Royal Philips, a global company in health technology, announced that Willem (Wim) Appelo will join Philips’ Executive Committee, effective July 18, 2022, and succeed Sophie Bechu as Chief Operations Officer, w.e.f October 1, 2022. Appelo will report to Philips CEO Frans van Houten and work closely with Bechu to ensure a seamless transition. Bechu, who…
Railz, a financial technology company that helps banks and fintech quickly harness and analyze small-medium business (SMB) data, announced that payments industry leader Amitaabh Malhotra has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. Malhotra will spearhead Railz’s strategy and scale operations as it enters a path of accelerated growth, a statement said. Malhotra brings more than two decades…
BigHaat, a Digital Agri Platform, announced it has roped in Jitesh Shah as its Chief Operating Officer to boost the adoption of agri-tech and expand its presence from 10 million farmers to the next milestone. Jitesh Shah, who was earlier with Cropin Technology as its Chief Revenue Officer, is a seasoned professional with over 15+…
Health-tech startup Connect and Heal has announced the joining of Prashant Kashyap as its Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer (COO). He comes with over 18 years of diverse experience in leadership roles across companies such as Halodoc (Indonesia), DocOn (acquired by Pharmeasy), and Goibibo, a statement said. Prashant will be leading the organisation to drive the next phase…
EV charging platform ElectricPe has appointed Krishnan Sekar as COO to help expand ElectricPe’s footprint across India and global markets. This announcement comes on the back of the company’s recent partnership announcement with proptech unicorn, NoBroker, to set up 100,000 charging points this year, the statement said. Speaking on this leadership addition, Avinash Sharma, Co-Founder &…
Krsnaa Diagnostics Ltd. announced the appointment of Dr. Ravinder Sethi as the Chief Operating Officer (COO). He comes with a vast experience of over 24 years and has adorned roles like Chief Operating Officer, Head of Sales & General Operations as part of other industry leading organizations across sectors such as FMCG, telecom and healthcare…
Pride Global, a minority-owned integrated human capital solutions firm, has promoted company veteran Anu Vettath to the role of chief operating officer. An expansion of her previous role as the company’s global operations manager, Vettath will now oversee all of Pride’s international operational practices as the firm and its subsidiaries expand their reach to new…
Project44, a supply chain visibility platform, announced Vivek Kundra has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to drive overall operational execution and help scale the company through rapid growth. “Vivek has a demonstrated track record of leading complex organizations in periods of rapid growth and delivering results,” said Jett McCandless, Founder and CEO of project44. “With…
Provident Housing Limited (PHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Puravankara, announced the appointment of Mallanna Sasalu as its Chief Operating Officer. In this new role, Sasalu will spearhead the end-to-end functioning of all the key business verticals, including sales, marketing and CRM. He will also be responsible for the P&L of the company. In a career…
Raytheon Technologies Corporation announced the appointment of Christopher T. Calio as Chief Operating Officer and named Shane G. Eddy to succeed Calio as President of its Pratt & Whitney business unit, effective March 1, 2022. As Chief Operating Officer, Calio will oversee the company’s four business units as well as its technology and engineering; enterprise…
Blockchain firm New Street Technologies has appointed Arun Prasad G as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Prasad will scale up the operations of New Street Technologies in the BFSI sector. Prasad has over 27 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry. He started his career in 1994 working across organisations in the…
Nandu Kuppuswamy, CFA, the former Head of Investor Relations at Sandstone Capital, has joined 3Lines as a partner and Chief Operating Officer. Nandu has over 20 years of experience leading strategic initiatives across finance, investment management and investor relations. He has led fundraising and investor relations at various alternative investment managers including Kotak Mahindra (a multi-billion…
Ogury, a global technology leader in mobile advertising anchored in privacy protection, announced the appointment of Geoffroy Martin as Chief Operating Officer. In his role, Martin will spearhead the company’s ongoing global expansion and oversee a broad scope of functions, from revenue, operations, product, to technology and marketing. With over 20 years of senior leadership experience in…
Balancehero India Private Limited (BHI), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Balancehero Co. Ltd., Korea which runs and operates “True Balance”, (the RBI-authorised PPI issuing entity and emerging lending platform), announced the appointment of senior financial services and fintech leader, Souparno Bagchi, as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). During a career spanning over two decades, Bagchi held various leadership positions at Deloitte, Goldman…
Accenture announced changes to its executive leadership team, naming a new chief operating officer and a new group chief executive of its Operations service. Manish Sharma has been named chief operating officer, effective March 1, 2022, with responsibility for leading the company’s business operations and executing business strategy, protecting the company’s people and infrastructure and ensuring operational excellence,…