainability is an important part…
Birlasoft Ltd, part of the USD 2.9 billion diversified C.K. Birla Group, announced the appointment of Manjunath Kygonahally (Manju) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Rest of the World (ROW) region, effective January 2, 2024. He will be based in the UK. Manju would be responsible for all business and strategic growth initiatives in the…
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a ‘Maharatna’ Company under Ministry of Power, Government of India, announced the appointment of Doman Yadav as Executive Director, with effect from January 1, 2024. According to the company’s exchange filing, “In terms of Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, this is…
Airtel Africa plc has announced the retirement of the Chief Executive Officer, Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, with effect from 1 July, 2024. Ogunsanya, who joined Airtel in 2012, ran the Nigeria Operations of the Telecommunications and mobile money company for nine years before his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Group in 2021. With local…
NIVEA has announced the appointment of Geetika Mehta as the new managing director, according to The Financial Express report. As per the company, Mehta brings a wealth of experience and expertise to steer the brand. Mehta, with a distinguished career in the FMCG sector, has a track record of developing small businesses as well as managing large-scale…
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a ‘Maharatna’ Company under Ministry of Power, Government of India, announced the appointment of Ravindra Kumar Tyagi as Chairman and Managing Director, with effect from January 1, 2024. According to the company’s exchange filing, “this is to inform that in pursuance of Ministry of Power Office Order dated…
Public sector engineering and transport consultancy company RITES Limited announced the resignation of Manobendra Ghoshal as Chief Strategy Officer of the company, with effect from January 1, 2024. According to the company’s exchange filing, “this is to inform you that “Shri Manobendra Ghoshal (Chief Strategy Officer)” has been relieved from RITES Limited on 01.01.2024 to…
Praj Industries Limited (Praj), a player in biofuels, brewery, process equipment and water and waste water treatment solutions, announced the appointment of Anant Bavare as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the company, with effect from January 1, 2024. He succeeds Dattatraya Nimbolkar, who has resigned from the role of Company Secretary and Compliance Officer,…
Ugro Capital has officially named Rajni Khurana as its Chief People Officer (CPO). She is rejoining the fintech platform after serving as the Executive Director and Head of Human Resources at IndoSpace for the past two years, according to moneycontrol report. Khurana was a key member of the founding team at Ugro Capital, contributing to…
Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited announced the resignation of Prateek Jain as Chief Financial Officer of the company, with effect from December 29, 2023. According to the company’s exchange filing, “We wish to inform you that Mr. Prateek Jain, Chief Financial Officer (a Key Managerial & Senior Managerial personnel of the Company), vide his…
Metering company Genus Power Infrastructures Limited announced the appointment of Chetan Anand Deshpande as Chief Human Resource Officer (GMSD & GAMISP) with effect from December 29, 2023. He succeeds Arjya Kumar Mishra, who has resigned from the role of Head – HR, with effect from December 28, 2023. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant…