Oyo announced that Mohit Bhatnagar has resigned as Director, effective June 30, 2020, according to the company’s regulatory filings. His resignation was accepted at the company’s board meeting held on September 24. Mohit will now hold a board observer position at the company. Oyo added that Bejul Somaia, partner at Lightspeed India Partners, will continue…
Ride hailing giant Uber has announced the appointment of Manikandan Thangarathnam as Senior Director to lead all Rider and Platform engineering teams. The move will strengthen the company’s tech team in India, it said. “We’re bolstering our tech presence in India with the hire of Amazon veteran, Manikandan Thangarathnam. He joins us as Senior Director…
BharatPe, the digital payments platform has announced that Dhruv Bahl has been elevated to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) with immediate effect, said a statement issued by the company. In his new role as COO, Bahl will leadi operations across customer support, deployments – QR, Swipe & Cards, KYC, loan disbursals and lead…
Essence, a global data and measurement-driven media agency, announced the appointment of Monica Bhatia as the new Managing Director for Singapore. She will report to APAC CEO T. Gangadhar. In her new role, Bhatia will be responsible for driving continued client-centric innovation in data, analytics and technology, as well as business growth and company culture…
PwC in India has announced the appointment of Sanjeev Krishan as its new Chairman for a four-year term commencing on 1 January 2021. Sanjeev succeeds Shyamal Mukherjee, the current Chairman, who will step down on 31 December 2020 at the completion of his term. Welcoming Sanjeev into the new role, Shyamal Mukherjee said, “Sanjeev’s deep understanding…
MetLife has announced a number of changes to its senior leadership team. Executive Vice President and President of the Latin America region Oscar Schmidt will retire, effective December 31, 2020. Schmidt will stay on through the end of March 2021 to assist with the leadership transition. “Over the past two and a half decades, Oscar…
PK, the global digital services firm that helps the world’s most customer-obsessed brands design, build and run the future has announced the appointment of Dinesh Venugopal as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 2, 2020. A results-oriented business leader and innovator, Venugopal brings more than 25 years of management and digital services industry experience…
Piramal Enterprises Limited announced the appointment of Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal and Suhail Nathani, Managing Partner, Economic Law Practice, as Independent Directors to its Board with effect from October 14, 2020. Kunal Bahl, is the CEO & Co-Founder of Snapdeal.com, India’s leading, value-focused e-commerce marketplace that has raised capital from leading global investors such as…
Getaround, the carsharing platform that empowers users to instantly access and drive cars nearby, announced a $140 million Series E financing from PeopleFund with new investors including Reid Hoffman’s and Mark Pincus’ Reinvent Capital, AmRest founder Henry McGovern, Pennant Investors, and VectoIQ partners Steve Girsky, Mary Chan, and Julia Steyn. Existing investors SoftBank Vision Fund,…
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups, announced that it has hired Rajesh “Raj” Kapadia as International Head of Capital Markets, effective January 2021. Kapadia will be based in New York and will report globally to Ko Oshima, International Supervision Executive of Capital Markets in Tokyo. He will have global…
Vodafone Idea has announced the resignation of Vishant Vora as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In an e-mail response to PTI, the company mentioned that Vora has decided to return home to the US. “VIL recently completed the world’s largest network integration setting up a future ready network built on 5G architecture. Post consolidation, Vi GIGAnet…
Chubb announced that Nandini Mani has been appointed Executive Vice President, Claims for Overseas General Insurance, effective immediately. She will report to Juan Luis Ortega, Executive Vice President, Chubb Group and President of Overseas General Insurance, and Mike Smith, Senior Vice President, Chubb Group and Global Claims Officer. In her new role, Mani will be…
CredAble, a FinTech company that is transforming supply chain finance with its various technology-enabled funding programs for stakeholders in corporate supply chains announced the appointment of Ashutosh Taparia as Managing Director – Client Coverage. At CredAble, Taparia is responsible for identifying and developing opportunities for the Platform business across India to which he says, “the…
Dewpoint Therapeutics, the biomolecular condensates company has announced the appointment of Ameet Nathwani, M.D., as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. “We are extremely fortunate to have found someone who embodies our core values and is able to work in concert with our pioneering scientific team to guide the company into…
Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy products, has announced the appointment of Shane McNamee as Chief Privacy Officer. In his new role, McNamee will oversee Avast’s global privacy strategy and drive the company’s privacy-by-design strategy. Prior to this role, McNamee served the Irish Department of Finance and the Data Protection Commission of…