KKR, a global investment firm, announced the appointment of Neil Chatterjee, former Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as an Industry Advisor to the firm’s Global Infrastructure team. In his role, Chatterjee will advise KKR on its Global Infrastructure investment strategy and support the firm’s portfolio companies, a statement said. Chatterjee brings nearly two decades of experience…
Arjuna Natural Pvt. Ltd. has appointed Anup Krishnan as its CEO to lead the company to the next stage of market growth. Krishnan brings his vast experience in multidisciplinary areas and will steer the company through accelerating the pace of innovation, expanding manufacturing capacity, and implementing advanced manufacturing and delivery processes, a statement said. Krishnan holds two Master’s…
MARG Limited, an Indian infrastructure company, announced it has appointed K. Suresh as Company Secretary of the company, with effect from February 15, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “This is to inform you that Mr. K. Suresh, Membership No: ACS34656 appointed as a Company Secretary of the company with immediate effect as approved…
Moving Heads Events, a corporate events company in India, announced its international expansion to Canada and Dubai. “Global approach has always been a cornerstone for Moving Heads operations. We have always been experts in creating out-of-the-box, ‘wow’ experiences all around the world. Expansion into Dubai and Canada is but a natural next step, a little…
Web Werks, a leading company in the Indian Data Center and Cloud Services market, has announced the acquisition of an industrial building which will be converted for its first data center in Bengaluru. Bengaluru is an emerging data center market that has been witnessing a demand for data-driven services, cloud and colocation. The new highly…
Provident Housing Limited (PHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Puravankara, announced the appointment of Mallanna Sasalu as its Chief Operating Officer. In this new role, Sasalu will spearhead the end-to-end functioning of all the key business verticals, including sales, marketing and CRM. He will also be responsible for the P&L of the company. In a career…
Debt platform CredAvenue has appointed Mathangi Sri as Chief Data Officer. Prior to this, Sri had a stint with Gojek, an integrated technology group based in Southeast Asia, where she served as the head of data organisation for GoFood – Gojek’s food business. In her last role at Gojek, Sri focussed on the data strategy…
Crypto exchange platform CoinSwitch has appointed R Venkatesh as Senior Vice President of Public Policy. Most recently, Venkatesh was the Head of Corporate Affairs at MakeMyTrip India, as per the statement. Venkatesh will work on policy, regulation and external affairs to help create a regulatory framework for crypto assets in India, which fosters growth and…
IBM announced it has acquired Neudesic, a leading U.S. cloud services consultancy specializing primarily in the Microsoft Azure platform, along with bringing skills in multicloud. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. This acquisition will significantly expand IBM’s portfolio of hybrid multicloud services and further advance the company’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy, the statement…
Infosys BPM, the business process management arm of Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced plans to hire 400 skilled customer services workers in Costa Rica. The new employees will join a workforce of highly skilled talent that operates at the cutting edge of innovation in the digital space and will…
Tech Mahindra announced it has acquired 80 per cent equity shareholding in Geomatic.ai. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform that the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company viz., Tech Mahindra (Singapore) Pte. Ltd has approved the proposal to acquire 80% equity shares in Geomatic.ai Pty Ltd.” Tech Mahindra (TechM) is creating…
Raytheon Technologies Corporation announced the appointment of Christopher T. Calio as Chief Operating Officer and named Shane G. Eddy to succeed Calio as President of its Pratt & Whitney business unit, effective March 1, 2022. As Chief Operating Officer, Calio will oversee the company’s four business units as well as its technology and engineering; enterprise…
Upside AI, one of India’s first funds that combines machine learning and fundamentals-based investing, announced it has appointed Prashant Patel as Head of Sales. With this strategic appointment, Upside AI plans to expand its reach pan-India. Prashant has extensive experience across diverse verticals in the asset management industry, including, Purnartha Investment Advisers Pvt. Ltd, as…
Zuari Global, an agri-inputs firm and a part of the Adventz Group, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Athar Shahab as Managing Director, effective February 15. Shahab previously held the post of Joint Managing Director of the company. Shahab has more than 32 years of experience across project finance, strategy, business development, advisory,…
RapiPay, a fintech company, announced it has raised $15 million in funding to launch NYE, a new age digital banking super App. The current funding round is led by Varun Jaipuria (RJ Corp), DLF Family Office, Rahul Gautam (Sheela Foam) and Rohan Kumar (DS Group). RapiPay is the only Digital Banking player in the country…