Month: August 2021

Freshworks appoints Pam Sergeeff as Chief Legal Officer

Freshworks Inc., a software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, announced the appointment of Pam Sergeeff as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel reporting to CEO and Founder Girish Mathrubootham.  In her new role, Sergeef will lead the company’s worldwide legal organization, responsible for corporate strategy,  governance, product compliance, data protection, privacy, and intellectual property. …

Whatfix Closes Nittio Learn Acquisition

Whatfix, a Digital Adoption Solutions platform, has announced the acquisition of Nittio Learn, a learning management system. According to the announcement, “The acquisition will advance the company’s application training capability by making learning more personalised, adaptive and richer. NittioLearn’s toolset, including additional content options, assessment capabilities, and training course allocation, works holistically with Whatfix. New…

Route Mobile appoints Bhaskar Pramanik as Additional and Independent Director

Route Mobile Limited (Route Mobile), one of the leading cloud communication platform service providers to enterprises, over-the-top (OTT) players, and mobile network operators, announced the appointment of Bhaskar Pramanik as an Additional and Independent Director on the Board of the Company on August 10, 2021. Pramanik is a seasoned entrepreneur and a tech disruptor with…

Pravin Chandrasoma appointed Chief Technology Officer at Nexa

Nexa Receptionists Holdings, LLC (Nexa), a provider of tech-enabled business services for companies of all sizes across the United States, appoints Pravin Chandrasoma as its first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for its two brands: Nexa and Alert Communications. “Nexa is on a tremendous growth trajectory, adding new services and more value for our customers at a rapid pace,” says Nexa CEO Jeff Mosler. “As…

Rakuten Medical appoints Nitin Nohria as Chairman of the Board

Global clinical stage biotechnology company, Rakuten Medical, Inc. announced the appointments of Nitin Nohria and Hiroshi Takasawa to the company’s board of directors. Dr. Nohria will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. “In addition to our previously announced $166 million Series D funding round, we are also pleased to welcome Nitin and Hiroshi, two highly accomplished leaders, to…

Motherson Sumi Systems appoints Rekha Sethi to its Board

Motherson Sumi Systems Limited added industry veteran Rekha Sethi to its Board of Directors. She joined as an Additional and Independent Director for a period of five years commencing from August 10, 2021 to August 9, 2026, the statement said. “This is to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company, based on the…

Doceree names Gareth Shaw as president – UK and Europe

Global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing Doceree has announced that it has named Gareth Shaw as president – UK and Europe. Commenting on the announcement, Harshit Jain, managing director, founder and global CEO, Doceree, stated, “The global presence of Doceree has continued our rapid growth as we span to our third continent within…

Infectious Advertising appoints Vinu V Krishna as creative head

Infectious Advertising has announced that it has appointed Vinu V Krishna as creative head, effective immediately. Prior to this role, Krishna held the role of creative director at Bengaluru-based Nicheminds. Speaking on the announcement, Nisha Singhania and Ramanuj Shastry, director and co-founder, Infectious Advertising, commented, “The hiring of Vinu would easily be one of the…

Lord’s Mark will invest INR 100 Crores in The Hygiene India in the next 3 years

Lord’s Mark Group, a diversified conglomerate will invest INR 100 crores in its newly launched health and hygiene e-commerce platform- The Hygiene India. The investment will be used in adding new products to portfolio, boosting research & development, enhancing the technological capabilities, building manufacturing capabilities and for brand development. The Hygiene India aims to become…

RattanIndia Enterprises to invest in urban drone logistics platform Matternet

RattanIndia Enterprises Ltd. (REL) has decided to make a strategic investment in Matternet, the US-based urban drone logistics platform. With this investment, REL has forayed into the deep-tech Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry, which is set to transform logistics ecosystems worldwide, the statement said. Matternet was founded in 2011 by Andreas Raptopoulos, a global thought…

Aman Mehta appointed VP – Product Design & User Experience at PharmEasy

Online healthcare aggregator PharmEasy has roped in Aman Mehta as VP – Head of UX and Design. PharmEasy delivers medicines in 1000+ cities in India, covering 22000+ pin codes. In the new role, Mehta will be responsible for leading UX & Design function across the entire product spectrum at API. Most recently, Mehta served Zenoti as Vice President…

Reliance New Energy Solar to invest in Ambri Inc.

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), along with strategic investors Paulson & Co. Inc. and Bill Gates, and a few other investors, has announced an investment of USD 144 million in Ambri Inc, an energy storage company based in Massachusetts, USA. The investment will help the…

Hinduja Global Solutions to divest its healthcare services business to BPEA

The Hinduja Group’s business process management entity, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (HGS), announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to divest its Healthcare Services business to funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), one of the largest private alternative investment firms in Asia. The transaction based on enterprise value of US$ 1,200 million,…

Eveready Industries India appoints Suvamoy Saha as Joint MD

Eveready Industries India Limited has appointed Suvamoy Saha as Joint Managing Director of the company, effective from August 10, 2021. “The Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting held on August 10, 2021 has appointed Mr. Suvamoy Saha (DIN: 00112375), Non-Executive Director of the Company, as a Joint Managing Director with effect from…

Mindtree recognized with 2021 ISG Digital Case Study Award

Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, has been recognized by Information Services Group (ISG), a global technology research and advisory firm, with the 2021 ISG Digital Case Study Award for its best-in-class digital transformation work with four enterprise customers. Mindtree was among the few companies to have four standout case studies chosen…