Young Living, the world’s leading provider of essential oils, announced the promotion of Prasad Gankanda to Executive Vice President of Global Sales. In his new role, Prasad will be responsible for global sales and expanding operations and maintaining Young Living’s world class customer and business experience. “As we lead our company through unprecedented times, Prasad…
Cadence, the leading fintech securitization platform for private credit, announced that Rohit Bharill recently joined the company as its first Head of Risk. In this role, Bharill will be leading the risk management efforts and report directly to Cadence founder and CEO, Nelson Chu. Prior to this role, Bharill served Morningstar Credit Ratings, where he…
Z Capital Group, a global investment firm with complimentary private equity and credit businesses, announced the appointment of Shahid Khoja as a Director and member of Z Capital Credit Partners’ (ZCCP) Investment Team. In his new role, Khoja is responsible for research and analysis on existing and prospective performing and distressed investments, the Company said.…
The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA has announced important changes to its Board of Directors. Dr. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, President and Chairman of Sparta Group LLC, has stepped down as Chairman. The organization announced the new incoming Chairman, Dr. Siva Sivaram, President of Western Digital, with Srivatsan Rajan, Partner at Bain & Company, serving as Vice…
DoubleVerify, a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, announced the expansion of its business into the India market. DV has appointed digital media veteran, Nachiket Deole, to lead business operations in the region. Deole will be based in DV’s Mumbai office. In his new role, Deole is charged with setting up…
PYA, a leading healthcare consulting and certified public accounting firm, announced the appointment of Annapoorani Bhat as Strategy and Integration Consulting Principal, effective July 1, 2020. In addition, 10 other teammates have been promoted throughout the firm. Bhat specializes in valuation and related consulting services for companies in the health sciences sector—providers, payers, pharmaceutical companies,…
Sony Music Group, inclusive of Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, announced that it has named non-profit leader Towalame Austin as Executive Vice President, Philanthropy and Social Impact. She will be based in Los Angeles and report jointly to Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO Jon Platt and Sony Music Entertainment Chief Operating Officer Kevin Kelleher.…
GiveIndia, a Bengaluru-based nonprofit online giving platform that enables individuals to donate conveniently to any cause, announced the appointment of Ashok Kumar E.R. as the president of the organization. In his new role, Ashok will be responsible for advancing the strategy and vision, scaling up the donor ecosystem, and spearheading the next phase of growth…
Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, announced that Elly Hardwick had been appointed to its board of directors to further growth and technology-driven innovation plans for the company. Elly has 25 years’ experience within Fintech, serving as Head of Innovation at Deutsche Bank, and, most recently, Chief Digital Officer of…
Drop, the leading smart kitchen platform, announced the addition of Cynthia West as Vice President of Global Sales. Prior to this role, Cynthia was working with PROS where she led and coached the sales team to the company’s largest SaaS deal at that time. “Cynthia joining our team, with her years of sales leadership, signals…
NIIT University (NU), established with a vision to bring about innovation in higher education and learning in emerging areas of the knowledge society, announced the appointment of Dr Prabhu Aggarwal, as the next President for NU. He succeeds Prof VS Rao, whose tenure ended on June 30, 2020. Dr Aggarwal comes with extensive global expertise…
Reltio, a SaaS company that provides a modern data management platform wherein enterprises deploy new generation of data-driven applications, announced the appointment of Eugene Lao as General Counsel. Lao has more than two decades of experience advising major tech companies including DocuSign, Yahoo!, and Zynga as a senior attorney and leading global legal teams, Lao…
Decooda, a US-based Interaction and Customer Experience Management company that is known for its artificial intelligence and emotion-based customer experience solutions, announced Vikram Kuriyan as an Advisor to the leadership team. In his new role, Kuriyan will guide in the development of new products for the Financial Services industry to support the investment value-chain, including…
NIIT Limited, a global skills and talent development company and leading provider of managed training services, announced that William V. West and his accomplished team of digital reality professionals from Regatta VR will join NIIT Inc, effective June 1, 2020. With this appointment, NIIT plans to expand both its capability and market presence in digital…
Mindtech, a UK-based silicon and systems startup developing unique solutions for AI enabled visual processing, announced the appointment of Justin Bronder as VP-AI Strategy. Prior to joining Mindtech, Justin worked at Microsoft, where he led a team of computer scientists that developed machine learning solutions using AI in the fields of reinforcement learning, generative adversarial…