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Course5 Intelligence appoints Nitesh Jain as President & COO

Data analytics and insights company, Course5 Intelligence, has appointed Nitesh Jain as its President & Chief Operating Officer. Jain will be responsible for managing global revenue, sales, delivery, and solution & Intellectual Property (IP) strategy at Course5, a statement said. He will be working closely with Course5’s CEO, Ashwin Mittal, and the Company’s other executive…

Greenlam Industries to acquire manufacturing facility in Gujarat for Rs 36 Cr

Laminate manufacturer Greenlam Industries Ltd. has acquired the laminate manufacturing facility of Gujarat based Bloom Dekor Limited in an INR 36.0 crore deal. With this acquisition, Greenlam will now have four strategically located laminate manufacturing facilities in India, situated at Behror (Rajasthan), Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh), Naidupeta (Andhra Pradesh – Under Construction) and now Prantij (Gujarat).…

Deepak Visweswaraiah to head Pega India’s leadership team

US-based software company Pega’s Indian business will transition into a function-based model, the company said, according to ETCIO report. The Indian leadership team – to be led by Deepak Visweswaraiah, vice-president, platform engineering, and site managing director, India – will comprise senior functional leaders across legal, finance, facilities, and people, among others. The team will…

SUN Mobility expands its battery swapping operations to Maharashtra in collaboration with Amazon India

SUN Mobility, a provider of energy infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EVs), announced the launch of its battery-swapping network for electric vehicles in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in collaboration with Amazon India. With the first set of stations placed at Amazon’s sites in Mumbai and Pune, SUN Mobility plans to deploy over 2000 battery swapping points…

Piramal Pharma Solutions appoints Herve Berdou as COO

Piramal Pharma Limited’s Pharma Solutions business, a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), announced the appointment of Herve Berdou as Chief Operating Officer, Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS). Berdou joins Piramal Pharma Solutions from Lonza, where he was the Global Head of Operations, Cell and Gene Technologies. He has more than two decades of experience across global supply…

SoftBank appoints Alex Clavel as CEO of SoftBank Group International

SoftBank Group Corp. (SoftBank) announced that Alex Clavel, currently Managing Partner at SoftBank Group International (SBGI), has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of SBGI, effective June 30, 2022. Clavel will succeed Michel Combes, who has decided to leave SoftBank to pursue new opportunities. Clavel will bring seven years of leadership experience at SoftBank across…

Bharat Forge appoints K B S Anand and Sonia Singh to its Board

Bharat Forge Limited announced the appointment of Kanwar Bir Singh Anand and Sonia Singh as Additional Independent Directors of the company, with effect from June 27, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company, by way of circular resolution passed on June 21, 2022, has appointed Mr. Kanwar Bir…

Paul Gao joins Mercedes-Benz as Chief Strategy Officer

Mercedes-Benz Group AG appoints Paul Gao to the newly created position of Chief Strategy Officer, effective July 1, 2022. Gao will report directly to Chief Executive, Ola Källenius. Gao, who has decades-long experience working in the auto sector, was most recently a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong, serving both Chinese and…

Vedanta re-appoints Akhilesh Joshi to its Board

Diversified natural resources major Vedanta Limited has announced the re-appointment of Akhilesh Joshi as Non-Executive Independent Director, with effect from July 1, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Board of Directors, on recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company, on June 21, 2022, have considered and approved the re-appointment of Mr.…

SAIL appoints Anil Kumar Tulsiani as Director (Finance)

Steel Authority of India Limited announced the appointment of Anil Kumar Tulsiani, Executive Director, as Director (Finance), with effect from June 20, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “it is hereby informed that subsequent to nomination by Government of India vide Ministry of Steel order dated 20th June, 2022, and approval of the Board…

R N Maloo appointed Group CFO at Hi-Tech Pipes, succeeds Arvind Bansal

Hi-Tech Pipes Limited announced the appointment of R N Maloo as Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of the company. He succeeds Arvind Kumar Bansal, who has resigned from the role of Chief Financial Officer due to personal reasons, with effect from June 21, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of…