Category: Executive Movements

US-based Equifax appoints Melissa Smith to Board of Directors

Equifax, a global data, analytics, and technology company has announced that Melissa D. Smith, Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President of WEX, has been elected to its Board of Directors. She was also appointed to the board’s Governance Committee. “We are thrilled to welcome Melissa as a new independent director on our board,” said Mark…

Omaxe appoints Benu Sehgal as President – Retail

Omaxe, one of India’s leading real estate companies has announced the appointment of Benu Sehgal, a veteran in Retail, Mall Management, Amusement, Media and Entrepreneurship as President – Retail.  In her new role at Omaxe, Benu Sehgal will be responsible for retail and commercial projects of the company.  Benu Sehgal has over 23 years of…

L’ORÉAL announces organisational changes, Vismay Sharma to lead South Asia, Middle East and North Africa

L’Oréal announced changes to the geographical scope of some of its Zones following the departure of Jochen Zaumseil, President of the APAC Zone, effective from 1st January 2021.  L’Oréal said that the South Asia and the Middle East/North Africa Zone will be joined to create the SAPMENA Zone (South Asia Pacific – Middle East –…

Rajiv Bansal joins as Senior Executive Director of Dalmia Bharat Group

Dalmia Bharat Group, a manufacturing conglomerate dealing in Cement, Sugar & Refractories has appointed Rajiv Bansal as Senior Executive Director in its Managing Director’s office, according to ET report. Prior to this role, Rajiv Bansal served DXC Technology, where he served as CFO of the company’s Americas business. Prior to DXC, he was CFO of…

AMI appoints Arvind Jayabal as Country Head for AMI India

AMI has announced that Mr. Arvind Jayabal has been named Country Head for the AMI India branch, effective November 2, 2020. Mr. Jayabal brings with him thirty years of experience in semiconductor, telecommunications, mobile, automotive, and related technology industries. He holds a post-graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He managed…

IntegriChain Appoints Sachin Sadekar for India Operations

IntegriChain has announced the appointment of Seasoned technology and managed services executive – Sachin Sadekar as Vice President and Managing Director of the company’s expanding India operations. He will lead IntegriChain’s India operations, including Engineering, Product Management, and Managed Services. A Certified Program Manager from Stanford University, Sadekar was also the Associate Vice President of…

Ramesh Lakshminarayanan appointed Chief Information Officer of HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank, one of India’s premier banks that provides a wide range of financial products and services to its customers, announced the appointment of Ramesh Lakshminarayanan as new Chief Information Officer, according to ET report. Most recently, Lakshminarayanan worked with CRISIL, where he spent three years as Chief Technology and Information Officer. In CRISIL, Lakshminarayanan…

Vaibhav Tewari joins Portea Medical as Co-founder and Board Member

Home healthcare company, Portea Medical has appointed Mr Vaibhav Tewari as its Co-founder and Member of Board. He has been serving as the organization’s COO since 2013 and is a key member of the leadership team along with founders Meena Ganesh and K Ganesh. Vaibhav Tewari has played a prominent role in conceptualizing the organisation,…

Kewal Handa appointed Independent Director of BharatPe

BharatPe, the digital payments platform has announced the appointment of Kewal Handa as an Independent Director, according to ET report.  Prior to this, Handa was associated with Union Bank of India and Pfizer. Handa has served as Chairman of Union Bank of India and Managing Director of Pfizer. He has also been Independent Director at…

VectivBio strengthens leadership team, appoints Aditya Venugopal as VP of Business Development

VectivBio, a global, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing transformational medicines for patients with serious rare diseases, announced the appointments of Sarah Holland, Ph.D., as Chief Business Officer and Aditya Venugopal, Ph.D., as Vice President of Business Development. Dr. Holland will be based in Switzerland and Dr. Venugopal will be based in the U.S., further expanding the…

Chandrashekhar Mukherjee appointed Senior President – HR of Bhilosa Industries

Bhilosa Industries, a leading manufacturer of polyester yarn based out of Mumbai has announced the appointment of Chandrashekhar Mukherjee as Senior President – Human Resources, according to ET report. He will report to Sandeep Jain, CEO of Bhilosa Industries. Prior to this role, Mukherjee served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Magic Bus India Foundation.…

Ray Pekar appointed as Veoneer’s Chief Financial Officer

Automotive technology Company – Veoneer appoints Ray Pekar as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 2021. He will replace Mats Backman who has decided to leave Veoneer to seek new opportunities. Backman said – “I have worked for five years as CFO first for Autoliv and later Veoneer. It has been a fantastic journey and we…

Innoviti names Manoj Uprit as Chief Revenue Officer – Channel Sales

Payment solutions company, Innoviti has announced the appointment of former Eureka Forbes Retail Head as Chief Revenue Officer – Chanel Sales. Mr. Uprit will be heading Innoviti’s expansion in the Electronics retail merchant category using distribution channels as the company is committed to strengthen and scale up its category specific retail plans through specialized distribution…

Kumar Das resigns as Chief Legal Officer of Vodafone Idea

Kumar Das has resigned as the Chief Legal Officer of Vodafone Idea, according to ET report. Das has served the company for 19 years. Manish Sansi to succeed Kumar Das as the new Chief Legal Officer. Prior to this role, Das served as general counsel for Vodafone’s Indian subsidiary for eight years.  Most recently, Manish…