Provention Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to intercepting and preventing immune-mediated diseases, announced the appointment of Rita Jain, M.D., to the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Jain is a biotechnology industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in pharmaceutical development across her time with ChemoCentryx, Inc., AbbVie, Abbott Laboratories, and G.D. Searle and…
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited announced the appointment of Rajat Kumar Jain as Non-Executive Director on the company’s Board of Directors, with effect from November 3, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “We wish to inform you that the Shareholders of the Company vide special resolution passed through Postal Ballot have approved the…
Viatris Inc., a global healthcare company, announced that Scott A. Smith and Elisha W. Finney have been appointed as Viatris’ newest members of its board of directors. Smith and Finney fill the vacancies created by the retirement of Neil Dimick and Ian Reid. Scott Smith is a deeply experienced global biotechnology and pharmaceutical executive who currently serves as President and Executive Director of…
Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) announced the appointment of Shailendra Kumar Tripathi as an Additional Director on the company’s Board of Directors. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (the “Company”) at its meeting held today, has, at the…
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) announced the appointment of Sunil Kumar as Government Nominee Director on the company’s Board of Directors, with effect from December 28, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “it is hereby informed that in terms of MOP&NG’s letter ref. no. CA-31032/1/2021-PNG (37493) dated 27 December 2022, Shri Sunil Kumar (DIN-08467559)…
Kirloskar Systems said it has appointed Manasi Tata, daughter of late Vikram Kirloskar, as Director on the board of the company’s joint-venture firms with immediate effect. These joint ventures include Toyota Industries Engine India Pvt Ltd, Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery Pvt Ltd (KTTM), Toyota Material Handling India Pvt Ltd (TMHIN), and Denso Kirloskar Industries Pvt…
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) announced the appointment of T Natarajan as Part-time Official Director (Government Nominee Director), with effect from December 23, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we would like to inform that Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production, Government of India vide Letter No. 8(32)/2019-D(000rd/DDP) dated 23rdDecember, 2022, has appointed Shri…
Manappuram Finance Limited, a gold financing company, announced the appointment of Dr. Sumitha Jayasankar and Veliath Pappu Seemanthini to its Board of Directors. “Dr. Sumitha Jayasankar has been appointed as an Additional Director (Executive) on the Board of the Company with effect from January 01, 2023; subject to the approval of shareholders at the ensuing…
Coal India Limited (CIL), a state owned Maharatna coal mining company, announced the appointment of Mukesh Choudhary as Director (Marketing) on the company’s Board of Directors, with effect from December 23, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Ministry of Coal vide letter no. 21/27/2021-ESTABLISHMENT dated 22nd Nov’2022 has appointed Shri Mukesh Choudhary as Director…
WNS (Holdings) Limited, a provider of global business process management (BPM) solutions, announced that effective end of day December 31, 2022, Michael Menezes and Gareth Williams will retire from the WNS Board of Directors and step down as Chairman of their respective Committees. Michael and Gareth will retire after having served on the WNS Board…
Acrow India Limited announced that Harshavardhan Bharat Doshi has resigned from the role of Chairman of the company, with effect from December 19, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we hereby inform you that Mr. Harshavardhan Bharat Doshi, Non-Executive Director (“NED”) of the Company, has resigned from directorship of the Company with effect from…
Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (HGS), a provider of solutions in digital consumer experience (CX), business process management (BPM) and digital media services, announced the appointment of Ashok P. Hinduja as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company. The Nomination & Remuneration Committee (NRC) and the Board of Directors (BoD) also appointed Munesh Khanna to the Board…
TuSimple, a global autonomous driving technology company, announced additional independent appointments to its Board of Directors – including a new Government Security Director, Michael Mosier, and an Audit Committee Chair, Wendy Hayes. Michael Mosier will serve as the Government Security Director and will be responsible for overseeing the Company’s compliance with federal government legal and regulatory requirements. In…
TRF Limited, a Tata group company engaged in bulk material handling, announced the appointment of Sanjib Nanda as an Additional Director in the category of Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from December 17, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors (‘Board’) of TRF Limited (‘the Company’) has…
Zee Media Corporation Limited announced the appointment of Purushottam Vaishnava as an Additional Director on the company’s Board, with effect from December 19, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company, at their meeting held today, i.e. December 16, 2022, has inter-alia, appointed Mr. Purushottam Vaishnava (DIN: 01958304), as…