Category: News

Happy+ Consulting makes key changes, appoints Vimal Kumar as Director – Strategic Communication

Happy+ Consulting, a Mumbai-based management consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Vimal Kumar as Director Strategic Communication and Brand and Subramaniam Krishnan as head of Business Development and Marketing. Kumar has worked in Network 18 group as Sports Editor. At the start of 2020, he left his position as sports editor to pursue his…

ADVIK acquires Hanon Bangalore Operations Pvt. Ltd. from Hanon Systems

ADVIK Hi-Tech, a global automotive component manufacturer, has completed the acquisition of Hanon Bangalore Operations Pvt. Ltd. (Hanon Bangalore), from Hanon Systems, South Korea. “This acquisition is a strategic fit as it accelerates ADVIK Hi-Tech’s global manufacturing and R&D expertise in the powertrain systems market, enabling it to deliver a comprehensive portfolio for pumps which…

Anand Prakash joins Educational Initiatives as Senior VP of consumer business

Educational Initiatives (EI), the Ahmedabad-based edtech company, announced it has roped in Anand Prakash as its senior vice-president for the consumer business. In this new role, Prakash will be responsible for driving consumer business for the company by driving customer acquisition and revenue through online and offline channels. Prakash is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur…

Renew Financial appoints Nicholas Haaf as CSO

Renew Financial has announced that Nicholas Haaf will be taking on the role of the Chief Sales Officer (CSO). Nicholas will lead the company’s national sales team, providing leadership, direction, and an executive vision to ensure alignment with the company’s growth initiatives and financial strategic goals. As a member of the senior executive team, Nicholas will also play…

Sandler onboards Jamie Bernier, Katie Williams, And Lisa Ellis

Sandler has added Jamie Bernier, Katie Williams, and Lisa Ellis to the team. Jamie Bernier has been named Head of Global Brand & Marketing at Sandler. She is focused on Sandler’s enterprise side of the business working closely with Damon Jones, Head of Global Growth and Strategy and Colum Lundt, Chief Revenue Officer of Global…

Startek ropes in Vikash Sureka as Global CFO, succeeds Ramesh Kamath

Startek, a global provider of customer experience management solutions, announced the appointment of Vikash Sureka as Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 25, 2021. Vikash Sureka will succeed Ramesh Kamath, who is transitioning to a new role as Senior Advisor, M&A and Strategy. Vikash comes with 25 years of rich and extensive finance experience.…

RingCentral opens two innovation centers in India, appoints Anil Goel as VP – Engineering & GM – India business

RingCentral, a provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, video meetings, and contact center solutions, announced plans to open two new innovation centers in India.  The centers, which will be located in Bangalore and Gurgaon, will undertake research and development for RingCentral’s suite of products. This is the latest stage of the company’s global expansion…

Wondrlab strengthens its creative team, appoints Rahul Mahajan as Senior Creative Director – Art

Wondrlab, India’s largest platform-first martech startup, has strengthened its creative team by appointing Rahul Mahajan as senior creative director – art, Abhijeet Kalan as creative director – art, and Sagar Desai as associate creative director – art. The trio will report to Wondrlab’s group creative director Ruchita Zambre, and will be based in Mumbai.  “We…

Diligent announces acquisition of Steele Compliance Solutions

Diligent Corporation, the modern governance company with a platform used by nearly 700,000 board directors and leaders across 19,000 clients, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Steele Compliance Solutions, Inc. (Steele), a global leader in ethics and compliance SaaS. The acquisition is expected to close in early March. Financial details of the…

Marathi OTT Platform, Letsflix raises investment

Marathi actor Ankush Chaudhari has recently invested an undisclosed amount in ‘Letsflix Marathi’ a marathi OTT platform. The launch of ‘Letsflix Marathi’ was recently announced by entrepreneur Narendra Firodia & serial entrepreneur and founder of India network Rahul Narvekar. While talking about this partnership Ankush said, “I liked the concept of Letsflix Marathi and when…

Novartis India to layoff employees due to COVID

Novartis India is planning to layoff 170 employees as part of its workforce rationalization due to the COVID pandemic. “The layoff plan has been drawn as part of ‘fit for future’ project. The communication to identified employees will be made by March 31,” as shared by a senior executive. A spokesperson of Novartis informed, “Novartis…

‘Office in the Cloud’ startup Wurkr seals over £1 Mn in funding

Wurkr, India and the UK-based SaaS firm, has raised over £1 million in the seed funding round. The fresh financing round was led by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (HMVL). “HMVL made an investment of £700,000, and £188,000 was raised through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, where Wurkr beat its original funding target by 25 percent with…

CNA Appoints Steve Marohn to Senior Vice President, Small Business

CNA has announced the appointment of Steve Marohn to Senior Vice President, Small Business. In this role, Marohn will be responsible for profitability, growth and strategic direction of CNA’s Small Business team, reporting to Kevin Leidwinger, President & Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Insurance. “Steve has made great impact as the leader of CNA’s San Francisco…