Werner Wenning to retire after over 50 years with Bayer, he will be succeeded by Prof. Dr. Norbert Winkeljohann. Bayer Chairman Werner Wenning, will step down in April, with effect from the end of the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on April 28, 2020. His exit comes in the aftermath of of a $63 billion takeover of…
The job market across the globe is getting competitive each day. Every year a large number of new candidates are entering the workforce to find their dream jobs, to realise their dreams, and to achieve everything that is on their bucket lists in a short span of time. No matter how incredible performer you are…
Salesforce Co-CEO Keith Block recently announced that he would step down from his role and leave the CRM giant. Post his departure, Block will still remain an advisor to founder Marc Benioff, who would now be the sole CEO of the company. In a statement, Block said, “It’s been my greatest honor to lead the…
Ride-hailing company Uber will reportedly get a new boss for its food delivery business UberEats. The move is an attempt to continue growing its mail delivery services without spending much money. Jason Droege, the Uber executive who spearheaded UberEats launch in 2015, announced that he will be stepping down from his role as the Head…
Credit Information Bureau, TransUnion CIBIL Limited, recently announced the appointment of its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Rajesh Kumar, who was earlier working with HDFC Bank as Group Head for Retail Credit and Risk, will now be joining the credit bureau as its new MD and CEO. Kumar will succeed Satish Pillai, who…
Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company, announced it has appointed Sridhar Ramasubramanian as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, Ramasubramanian was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for GroupM, South Asia. Ramasubramanian has a vast experience of 30 years out of which about 28 years have been…
Indian tech company, Tech Mahindra recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% stake in US-based Zen3 Infosolutions for $64mn (approx ₹460Cr) in an all-cash deal. With headquarters in Seattle, Zen3 has offices in Dublin, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, and Bengaluru with over 1,300 employees. Talking to the Press Trust of India, Vivek…
Insemitech, a leading Research and Development and Engineering Services company has announced the acquisition of GateLength Technology. The acquisition falls in line with Insemitech’s growth plans in the rapidly consolidating semiconductor space. With this, the leadership at GateLength – Mubarak Zhad and Amit H L along with the team – will become part of Insemitech…
Global payment facilitator Mastercard Inc. recently announced that it has made some changes to its senior leadership team. The company on Tuesday said that Ajay Banga, CEO of Mastercard for nearly a decade, will be elevated to the position of Executive Chairman of the board. He will be replacing Richard Haythornthwaite, who is due retirement…
Mumbai-based content writing and services platform Pepper recently announced that it has raised ₹2.2Cr in a seed funding round led by Snapdeal Founders’ VC fund Titan Capital. According to a company statement, Nasscom Chairperson Saurabh Srivastava, Slideshare Co-Founder Amit Ranjan, news platform YourStory Media and Indifi Co-Founder Alok Mittal. Dentsu Webchutney Chairman Sidharth Rao, Innov8…
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has announced the winners of the grand finale of season eight of TCS CodeVita, one of the largest programming contests in the world. TCS has been organizing this flagship global event for the last eight years to celebrate the passion for coding…
HeadSpin, the company that ensures flawless connected experiences enabled by web, mobile, IoT and 5G, announced it has raised $60 million Series C funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital and ICONIQ Capital. Other investors who took part in the funding round include Tiger Global Management, Kearny Jackson, and Alpha Square Group. Some of the…
Resulticks, a global conversation marketing solutions provider, announced the appointment of Dinesh Menon as Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Menon’s appointment comes at a strategically critical time for Resulticks as the company continues to accelerate its global growth, including the recent expansion of its North American headquarters in New York and important advancements to its…
Pensando Systems, the new edge services model of enterprise and cloud computing, announced that its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Vipin Jain has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives. Vipin was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of…
Yodlee, a leading financial data and analytics platform, announced it has acquired FinBit.io, an emerging financial data aggregation and analytics platform provider for the India and Asia market, powering over 60 B2B FinTech companies. Post acquisition, Prashant Paliwal, FinBit.io’s Founder and CEO, along with his team, will lead Yodlee FinSoft, a wholly owned subsidiary of…