Hexaware Technologies Ltd, provider of IT, BPO and consulting services has announced the appointment of Vishwanath Joshi as its new Chief People Officer. Joshi to replace Amberin Memon who retired after serving 25 years in the company. Joshi joins Hexaware from Great Place to Work, India where he was the Practice Head, involved in driving…
Brainly, a peer-to-peer learning community and educational technology company, has appointed Rajesh Bysani as its chief product officer (CPO). Prior to this, Bysani has worked for over 15 years, as mobile transformation lead at Google, CPO at Zoomcar, AVP (Product and Growth) at FreeCharge. In a media statement, Michał Borkowski, co-founder and CEO, Brainly, said,…
Krishna Raghavan has been appointed as Chief HR Officer of Flipkart. The decision was taken a few months after Smriti Singh resigned from the position. The e-commerce major has found a replacement from within its leadership team. Currently, Krishna Raghavan is the senior vice president of engineering at Flipkart. He will be taking charge of…
Coca Cola Bottling Investment Group’s Chief People Officer Annella Heytens has recently stepped down from her position. She was working for the company for the past 1 and a half years. She resigned from the beverage giant to join Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she’ll be reporting directly to Vice-President and Global Head of HR…
Schneider Electric, a multinational corporation specializing in electrical equipment, has elevated Niharika Mohan to the role of Vice President, HR, Admin and CSR, Luminous Power Technologies, which is a retail brand of Schneider Electric India. Niharika will be incharge of guiding the people strategy and workplace compliance for all business divisions of Luminous Power Technologies.…
An online learning and teaching player, Udemy, has announced the appointment of Prasad Gune as senior vice president- Product. His role will be to lead the company’s product management, design, and UX research teams. Earlier, Gune had worked as SVP(Product) at OpenTable, where he led a 70-person product and design team. As per the company’s…
SoftBank India has appointed Manoj Kohli to head its business in India. The move comes after a nearly five-year stint as the chairman of the Japanese telecom and investment giant’s renewable energy business SB Energy. Manoj Kohli, the former Bharti Airtel executive, has an experience of over 40 years. He has headed Airtel’s international operations…
Meritor, Inc. announced the appointment of Chris Villavarayan as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Villavarayan, 49, has served as senior vice president and president of Meritor’s Global Truck segment since January 2018. In this new position, Villavarayan will have global operating responsibility for both of Meritor’s business segments, Global Truck…
Vyaire Medical, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Gaurav Agarwal as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Agarwal succeeds Dave Eckley, who is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer, but will remain on the company’s Board of Directors. Agarwal brings to Vyaire Medical extensive global leadership experience in medical devices and a proven…
The government appoints heads of three large state-run banks in the country, to help stabilise their operations. The new appointments were made in Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and Bank of India. The appointments were made based on the recommendations of the Banks Board Bureau in November last year, which are now being accepted and…
Chinese mobile handset manufacturer Xiaomi has recently announced the reshuffling of a few leadership roles in India. Global Vice-President and Managing Director India, Manu Kumar Jain will now take on the role of deciding the company’s entry into newer global markets and product categories. He will hand over his responsibilities of expanding the company into…
Samsung Electronics Co. has recently announced major changes in its top management. Roh Tae-moon has been named the new mobile head. This reshuffle in top management is a part of Samsung’s annual senior executive changes which was supposed to happen last year in December. The company delayed the regular year-end reshuffle due to ongoing criminal…
Former PayTM executive Sonia Dhawan has recently joined private equity SAIF Partners as Corporate Communication Advisor. She will be responsible for handling the media strategy of SAIF and companies under its portfolio. Companies under SAIF’s umbrella include PayTM, Meesho, ClearTax, Rivigo, Swiggy, and Chaayos. Earlier, Dhawan was the Vice President of Corporate Communications for First…
GE T&D India appoints Pitamber Shivnani as its company’s new Chief Executive Officer & President, GE Grid Solutions South Asia. Pitamber to replace Sunil Wadhwa, who left the company last year to pursue opportunities outside GE. As part of this role, Pitamber Shivnani will be managing GE’s Grid Solutions markets for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,…
Kalyan Chakrabarti, a former GE executive, has been appointed as CFO of Piramal Realty, a diversified global business conglomerate. He will be responsible for business finance, corporate strategy, finance operations, cost leadership and profitability as he takes on the role to lead the group’s finance agenda. As per People Matters, Naaman Atallah, CEO, Piramal Realty,…