Category: Executive Movements

Rajeev Sawhney exits HCL Technologies

  It is reported that Rajeev Sawhney, of of the key executives at HCL Technologies has quit. Rajeev has been an HCL veteran, having been with the company for over 28 years. Recently he was the President for HCL Technologies – Europe, and head of emerging global verticals of Aerospace & Defense, Public Sector &…

Intel appoints Kumud Srinivasan as President of Indian Operations

Intel, has appointed  Kumud Srinivasan, as President of its Indian operations. Srinivasan, takes over from Praveen Vishakantaiah who would be moving to a new role as General Manager of Client Solutions and Technology group in the PC Client Group of Intel , USA. Kumud Srinivasan, is an Intel veteran and has been with the company…

KPMG in India announces Richard Rekhy as the new CEO

Richard Rekhy has been appointed as the new CEO of the Indian firm succeeding Russell Parera who led the firm for six years. Richard has been with KPMG in India for more than eight years and has held many leadership positions in the firm. Richard in his previous role as the Head of Advisory at…

Yahoo ! hires Chief Operating Officer

Yahoo! Inc. has hired Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer (COO). The COO position will be reporting directly to Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, and will be responsible for strategic and operational management of Yahoo!’s sales, operations, media and business development worldwide. Henrique , has been working with Google Inc. as vice president of Google’s…

Polaris Appoints Jitin Goyal as President and Head of Worldwide Sales and Account Management

  Polaris Financial Technology Ltd. (POLS.BO), a leading global Financial Technology Company, today announced Jitin Goyal as President and Head of Worldwide Sales and Account Management. Prior to this role, Jitin served as a Consultant and Senior Anchor for the Strategic Outsourcing Business at Polaris. In the new role, Jitin will report into the Chairman…

Reckitt Benckiser appoints Akhil Chandra as General Manager- India

RB appoints Akhil Chandra as General Manager for India with immediate effect. Akhil has joined us from Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare, where he was posted as Vice President and General Manager- Asia. Akhil reports to Chander Mohan Sethi, SVP Regional Director South East Asia and he will be based at the head office in Gurgaon.…

V Balakrishnan resigns from Infosys as CFO

Infosys CFO, and veteran of over 20 years V Balakrishnan has resigned as the company’s CFO (Source: ET).  He had joined the company in 1991, and has been with the company in various roles over these years. He had been appointed as the CFO in 2006. As the CFO he has been responsible for Corporate…

Yahoo! Names Ken Goldman as Chief Financial Officer

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has announced that Ken Goldman will join the company as chief financial officer (CFO), effective Oct. 22. In this role, he will be responsible for Yahoo!’s global finance functions including financial planning and analysis, controllership, tax, treasury, and investor relations. Goldman will report directly to Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. “Ken is…

HDFC Life elevates Vibha Padalkar as Executive Director and CFO

HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurance companies, has elevated Vibha Padalkar as Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Vibha joined HDFC Life in 2008 as CFO and has been a part of the top management team and Executive Committee. During her tenure as CFO, Vibha spearheaded finance, internal audit, risk management, compliance,…

Tata Motors Appointments

Ranjit Yadav, President – Passenger Card Business Unit (PCBU) Tata Motors has appointed Ranjit Yadav as the President of company’s passenger car business Unit (PCBU). Earlier he was heading the Mobile & IT Business for Samsung India, and in his previous stints has held senior positions in Hewlett Packard, Philips, and Ponds. Neeraj Garg, Vice…