Vestas, the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions, has appointed Purvin Patel as Regional President of Asia Pacific, effective immediately. Patel succeeds Clive Turton, who will leave the company after heading Vestas Asia Pacific since 2017. Patel joins Vestas from a position as CEO of ISS UK & Ireland, bringing more than 25…
The Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal has announced that Aditya Mittal, currently President, CFO and CEO ArcelorMittal Europe, will become Chief Executive Officer of the company. Lakshmi N. Mittal, who founded the company in 1976 and is currently Chairman and CEO, will become Executive Chairman. In this position he will continue to lead the Board…
Blackhawk Network, a global financial technology company and a leader in payment technologies and solutions, announced veteran tech executive, Nikhil (Nik) Sathe, has been named Chief Technology Officer. Sathe will report directly to Talbott Roche, CEO and president of Blackhawk Network. In this new role, Sathe will lead Blackhawk’s continued innovation in global payments technology,…
Leading logistics platform FarEye has announced that it will further strengthen its global technology team. In order to completely capitalize on unprecedented demand from Retailers, Manufacturers, and Logistics & Transportation companies for the company’s industry-leading platform, the emerging SaaS unicorn will hire 100 techies globally this year. As an active employer and one of the…
Hashtag Orange has named Navneet Singh as creative director, motion design and video production. Singh will be reporting directly to Gaurang Menon, the creative head. In this new role, Singh will be responsible for expanding the motion graphics, 3D, AR/VR, and production and post production capabilities. He will be working closely with Vineet Gambhir, the…
Kellogg Company, the world’s leading producer of cereal and a leader in snacks production, has appointed Amit Atri, former VP- Digital transformation of Walmart, as Head of Enterprise Systems of AMEA region. He will be based out of Bengaluru. In his new role, Atri will strengthen the enterprise systems across Supply chain, Finance, procurement and…
IndiGo, India’s biggest airline by market share, has announced the appointment of Jiten Chopra as Chief Financial Officer, effective from February 21, 2021. Chopra will directly report to Ronojoy Dutta, Whole Time Director and CEO of the company. Chopra succeeds Aditya Pande who is “leaving IndiGo to pursue other interests” said a statement. Chopra joined…
iCIMS, the talent cloud company, announced the appointment of technology veteran Chirag Mehta as chief product officer. Mehta will partner with iCIMS’ chief technology officer, Al Smith, to lead the charter to design a compelling customer-focused product strategy and a roadmap for iCIMS to continue to deliver innovative products and solutions to its ~4,500 customers…
Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced the appointment of Tomoaki Takeuchi as the Country Head & Managing Director for Japan. Takeuchi-san is a seasoned technology and operations professional with more than three decades of experience. Prior to joining Wipro, he headed the Japan operations for Cognizant. He previously…
Adani Power has appointed Nitin Rohilla as Chief Information Officer. He will be based out of Ahmedabad and report directly to Anil Sardana, MD of Adani Power. In this new role, Rohilla will be responsible for spearheading the company’s digital transformation and IT initiatives for business growth. “In my view, IT is an enabler to…
QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, announced the appointment of Lindsey Gauthier as its General Counsel. Lindsey will report directly to Ajit Prabhu, Chairman & CEO. In this position, Lindsey will be responsible for managing all legal, regulatory, and compliance activities globally and will oversee the in-house legal team. Lindsey joins…
PNC Infratech, an Indian infrastructure construction, development and management company, announced the appointment of Bhupinder Kumar Sawhney as Chief Financial Officer, effective from Feb 03, 2021. Sawhney succeeds Chakresh Kumar Jain. Sawhney has about 39 years of professional experience with an established track record in significantly growing enterprise value in infrastructure and construction fields which…
Fetch Rewards, a US-based consumer-loyalty and retail-rewards app, announced that it has appointed Nupur Sadiwala as Chief Financial Officer. In her new role, Sadiwala will play a critical part in building out the company’s financial systems to drive business performance and will be a key contributor to the overall strategy development at Fetch. Commenting on…
Microland, a global digital transformation company has announced the appointment of Vivek Radhakrishnan as Senior Vice President, North America to accelerate the business growth in the region. In this new role, Vivek will be responsible for all Microland’s business in the USA and will be based out of Iselin, New Jersey. Vivek joins Microland with…
AXA XL announced that Michael Colao has joined as Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Cyber, reporting to the recently promoted Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Financial Lines, Libby Benet. Commenting Benet said: “Michael brings a wealth of knowledge from his nearly 20 years as a senior Cyber Security expert in the financial service industry, his background…