Yahoo Inc. has appointed Marissa Mayer as the company’s CEO. She would be the company’s third CEO in a year. Yahoo, had recently lost its 4 month old CEO Scot Thompson over issues regarding authenticity of his academic credentials. Prior to Scot , Carol Bartz had been the CEO of the company. She was fired…
Category: Executive Movements
Barclays appoints Ashwin Chadha as head of its wealth management division
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Barclays has appointed Ashwin Chadha as a Director in the banks Wealth and Investment management division in New Delhi. Barclays, has been operating its wealth and investment management business in the country since 2008. Ashwin, joins from Citi, where he was National Head Investments. He has previously worked with BNP Paribas & UTI.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Builds Equities Team in Asia–Appoints Saurav Chatterjee as Managing Director
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Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a leading global financial services firm, has appointed Saurav Chatterjee, formerly of Morgan Stanley, as Managing Director in the company’s Equity Capital Markets division. Based in Hong Kong, Saurav would be responsible for leading the cash equity sales team and expanding the firm’s equities trading business in Japan. He reports to…
Some Recent Appointments – Verizon India, InMobi, iXiGo, Lenovo
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Verizon Data Services: Santosh Bijur Santosh Bijur has been appointed as the new Managing Director. He succeeds Rahul Saxena who would be moving to a larger role at the company’s HQ in the US. Santosh would be responsible for the companyis IT Strategy and Operations. Earlier he was heading the IT Delivery for call center…
Manisha Girotra, joins Moelis & Company to lead their Indian Operations
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Moelis & Company has appointed Manisha Girotra, the former head for UBS India as the Country Head for India. She would be responsible for set up and growth of the company’s business in India. Moelis & Company is a global investment bank and offers financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad…
Lycos appoints Ned Rhinelander as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President
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WALTHAM, Mass., July 11, 2012 : Lycos, Inc. today announced the appointment of Ned Rhinelander as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Rhinelander’s extensive experience in management of engineering teams will help to lead Lycos in a strategic refocusing of its engineering resources. Rhinelander joins Lycos with over 18 years experience delivering publishing and advertising…
Siegel+Gale Adds Russ Meyer to Its Global Leadership Team
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 : Global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale today announced the appointment of Russ Meyer to global strategy director. Meyer brings more than 20 years of brand strategy, account management and marketing experience to the firm. Meyer joins from Landor Associates, where he spent the past 17 years in a variety of…
Arvind Rao, CEO and MD of OnMobile resigns Mouli Raman appointed interim MD
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Arvind Rao, CEO and MD of OnMobile, a leading Data and Value Added Services (VAS) company has resigned. While the company looks for a new CEO, Mouli Raman, co-founder and Executive Director has been appointed as the interim Managing Director of the company. The resignation comes after a review done by Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh…
Snapdeal.com appoints Aakash Moondhra as CFO
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Snapdeal.com has appointed Aakash Moondhra as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Aakash has previously been associated with leading brands like – AT & T, Bharti Airtel, Bharti Retail & Barrings Private Equity. In his previous role he was the Chief Investment Officer for I Farm Ventures. At Bharti, he has been a part of the…
Syed Safawi joins Viom Networks as CEO
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Syed Safawi (ex Reliance Communications) has joined Viom Networks as the CEO. Viom, a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and Quippo operates over 40,000 towers, and ranks amongst the top telecom passive infrastructure company in India. The CEO position at Viom has been vacant since the exit of Arun Kapoor last year, and since then …
Pfizer India appoints Aijaz Tobaccowalla as Managing Director
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Pfizer Limited has appointed Aijaz Tobaccowalla as Managing Director, India. He will succeed Kewal Handa, who earlier this year announced his intention to retire in August 2012. “With more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Aijaz, “Jazz” is a seasoned leader who will continue to lead Pfizer India through this exciting period.…
Philipp Humm, quits as CEO of T-Mobile USA
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ING Investment Management appoints Nityanand Prabhu as acting CEO
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Asset management firm ING Investment India has appointed Nityanand Prabhu as acting CEO of ING Investment Management (IM) India, based in the Mumbai office, following the resignation of CEO Navin Suri. Prabhu has been associated with ING Investment India for five years now, prior to which, he was with ABN Amro Asset Management, Tata Mutual…
Senior Level appointments at Yes Bank
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Pralay Mondal , Senior Group President – Retail & Business Banking. Yes Bank has appointed Pralay Mondal as Senior Group President – Retail & Business Banking. In his role Pralay will drive the growth of the concerned business divisions, and provide leadership to operations and service delivery teams. He would also lead the wealth management…
Ashok Leyland appoints N V Balachandar as Exec. Director–Human Resources
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Ashok Leyland (Hinduja Group) has appointed N V Balachandar as its new Executive Director – Human Resources. Mr. Balachander brings with him over 20 years of rich experience in the field of HR – with leading brands. He had started his career with Taj Group of Hotels, and subsequently was associated with the Aditya Birla…