Insurance company based in the US BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has appointed Roy Vaughn as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. In this new position, Roy will be responsible for the human resources division and the properties and corporate services division of the company, along with employee engagement and corporate culture. “We’re pleased to…
Merck, a science and technology company, has announced that Hong Chow will join its Healthcare business sector as Head of China & International on October 1. In this role at Merck, Chow will lead China, Japan as well the regions Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East, Africa and Russia, the franchise of Cardiovascular Metabolism…
The Board of GSK has announced that Brian McNamara, the CEO of GSK Consumer Healthcare (a Joint Venture between GSK and Pfizer) has been appointed as CEO Designate of the new, listed Consumer Healthcare company which will result from the proposed demerger of Consumer Healthcare from GSK in 2022. Sir Jonathan Symonds, GSK Chairman, said,…
Symetra Life Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Solynn McCurdy as senior vice president, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, a new role for the organization. Mr. McCurdy, who joins Symetra’s leadership team, will lead Symetra’s newly formed DE&I office, with responsibility for driving the company’s DE&I strategy. He reports to Anne-Marie Diouf, senior…
Spaulding Ridge, a global cloud advisory and implementation firm that helps companies deploy Best-in-Cloud solutions, has announced the opening of its India office in Jaipur with the hiring of Sumit Jain as India Delivery Leader. “The opening of the Jaipur office is in response to the growing demand we are seeing globally. With the addition…
3Lines Venture Capital has announced the appointment of Nick Nardi as its Senior Advisor immediately. Nick joins 3Lines Venture Capital after building up the M&A French and UK portfolio for Public Services at Harris Computers, an operating company of Constellation Software Inc. Most recently, as a Senior Executive Vice President at Harris Computers, Nick completed…
The Estée Lauder Companies has announced that Daniel Mahler has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Transformation and Category Leadership, effective July 1, 2021. He will continue to report jointly to Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Tracey T. Travis, Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. “Our unique Transformation…
Principle Global, the global brand and implementation consultancy, has announced the appointment of entrepreneur Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia as Non-Executive Chairman of its Indian business. Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia founded UK-based Euro Car Parts in 1978, growing it from a single store to a distributor of light vehicle parts in Europe. Following the company’s acquisition in 2011,…
Talkwalker, a consumer intelligence company, has announced that Tod Nielsen has been named as the new global CEO. Nielsen will succeed Robert Glaesener, who will become chairman of the board of directors and will help oversee the successful transition. “Growing Talkwalker into a leading consumer intelligence platform and helping our global clients understand and profit…
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has announced ]that Akash Shah has been appointed Chief Growth Officer, effective immediately. This newly created role will oversee Strategy, Marketing & Communications, and Global Client Management. Mr. Shah, who previously held the title of Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy and Global Client Management, will continue…
Betterhalf.ai, a matrimony platform, has named Biru Kumar as Senior Director of Engineering to boost the platform’s scalability and expansion. “Kumar has more than a decade of experience in working with startups on the technology front. Before joining Betterhalf.ai, he was working as Associate Director of Technology with LIDO to build a student Dashboard for…
IDEMIA Group has announced the appointment of Dominique Cerutti as Group Board Member, effective July 1st 2021. Dominique Cerutti comes with over 35 years of experience in Technology, R&D and Engineering services. He has held several CEO positions of technology companies. “Dominique is a very seasoned leader with a demonstrated track record in transforming and…
Accurate Background, a provider of compliant background checks, drug and health screening and Form I-9 verifications, has announced the appointment of Stacey Torrico as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), reporting directly to CEO Tim Dowd. In her role, Stacey will focus on human resources strategy, talent acquisition, leadership and cultural development, diversity, equity and inclusion,…
Pidilite Industries Limited has announced that Sudhanshu Vats will join the company as Deputy Managing Director, effective September 1, 2021. Sudhanshu Vats, an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad and NIT Kurukshetra, has a career of 30 years spanning diverse organizations like Unilever, Castrol, Viacom18 and more recently, EPL (formerly known as Essel Propack). Sudhanshu is Member CII…
Isobar has announced that it has appointed Pragati Rana as the company’s senior vice president (SVP)- strategy. According to a statement, she will lead Isobar India’s strategy and will also be responsible for building an integrated planning team. Speaking on the announcement, Gopa Kumar, chief operating officer of Isobar, commented, “Isobar India is poised to…