Category: News

Regina Chung Loy rejoins DDB Worldwide as Senior Director, Global Marketing & Communications

After several years in marketing and communications roles at both Omnicom and Dentsu International, Regina Chung Loy has rejoined DDB Worldwide as Senior Director, Global Marketing & Communications reporting into Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Donna Tobin.  Chung Loy brings almost ten years of agency and holding company communications experience and most recently led strategic marketing and communications for Dentsu’s…

Plum appoints Disney Star’s Sasha Abraham as its Head of Brand

Plum, an employee health insurance platform, announces the appointment of Sasha Abraham, as its Head of Brand. Sasha comes with over 13 years of diverse experience in the US, UK and India, driving marketing efforts for brands like Betty Crocker and the NFL. More recently, Sasha was the Marketing lead for Women’s Cricket and International Sports at…

Global fintech company Givex completes acquisition of Counter Solutions

Givex Information Technology Group LTD (Givex), a global fintech company providing merchants with customer engagement, point of sale and payment solutions, has completed the purchase of all of the outstanding shares of Counter Solutions Holdings LTD (Counter Solutions). “The acquisition of Counter Solutions marks the fourth acquisition for Givex in the last 18 months, which…

Accumulus Synergy appoints Khushboo Sharma as Chief Regulatory Innovation Officer

Accumulus Synergy, a non-profit organization working to develop an information and data exchange platform aimed at transforming how drug innovators and health authorities worldwide interact, announced the appointment of Khushboo Sharma as its Chief Regulatory Innovation Officer and a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT). “We are extremely excited that Khushboo is joining…

Nium appoints Ramana Satyavarapu as Chief Technology Officer

Nium, the global platform for Modern Money Movement, announced the appointment of Ramana Satyavarapu as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will be based in San Francisco, California, and report to Prajit Nanu, Co-Founder and CEO of Nium. Satyavarapu will be responsible for driving global engineering, strategy and Nium’s technology vision for Modern Money Movement. Satyavarapu will manage the company’s…

EV maker Faraday Future announces new funding

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (Faraday Future), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, announced the successful execution of a definitive agreement for a new financing facility. The Company continues to have active discussions with multiple capital providers for potential significant additional near-term funding, a statement said. Under the new financing facility, which…

Kirloskar Oil Engines CFO Pawan Kumar Agarwal resigns

Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) announced that Pawan Kumar Agarwal has resigned from the role of Chief Financial Officer of the company, with effect from September 15, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “this is to inform you that Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company had…

Farhan Hazarika joins Teachmint as Head of Talent Management

Teachmint, an education infrastructure provider, announced the appointment of Farhan Hazarika as the Head of Talent Management to lead talent strategy. With close to 14 years of experience in human resources across startups, ITES, Manufacturing, Co-Working, and e-commerce industries, Farhan will play a critical role in furthering Teachmint’s vision of building a highly competitive team to transform the education…

Bajaj Electricals re-designates Shekhar Bajaj as Chairman; Anuj Poddar as MD & CEO

Consumer durables maker Bajaj Electricals Limited announced that it has re-designated Shekhar Bajaj as Chairman and Anuj Poddar as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, with effect from August 12, 2022. Shekhar Bajaj has been the past President of ASSOCHAM, IMC, ELCOMA (Electric Lamp & Components Manufacturers Association), Associated Chamber of Commerce and…

Actis acquires majority stake in Levanta Renewables

Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Levanta Renewables (Levanta), a leading Vietnam and Southeast Asia-focused  renewables platform. Founded by Sudhir Nunes, who has significant experience in executing renewable power projects, Levanta has 300MW of onshore wind power projects in advanced development. With Vietnam as…

Reliance Retail appoints Arunkumar Nath as CFO

Reliance Retail has appointed former Levi Strauss’ executive Arunkumar Nath as Chief Financial Officer and Senior VP-Finance (Fashion and Lifestyle), according to ET report. Previously, he was Levi Strauss’ Chief Financial Officer for South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Turkey & Eastern Europe region. Nath has over 26 years of experience in consumer facing businesses. In…

Adani Group to invest Rs 57,575 Cr in Odisha

The Adani Group, the fastest-growing diversified portfolio of infra, energy and utility businesses in India, announced it will invest Rs 57,575 Cr in the state of Odisha. The High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) of the Govt of Odisha, headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved the Adani Group’s proposal to set up two projects – a…

Prashant Nirmal joins Arkose Labs as CMO

Arkose Labs, the global leader in fraud deterrence and account security, announced three executive-level appointments. Prashant Nirmal has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). He will report directly to founder and CEO Kevin Gosschalk and have a seat on the executive leadership team. Heather Zynczak former CMO of Pluralsight and Domo has been appointed to the Board of Directors,…

Ashish Sapra appointed as CEO of TVS Credit, succeeds G Venkatraman

G Venkatraman will retire as the Director and CEO of TVS Credit Services Limited on 31st August 2022. He will be succeeded by Ashish Sapra as CEO, who will join the organization in the first week of September 2022. Commenting on the development, Sudarshan Venu, Director, TVS Credit Services Limited, said, “Over the last few years, TVS…

Nykaa’s beauty private label CEO Reena Chhabra resigns

Nykaa announced that its beauty private label CEO Reena Chhabra has resigned from the role, with effect from August 16, 2022. Chhabra joined Nykaa in 2016 as CEO, FSN Brands, the private label arm of the company. She had earlier worked with cosmetics brand Colorbar as chief operating officer and helped the company to grow…