General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company, announced that its Board of Directors has elected John G. Stratton as Director of the corporation, effective February 5. He has been appointed to serve on the Finance and Benefit Plans Committee. Stratton was the Executive Vice President and President of global operations at Verizon Communications Inc.…
Cognizant announced that Vinita Bali has been appointed to its Board as a new independent director effective February 24, 2020 and that Vice Chairman Francisco D’Souza will leave the Board effective March 31, 2020. Bali was most recently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Britannia Industries from 2005 to 2014. Prior to Britannia, she…
Ryan Roslansky, presently global head of product for the platform will be the new CEO Jeff Weiner will exit CEO’s position at LinkedIn effective June 1, 2020. He will step into the role of Executive Chairman. Post Jeff’s exit, Ryan Roslansky, presently global head of product for the platform will be the new CEO, with…
Donna Morris from Adobe has joined Walmart Inc., as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. She will be a part of the executive committee and will be responsible for attracting, retaining and developing talent for the company. Donna is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years in senior and leadership level HR roles.…
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announced Mathew Rekow as its new Chief Technology Officer. Rekow assumes the CTO role following Anand Gopalan, who was recently named Velodyne’s Chief Executive Officer. As CTO, Rekow leads Velodyne’s customer-focused advanced research and development team. Since joining the company in 2015, he has had a significant impact on Velodyne engineering and…
PTW, a games, digital entertainment and interactive media solutions provider, announced that the company has appointed Andy Emery as Chief Operating Officer. Andy joined the company in 2015 through the acquisition of his company SIDE, which transformed PTW’s audio line of business. Post SIDE acquisition, Andy became an integral part of the PTW executive team.…
Michael Ronen, the U.S. Head of SoftBank Group’s $100 billion Vision Fund, is leaving after expressing concerns about “issues” at the technology conglomerate, as per a media report. In 2017, SoftBank Group launched the $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund and recruited Ronen from Goldman Sachs. As per the report Ronen has been negotiating the terms…
Sony Pictures Networks India has announced the appointment of Saugata Mukherjee as Head – Original Content, Digital Business. In his new role, Mukherjee will be heading the Hindi original content initiatives for SonyLIV. Prior to this, Mukherjee was working with Hotstar as Head of Development and Creative Editor – Hotstar Specials. WIth an experience of…
Anil Ambani’s sons Jai Anmol Ambani and Jai Anshul Ambani have resigned as members of the board of Reliance Infrastructure. The reason for stepping down remains undisclosed. As per the company’s exchange filing, Jai Anmol Ambani and Jai Anshul Ambani ceased to be on the board from January 31. There is no news of them…
AirAsia has announced the appointment of Tharumalingam a/l Kanagalingam, also known as Bo Lingam as its Acting Chief Executive Officer. The decision comes post stepping down of its CEO and Executive Chairman over bribery allegations. Bo Lingam joined AirAsia in 2001 as a Ground Operations Manager, responsible for the implementation of the low-cost concept in…
AirAsia, a Malaysia-based airline, has announced the stepping down of its Chief Executive Tony Fernandes and Executive Chairman Kamarudin Meranun with immediate effect. As per the company’s exchange filing, both men were to stand down “for a period of two months or such other period that the company may deem fit.” The two executives have…
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, announced the appointment of Chris Koster to Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, effective February 19, 2020. Koster will oversee all legal functions for the company, reporting directly to Chairman, President and CEO Michael F. Neidorff. Koster joined Centene in 2017 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Services. Prior…
Colliers International has announced the appointment of Piyush Gupta as the Managing Director of the Capital Markets business in India. Piyush has 19 years of experience in real estate investments, asset management and exit strategy, deployment and business development. Piyush will lead Colliers’ Capital Markets business in India and strengthen the market position of the…
Workfront, the work management application platform for the enterprise, announced that James Murray has been appointed the vice president and managing director of Workfront’s operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Murray brings 30 years of experience working in the technology industry and has spent the past two decades as a leader of…
Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer, has appointed Leo Xie-Lei as President of Kemin AquaScience, the company’s global business unit that serves the aquaculture industry with sustainable solutions as it shifts from wild-catch to farmed fish and shrimp. Xie-Lei is succeeding Kemin AquaScience’s first president, KP Philip, who will continue to lead strategic projects for…