Global investment firm KKR has announced the appointment of Todd Builione as Global Head of Private Wealth. In this newly created role, Builione will oversee the firm’s strategic priority of building its private wealth distribution platform to expand access to KKR’s alternative investment strategies for individual investors globally, the statement said. As Global Head of Private Wealth, Builione will oversee KKR’s regional…
Alligator Bioscience announced the appointment of Sumeet Ambarkhane, MD, as its Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Sumeet will provide medical leadership and direction in the development of Alligator’s best-in-class preclinical and clinical pipeline, including Alligator’s lead assets mitazalimab, a CD40 agonist currently in Phase II clinical development, and ATOR-1017, a 4-1BB agonist in Phase…
Accenture announced changes to its executive leadership team, naming a new chief operating officer and a new group chief executive of its Operations service. Manish Sharma has been named chief operating officer, effective March 1, 2022, with responsibility for leading the company’s business operations and executing business strategy, protecting the company’s people and infrastructure and ensuring operational excellence,…
Scaler (by InterviewBit), a tech upskilling startup, announced the successful completion of Series B funding of $55 million led by new investor Lightrock India along with two existing investors, Sequoia Capital India and Tiger Global. With this fresh round of funding, the total capital raised by Scaler Academy since January 2020 stands at $76.5 million…
Qlub, a startup developing an ultra-fast payment solution for consumers in restaurants, has raised $17 million in seed financing. The investment is co-led by Cherry Ventures and Point Nine with participation from other global VCs including STV, Raed Ventures, Heartcore, Shorooq Partners, and FinTech Collective as well as numerous strategic angels, including C-level executives of major…
Punjab National Bank announced that Atul Kumar Goel has assumed the charge of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank, effective February 1, 2022. According to the Bank’s exchange filing, “Further to our intimation dated 01.01.2022, the Exchange is hereby informed that pursuant to Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of…
Microland, India’s digital IT transformation company, announced that Navneet Khandelwal will be joining the Bangalore-HQ’d company as Chief Financial Officer. Navneet will assume the CFO role from S Raja Gopalan who announced his retirement after serving 21 years with the company. Navneet will report to Microland Chairman & Managing Director Pradeep Kar and will oversee Microland’s overall Finance…
ASM Technologies Ltd, a global Technology Engineering and Product Development services provider, has done a follow on investment in Lavelle Networks, the Bengaluru based leader in SD WAN Technology in India. In this latest investment round, besides ASM Technologies, telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel have also invested in Lavelle for the first time, a statement said.…
National Sports Award-winning non-profit GoSports Foundation announced that Deepthi Bopaiah has been promoted to CEO and that Unmish Parthasarathi has joined its Board. Bopaiah and Parthasarathi will join Trustees Thomas Ollapally, Nandan Kamath and Abishek Laxminarayan on the organisation’s Governing Board. Bopaiah began at GoSports Foundation as Marketing & Communications Director and was promoted to…
Easy Trip Planners Limited, an Indian online travel company, announced the appointment of Nutan Gupta as Chief Executive Officer of the company, with effect from 1st April 2022. She will succeed Nishant Pitti, who will resign from the role on 31st March, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to provisions of section 203…
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (NVVN), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd. has acquired 5% equity stake in Power Exchange of India Ltd (PXIL). NVVN has purchased these shares from NSE Investment Limited, a co-promoter shareholder of PXIL, on January 31, 2022, according to the exchange filing. NVVN is one of the top power…
CyberMedia announced the appointment of Madan Mohan Singh as new Chief Financial Officer, with effect from January 31, 2022. He succeeds Sankaranarayanan V.V., who has resigned from the role of CFO of the Company with effect from January 31, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Company vide its letter dated January 31, 2022,…
Apar Industries Limited announced the appointment of Ramesh Seshan Iyer as Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective February 3, 2022. He succeeds Vivek C. Diwadkar, who has resigned from the role, with effect from February 2, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Board of Directors of the Company based on the recommendations…
Paragon Finance Limited, a non-banking financial company, announced the appointment of Aloke Kumar Gupta as Chief Financial Officer, with effect from January 31, 2022. Also, Sanjay Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the new Company Secretary, effective immediately. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting held…
Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL), India’s CGD company and a joint venture between the Adani Group and Total Energies, has won licenses to expand its City Gas Distribution (CGD) network to 14 new Geographical Areas (GAs) in the recently concluded 11th round of CGD bidding by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). ATGL…