Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), has announced the appointment of Shaji Farooq as the Senior Vice President for the company’s newly created Advanced Technologies service line, which will comprise of Social Media, Mobility, Analytics-as-a-service and Cloud. "Dynamic developments in the sphere of Social, Mobility, Analytics-as-a-service…
Category: Executive Movements
Sify Appoints Kamal Nath as Chief Executive Officer
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Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ Global Markets: SIFY), a leader in Managed Enterprise, Network and IT Services in India with growing global delivery capabilities, announced the appointment of Mr. Kamal Nath as Chief Executive Officer. Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman & Managing Director, said “Kamal has led various transformational engagements with large enterprises,…
Appointments and Exits in Automobile Sector
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Hyundai Motors: Hyundai Motor India has elevated R. Sethuraman, Senior Vice-President – Finance and Corporate Affairs, as a member of the board. He will continue to handle Finance and Corporate Affairs function at the company and would also act as a trustee of Hyundai Motor’s Corporate Social Responsibility arm Hyundai Motor India Foundation. R Sethuraman,…
CP Gurnani appointed as the Managing Director of Tech Mahindra
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CP Gurnani has been appointed as the Managing Director of Tech Mahindra, in the company’s Board meeting which was held in Mumbai on August 10, 2012. He has played a pivotal role in the three year transformational journey of Mahindra Satyam and is spearheading the eventual merger with Tech Mahindra. "From establishing Tech Mahindra as…
Cairn India appoints Sudhir Mathur as CFO
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Cairn India has announced the appointment of Mr. Sudhir Mathur as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Member Executive Committee, marking a culmination of Cairn India’s extensive search process. Sudhir joins Cairn India in early September 2012 from Aircel Cellular Ltd., where he was the CFO and responsible for Strategy, Finance, Supply Chain Management and Regulatory…
Rahul Dhir, to step down as MD & CEO of Cairn India
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The Board of Cairn India has announced that Mr. Rahul Dhir has decided to step down as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective 31 August, 2012 to pursue his entrepreneurial interests. The search for Mr. Dhir’s successor is underway and an announcement is expected soon. During this intervening period, the Board…
Aircel Appoints Kaizad Heerjee as COO
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Aircel, has appointed Dr Kaizad Heerjee (ex CEO from U Mobile, Malaysia) as the company’s COO. The leadership position was vacant for past few months, post the exit of Gurdeep Singh (he has recently taken over as President & CEO for Reliance Wireless Business). Aircel is the country’s fifth-largest telecom company, with over 60 million…
Appointments at Ingersoll Rand–Arun Dogra, Ravi K Dhulipala
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Arun Dogra, has been appointed as Vice President & Business head for Ingersoll Rand – Security Technologies, effective July 2012. He would be responsible for leading the security technologies business for the company in India. Earlier , Arun was with Agilent Technologies as their Country Head & VP – Sales & Marketing. He has…
Ross Levinsohn quits Yahoo !
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Ross Levinsohn, who held the position of Interim CEO for Yahoo Inc. after the exit of Scot Thompson, has reportedly quit. This move was anticipated by some, and comes two weeks post the appointment of Marissa Mayer as CEO by Yahoo Inc. After the exit of Scot Thompson, while the company board was on look…
Deutsche Bank India appoints Ravneet Gill as CEO
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Ravneet Gill, has been elevated as Country CEO, for Deutsche Bank, India. This appointment comes post the movement of Gunit Chadha, to a larger role. In March 2012, Gunit Chadha, was appointed as co-CEO for Asia Pacific, along with Alan Cloete, the new appointment being effective June 2012. (Earlier Post: Deutsche Bank appoints Gunit…
HCL Technologies, appoints Anant Gupta as President & COO
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Last week HCL Tech (the fourth largest IT company in India) declared its quarterly (ending June 2012) results, and surprised the market and investors with an impressive performance. The company showed a growth in revenue, operating profit as well as net profit. This performance comes across as an achievement, considering that the performance of other…
N Krishnan to exit Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd as Managing Director
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In its communication to stock exchanges on Wednesday, Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, has communicated that N Krishnan has resigned as the Managing Director of the company. He would also be moving out as a Director of the board. The board has accepted his resignation, and he would be relived from his duties by end of…
Vodafone India, top level exits ..
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Sanjoy Mukherjee (Chief Commercial Officer – Vodafone), and Samaresh Parida (Special Projects – Vodafone), are on their way to exit Vodafone Indian Operations (Source: ET ). It is reported that their exits follow the restructuring and subsequent role changes that took place. Sanjoy Mukherjee, who was earlier heading Vodafone India’s operations in North & East,…
K S Vijay Kumar exits RFCL (part of Avantor Performance Materials) as Global Director – Human Resources
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K S Vijay Kumar is reported to have resigned from his role as Global Director – Human Resources, for RFCL (an Avantor Performance Materials business). It is learnt that he is moving on for personal reasons, and would be exiting the company by end of this month. Vijay has been leading the Human Resource function…
Canon India appoints Rajeev Tewari as Director CSP Group
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New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 : Canon India Pvt. Limited, the leading Digital Imaging Company announced the appointment of Mr. Rajeev Tewari as the Director of Canon India’s CSP group. The Canon System Products (CSP) group comprises of Inkjet Product Division, Laser Product Division and System Integrators Division. In his new role…