Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), a conglomerate of Aakash Institute, Aakash IIT-JEE and Aakash Foundations, has announced the appointment of Abhishek Maheshwari as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In his new role, Abhishek Maheshwari will be responsible for strategy formulation and management of core offerings of AESL, which include digital along with classroom, hybrid, and…
MeritTrac Services, a 100% subsidiary of Manipal Global Education (MaGE) which is one of the largest and highly rated education services providers, has announced the appointment of Sujatha Kumaraswamy as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), according to ET report. Prior to this role, Kumaraswamy served as Vice President – Strategy and Business Excellence at Manipal…
Kaleidescape, the leader in products and content that enable the finest home cinema experience, announced that it has appointed Tayloe Stansbury as its new chief executive officer. Tayloe succeeds Cheena Srinivasan, who served as chief executive officer since 2014. Cheena will remain with Kaleidescape as founder and executive vice president, focused on alliances and business…
HDFC Asset Management Company has appointed Navneet Munot as the Managing Director & CEO. Munot will succeed Milind Barve, the current MD of the company. Currently, Navneet Munot is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at the SBI mutual fund company, where he has worked for 12 years. “The Board of Directors is pleased to inform…
NewDay USA announced it has hired Abhishek Prakash as CEO of its subsidiary, NewDay India, headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. “Abhi’s experience in operations, strategy and business development, and building teams over the past 13 years at Schlumberger will be a valuable addition to NewDay,” said NewDay USA Founder and CEO Rob Posner.” As CEO…
Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group announced the appointment of Eric Harmon as the Chief Executive Officer of its global cyber security arm Trustwave. Harmon will report to Stuart Harvey, Chairman of Trustwave’s Board and Executive Committee. Harmon succeeds Art Wong as new CEO. Prior to this role, Harmon served as advisor to SecureTrust, a…
Persistent Systems announced the appointment of Sandeep Kalra as its new CEO, effective immediately. Sandeep joined Persistent in May 2019 as Executive Director and President of the Technology Services Unit TSU, responsible for setting the strategic direction as well as managing the sales and delivery functions for the unit. Under his leadership, the unit delivered…
Snap Fitness, the world’s premier 24/7 fitness concept creating happy and healthy lifestyles for its members, announced the reacquisition of the UK and Ireland market from its Master Developer. Snap Fitness’ investments will include infrastructure development, club growth, franchise support and innovative product and technology offerings. Jon Cottam, previously Managing Director, Europe of Lift Brands…
Magna announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Seetarama (Swamy) Kotagiri as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2021. Kotagiri will succeed Don Walker, who served as CEO between 1994 and 2001, and since 2005, will retire at the end of 2020. In his 33-year career at Magna, Walker served in various leadership roles…
4iQ, a company that provides adversary intelligence that helps organizations measure, monitor and manage digital risk has announced that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding led by ForgePoint Capital and Benhamou Global Ventures, with participation by C5 Capital, Adara Ventures and the addition of TheVentureCity. Also, 4iQ has announced that it has…
Wibmo, a global leader in digital payments and payments security solutions, announced the appointment of Suresh Rajagopalan as its new Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Govind Setlur, who will now function in an advisory capacity chairing Wibmo’s Advisory Council, as the organization accelerates its international expansion. Suresh will report to Anirban Mukherjee, CEO, PayU India.…
Welltower, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Ohio, US, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure, announced that Shankh Mitra has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and will join the Board of Directors, effective October 5, 2020. Mitra, who has been serving as Vice Chair, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer, succeeds Thomas…
Ilantus Technologies, a company that provides reliable and trustworthy IAM solutions to organizations has announced the appointment of Arun Singh as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1st, 2020. He will also join the company’s board. Arun replaces Binod Singh, the Founder – President and CEO of Ilantus Technologies. Arun brings in 25+ years…
Cision, an industry-leading earned media communications management and media advisory platform, announced it has appointed Abel Clark as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Brandon Crawley, Managing Director at Platinum Equity was acting as Interim CEO. “Since Platinum Equity’s acquisition of Cision, our focus has been on unlocking the value potential of the business,” said Crawley.…
TaskRabbit, the leading online and mobile service that connects consumers with “Taskers” to handle everyday home improvement tasks and errands, announced that it has appointed Ania Smith, former Airbnb and UberEats leader, as the company’s chief executive officer. Smith is replacing Stacy Brown-Philpot, who joined TaskRabbit in 2013 and was named CEO in 2016. She…