Panasonic Corporation, one of the leading electronic companies, announced it has elevated its India business CEO Manish Sharma to the position of chairman, according to ET Bureau report. In his new role, Sharma will now assume responsibility of leading the various Panasonic businesses and subsidiaries in India such as operational excellence, appliances company and lifestyle updates business division, a…
Family Business Network International (FBNI) has re-elected Farhad Forbes as global chairman. The Family Business Network is an organization of business families. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Lausanne, FBN is a federation of Member Associations spanning 65 countries. As a community, FBN brings together 4,000 business families – encompassing 16,000 individual members of which…
Admiral William Owen has joined Goldstein Roth & Co, an investment banking and financial services company, as senior advisor to Chairman Sharik Currimbhoy Ebrahim, and President – International Relationships and Investor Relations. Speaking on the development, Sharik Currimbhoy Ebrahim commented, “Admiral Owens brings to Goldstein Roth an international perspective that is available to very few. He…
Personal mobility platform Zoomcar has announced the appointment of Uri Levine as Chairman. Levine is co-founder, Chairman and board member for several other startups, including FeeX, FairFly, Seetree, and Refundit, according to a statement. He co-founded Waze, a community-based driving traffic and navigation app that was acquired by Google in June 2013. Commenting on the…
Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (HAIL) said it has appointed Ganesh Natarajan as Independent Director (Non-Executive) and Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective March 8, according to IANS report. In his new role as Chairman of Board of Directors, Natarajan will offer guidance to HAIL’s management team on the company’s overall strategy, business, and financial…
DAZN Group, a sports streaming platform, has announced that Kevin Mayer has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. With more than three decades of executive experience in the media industry, Mayer will provide strategic direction to DAZN’s leadership team. Mayer was previously Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and International at The Walt Disney Company. There,…
Quess Corp, India’s leading Business Services provider and the country’s largest private sector employer, has split Chairman and MD roles. The company has also on-boarded a new chief financial officer (CFO). Current group chief executive officer (CEO) and executive director – Suraj Moraje will be promoted to group chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director…
KPMG UK has recently informed that the chair and chief executive roles will be split and and the CEO role will be up for an election. The firm further added that Bina Mehta would continue as the non-executive chair for the coming twelve months of the UK board. She will be responsible for the election…
Mining industry veteran and former Coal India Limited chairman Anil Kumar Jha has been appointed as the new Chairman of Jindal Power Limited, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), according to ANI report. Commenting on the appointment, JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal said, “We welcome Anil Kumar Jha to the JPL family. We…
3Lines Venture Capital has appointed Lalit Jalan as 3Lines India Chairman effective immediately. Lalit Jalan is a business leader in India with a career spanning over four decades growing diverse businesses in Finance, Infrastructure, Power, Telecom, Healthcare, Defense and Entertainment industries. Most recently he was the Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Infrastructure Limited and Group Director of Reliance. Mr. Jalan…
Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp to be the next chairman of the BBC. Current BBC chairman, Sir David Clementi, will step down from the role in February. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said Sharp was “exactly the chair the BBC needs right now”. “I’m confident he will drive forward reforms to the BBC to ensure…
Soma Mondal has taken over as Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) w.e.f. 01.01.2021. She was the Director (Commercial) of SAIL prior to this. Before joining SAIL as a Director, she was the Director (Commercial) at NALCO. After assuming the charge on the first day of the year, she addressed the SAIL collective…
SuneetSharma, has taken over the charge of new Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India. The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Suneet Sharma as Chairman & CEO of Railway Board. Prior to this, he worked as General Manager,…
eXlygenze, an AI powered sensemaking company has appointed Sandip Ghose as Mentor and Chairman. He left MP Birla Cement in September 2020, where he had served as the COO. With experience in corporate advisory, mentorship, and coaching, he has also worked with the non-profit organizations. With his understanding of the corporate industry, Ghose will lead…
TEMA (Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India), a national apex body to represent telecom Technology Providers, Global and Indian, Private and Government owned companies, has announced the appointment of R. Chandrashekhar, former secretary of the Department of Telecommunications and Department of Electronics and IT as the chairman of TEMA Council on Digital Empowerment. Chandrashekhar is…