Category: News

Varonis expands Asia-Pacific operations, appoints Maheshwaran Shamugasundaram as Country Manager for India

Varonis Systems, Inc., a data security and analytics company, announced the expansion of its operations in the Asia-Pacific region with the appointment of country leadership in India, Singapore, and Japan. The new executives bring to Varonis more than 75 years of combined business development and sales leadership experience with leading technology and security companies. Maheswaran…

Muthiah Murugappan named CEO of EID Parry (India)

E.I.D – Parry (India) Limited, a company engaged in the business of Sugar and Nutraceuticals, announced the appointment of Muthiah Murugappan as Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director of the company, with effect from May 17, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Part A of Schedule III of…

Airtel announces appointment of new independent directors on its Board

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), a communications solutions provider in India, announced the appointment of PK Sinha and Shyamal Mukherjee as Independent Directors on its Board of Directors. PK Sinha, IAS (Retd.), served as the Cabinet Secretary for more than 4 years before moving tJ the Prime Minister’s Office. He retired from there in March 2021 after…

Jubilant Ingrevia appoints Anil Khubchandani as Co-CEO and Whole-time Director

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited, a global integrated Life Science products and Innovative Solutions provider, announced the appointment of Anil Khubchandani as Co-CEO and Whole-time Director, with effect from May 17, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “We wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company has, at its meeting held today i.e.…

CtrlS appoints Royce Thomas as President and Chief Business Officer

Royce Thomas, an industry veteran and a senior leader from the global data center, cloud technology and telecommunications industries has joined CtrlS as President and Chief Business Officer (CBO). He comes with over 30 years of rich experience in global account management, strategic planning, channel development, business development, redefining business models, designing and selling solutions…

SLK Software names Ajay Kumar as Chief Executive Officer

SLK Software, a global technology services provider, has announced the appointment of Ajay Kumar as its Chief Executive Officer. SLK Software brings together analytics, intelligent automation, and AI to create leading-edge technology solutions that help companies reimagine their businesses. The firm works with Fortune 500 banking and financial services, investment, insurance, and manufacturing enterprises. An alumnus of IIM…

Gaurav Wadhwa joins Vesttoo as Chief Financial Officer

Vesttoo, a global alternative risk transfer and investment platform, announced that it has appointed Gaurav Wadhwa, a former Prudential Financial executive, as its new CFO. Wadhwa brings over 15 years of experience in financial services, insurance and capital markets. Over the past decade, he held several global leadership roles at Prudential Financial, including CFO of Asia (ex-Japan) and Head…

Gameskraft strengthens its leadership team with new hires

Skill-based Esports platform and entertainment company Gameskraft has announced its ambitions to scale for the future with strategic hires across its leadership over the past few months. The senior executives will further strengthen the company’s thought-leadership position in the industry, and their invaluable experience will be pivotal in ensuring smooth operations, the statement said. Vikas…

Pocket FM appoints Shubh Bansal as VP-Growth, Rahul Nag as Head of Communications

Pocket FM, a personalized audio streaming service, has announced Shubh Bansal’s appointment as VP-Growth and Rahul Nag as Head – of Communications. With these appointments, the company would intensify its focus to accelerate revenue, speed up growth initiatives, and elevate its brand positioning.  In this new role, Bansal will be leading the business growth initiatives…

Smytten raises Rs 100 cr pre-Series B round led by Fireside Ventures and Roots Ventures

Smytten, a tech-enabled product discovery & trial platform, has raised INR 100cr in Pre-Series B led by Fireside Ventures and Roots Ventures. The round also saw participation from Sharrp Ventures (Harsh Mariwala family office), Waao Partners (Pratul Shroff Family Office), Survam Partners (Munjal Family Office) and Sattva Group Family Office.  The new investment will primarily be…

Volopay appoints Nirvikar Jain as Global Business Officer

Volopay, a Y-combinator backed corporate cards and payable management start-up, announced it has appointed Nirvikar Jain as the Global Business Officer. Nirvikar, being a seasoned expert, has an MS (Sloan fellow) from Stanford GSB and is co-authoring an MIT press book on fintech-led disruption. He has scaled businesses across his career and his experience at…

CredAble appoints Gaurav Dugar as EVP & General Counsel

CredAble – an AI-Powered Technology Platform that enables Working Capital Financing across enterprise ecosystems announced the appointment of Gaurav Dugar as Executive Vice President & General Counsel. Gaurav is a seasoned legal expert and comes with over a decade’s experience in the legal landscape. Prior to joining CredAble, he was working with leading law firms…

Mastek announces leadership appointments, Raman Sapra named President & Global Chief Growth Officer

Turnkey & Trusted Digital Engineering and Cloud Transformation Provider Mastek has announced changes to its leadership team. The company has appointed Raman Sapra as President & Chief Growth Officer, Umang Nahata as President of Americas and AMEA, Abhishek Singh as President of UKI and Europe, and Narasimha Murthy as Global Chief Delivery Officer. “Our Mission…

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals appoints Manu Anand to its Board

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited announced the appointment of Manu Anand as Additional Director on the Board of the company, with effect from May 16, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 and Schedule Ill (A) (7) of the Listing and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that Board of…

Capgemini to acquire Chappuis Halder & Cie

Capgemini announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire Chappuis Halder & Cie (Chappuis Halder), a global strategy and management consulting firm specializing in the financial services industry.  With Chappuis Halder’s specific industry focus, this acquisition will strengthen the Group’s capabilities to advise Banking, Wealth Management and Insurance clients in North America, Europe and South-East Asia, in shaping the future of their business and driving transformation through technology, a statement said. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Chappuis Halder is…