AMD has elevated David Kwon as Managing Director and Corporate Vice President for Asia Pacific – Japan (APJ) region. He will be focussing on strengthening AMD’s component channel business, the consumer notebook and desktop business, and commercial business growth. In his new APJ role, Kwon will report to John Byrne, Senior Vice President and…
Category: Executive Movements
Suchira Iyer quits as CMO for Wipro Technologies
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Suchira Iyer, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Wipro Technologies has quit. She had taken over the CMO role in April 2012 fro Rajan Kohli who moved on to another role within the group. (Earlier Report: Wipro Appoints Suchira Iyer as Chief Marketing Officer, IT Business). A Wipro veteran of 19 years, prior to taking…
Jubilant Energy CEO Ajay Khandelwal resigns.
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Ajay Khandelwal has resigned as CEO for Jubilant Energy, and has stepped down the Board of Jubilant Energy with immediate effect. This was announced earlier this week by the Board. The company has kicked off the process of new CEO search and appointment. In the interim a committee comprising of Ramesh Bhatia, COO and…
New leadership appointments at One97
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Banmali Agrawala to take over as President & CEO for GE India Operations
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Banmali Agrawala (Ex Tata Power), has been appointed as President & CEO for GE’s – General Electric business operations in India. His appointment will be effective 1st April 2013, and he will succeed John Flannery. John is moving to the United States to take over as Sr. Vice President – Business Development.
Rajesh Gopinathan would take over as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of TCS
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Rajesh Gopinathan, would be taking over as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of TCS. He would be succeeding Seturaman Mahalingam, who has been in the role since February 2003. Seturaman Mahalingam, or “Maha” as he is known in TCS, started his career with TCS in 1970. He was appointed as CFO in 2003 and Executive…
Evernote appoints Ken Gullicksen as Chief Operating Officer
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Alcatel Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen steps down
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3i appoints Samir Palod as Managing Director for India
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3i, a leading international investor focused on mid-market private equity, infrastructure and debt management across Europe, Asia and the Americas has appointed Samir Palod as Managing Director, India, with immediate effect. Samir joined 3i’s Mumbai office in 2005 and is a Partner in the company’s Infrastructure business. During his time with 3i, Samir has worked…
New Leadership Appointments at Infosys
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This week, Infosys has announced some fresh appointments, as a part of leadership reshuffle. As a part of the new appointments, Nandita Gurjar, the present Head HR is being appointed the Global Head of Education & Research. Srikantan Moorthy will be the new Global Head of Human Resources. Nandita Gurjar has been with the…
Manoj Kohli to take over as Managing Director for Bharti Airtel
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Bharti Airtel, has announced top level restructuring. Effective 1st March 2013, Manoj Kohli would take over as the Managing Director of the company. Presently he is JMD & CEO for Bharti Airtel’s International operations. Sunil Mittal, presently the MD & Chairman, will be re designated as Chairman. Earlier this month, it was announced that…
Monsanto India appoints Gyanendra Shukla as Managing Director
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Monsanto India, has announced the appointment of Gyanendra Shukla as the companies new Managing Director effective March 1, 2013. Gyandendra, has been with Monsanto since 1996 and has handled various roles in India and Asia Pacific over this period. He has been Director – Branded Business & Corporate Affairs since August 2012, and in his…
Seventymm.com appoints Bhawna Agarwal as CEO, Mudit Khosla steps down.
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The Board of Directors of Seventymm.com today announced that Mudit Khosla has stepped down as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Board has appointed Bhawna Agarwal as the company’s new CEO with immediate effect. Bhawna Agarwal previously served as Seventymm’s COO, where she played a key role in strengthening the business metrics and…
Senior Leadership Changes at Diebold
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Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) has announced senior leadership changes. Thomas W. Swidarski, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), is stepping down from the company and its board of directors, effective immediately. Henry Wallace assumes role of executive chairman, and George S. Mayes, Jr., Executive Vice President, global operations, has been promoted by the board…
Alex Molinaroli named Vice Chairman, Johnson Controls and Brian Kesseler appointed President, Power Solutions, Johnson Controls
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Stephen A. Roell, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Controls, Inc., has announced the appointments of two senior executives. Alex Molinaroli has been named vice chairman of Johnson Controls, reporting to Roell, and Brian Kesseler has been appointed vice president, and president of the company’s Power Solutions business, reporting to Molinaroli. The Johnson Controls…