BharatPe, a UPI payments system, has appointed Dhruv Bahl as its ‘Head of Operations’. He will be responsible for overall operations across merchant acquisitions, servicing, payments, lending, and commerce. Dhruv has more than 13 years of experience having worked at Fortis, Bain & Company, PayTM, Airtel Payments Bank and Roadzen. In a statement, Ashneer Grover,…
JFrog, the Liquid Software Company, has appointed former Flipkart and Microsoft leader, Kavita Viswanath as its General Manager for India to oversee their India Operations. Orit Goren, COO at JFrog said, “We are excited to onboard Ms. Kavita Viswanath as the General Manager for JFrog India. The business world is streaming fast towards cloud services…
BBC Studios, the principal commercial arm of the BBC, has announced the appointment of Nicki Sheard as CMO. As CMO Nicki will set the global marketing strategy for the company and its brands, and provide marketing leadership across all of BBC Studios. Nicki will take up her new role in March 2020. Nicki re-joins the…
CYFIRMA, a predictive cyber-threat visibility and intelligence analytics platform company, has announced key management appointments as part of its market expansion plan. CYFIRMA has appointed Gosuke Nakae as President of Alliance Strategy and Administration, Shuhei Igarashi as President of Business Development, Koichi Saito as Vice President of Business Development, Saurabh Lal as President of Delivery…
Ola Foods, a food business division of the primarily ride-hailing focused company, has appointed Senior FMCG executive Rajeev Bakshi. Currently, Rajeev is an advisor on Strategy and Marketing, apart from serving on the board of a few companies.
Cloudera, the enterprise data cloud company, has announced the appointment of Robert Bearden as President and Chief Executive Officer. Martin Cole, chairman of the board of directors and interim CEO of Cloudera, said “Rob has been a valuable resource for me and the company as we refined our post-merger strategy and positioned the company for…
Sonali Khanna has been appointed as the head of Lowe Lintas, South. Her appointment is effective immediately. An Executive Director in the organisation, Sonali has been in the advertising business for over two decades – of which she has spent 15 years with Lowe Lintas across offices in Delhi, Mumbai & Bangalore. In a company’s…
Wheebox, an online talent assessment firm, has appointed Bishnu Nepak as its chief revenue officer for India business. Prior to this, Nepak was working with Microsoft as the lead of cloud and annuity business. In a media statement, Nepak said, “As organizations transform their business for the digital age, insight-driven people decisions will be a…
WATConsult, a digital and social media agency, has elevated Heeru Dingra to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) while the current CEO Rajiv Dingra has been appointed as the chief mentor and advisor for WATConsult. The appointment will be effective from February 1, 2020. In a statement, Anand Bhadkamkar, CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network, said, “She…
IBM has appointed Brenda Harvey as its new Asia Pacific general manager, following the departure of chief executive and chairman Harriet Green recently. As per media reports, an IBM spokesperson confirmed the appointment to CRN, mentioning that Harvey will replace Green despite the different title. Harvey joins from IBM USA, where she has been working…
Life insurance company Max Life Insurance, hired Charandeep David for Corporate VP, HR. Prior to this, David was associated with OYO in the role of Head of L&D. Charandeep has over 25 years of in-depth experience in L&D, talent development, change management, and knowledge transfer. She has worked with organizations such as British Airways, GE,…
Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides) on Thursday announced that it has appointed R Ananthanarayanan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD). His appointment has been approved by the BoD (Board of Directors) and will be effective from January 09, 2020. R Ananthanarayanan (Ananth) will succeed Arun Kumar, Founder, and the incumbent CEO &…
American Express, an American multinational financial services corporation, has appointed Megha Chopra as general manager and vice president, Global Commercial Services (GCS) India. Chopra will lead the company’s commercial services business, providing payment solutions to corporations throughout India. Prior to this, she was with Citibank. In a statement, Robert McClean, executive vice president, GCS International,…
Adobe has announced the appointment of Anil Chakravarthy as executive vice president and general manager, Digital Experience. Before joining Adobe, Chakravarthy was associated with Informatica, a global leader in enterprise cloud data management, as CEO since January 2016. In this role, Chakravarthy will be leading Adobe’s Digital Experience business, reporting directly to Adobe president and…
“My time with IBM has been among the most fulfilling periods of my career, working closely with clients on their most challenging business transformation initiatives. I’ve valued this opportunity tremendously and will take only good memories with me to this next important chapter – one that many of you will have undertaken.” she said.