Retail brand Fabindia has appointed Kunal Mehta, Head of Information Technology, Raymond Limited, as Group Chief Technology Officer. Mehta will be based out of New Delhi. In his new role as CTO, Mehta will be responsible for defining the IT strategy roadmap for the group and driving IT transformation through business. “I will be working…
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) India, a professional services firm, has announced the appointment of Prachish Vasudeva as Managing Director. In his new role, Vasudeva will lead the company’s regional real estate offering. Vasudeva has over three decades of international and Indian experience in investment, development and construction of real estate assets ranging from residential, commercial,…
Regeneron, a US-based biotechnology company that invents life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases, has appointed Smita P Pillai, former Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) at Zendesk, as Chief DE&I Officer. Pillai reports to Sally Paull, SVP – Human Resources. In her new role, Pillai will lead Regeneron’s vision of advancing DE&I…
Truecaller said it has appointed Odd Bolin as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bolin will join the management team in Stockholm and oversee the financial management and operations to support the company’s growth, and to prepare the firm for an initial public offering (IPO), a statement said. This is the second senior hire by…
Do Your Thng (DYT), a tech-driven branded content marketplace that connects brands to creators, has announced the appointment of Bhavna Darira as Business Head. Darira has 25 years of global marketing experience in media, financial services, luxury fashion retail, telecom and FMCG, according to a statement. Most recently, she held the position of National Category…
Vironix Health, a digital health company, has announced the appointment of Mahesh Visvanathan, MS/MBA as Chief Operations and Business Development Officer to lead its strategic partnership and commercialization strategy. This is a brand-new role that was created to help advance the company into 2021 and beyond, the company said in a release. Speaking about the…
Sterlite Technologies (STL), an integrator of digital networks, has announced the appointment of former Nokia executive Sandeep Girotra as Chief Sales Officer. In his new role, Sandeep will be responsible for driving the company’s order book and revenues across portfolios, customer segments, and geographies, and will also be a member of the Executive Committee of…
Harmit Singh Malhotra has quit Republic World Network as GM-IT & IS. He will join Enterr10 Television as Chief Technology Officer and will be based out of Mumbai. Malhotra will report to Manish Singhal, MD of Enterr10 Television, according to ET report. Founded in 2004 by Manish Singhal, Enterr10 Television Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian…
KPMG India has announced the appointment of Sunit Sinha as Partner and Head of People, Performance and Culture (PPC). Sinha will be based out of Gurugram. In his new role, Sinha will lead KPMG in India’s human resources function which comprises talent management and strategy, driving the people culture and professional development to further KPMG…
upGrad, India’s largest online higher education company, has appointed Zubin Gandevia as CEO for the region, effective from January, 2021. He will be based out of Hong Kong. Zubin most recently served as President, Asia Pacific and Middle East, at FOX Networks Group Asia (part of the Walt Disney Co.). In this role, Zubin led…
ClearTax – India’s leading tax and fintech solutions provider – has on-boarded ex-MedLife veteran Paranth Thiruvengadam as its CTO. As CTO, Paranth will spearhead strategic tech initiatives of ClearTax to further simplify taxation and finances for Indians. Paranth has two decades of leadership experience in building great teams and innovative products at technology companies. His…
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced the appointment of Rajita D’Souza as President, Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility (CHRO), effective Jan 1, 2021. Rajita will report directly to Jean-Marc Chery, President and CEO and is a member of ST’s Executive Committee. In her role, Rajita D’Souza…
ads2OTT, India’s first integrated OTT exchange platform, has announced the appointment of Rajneesh Chaturvedi as Co-Founder. As Co-Founder, Rajneesh will be responsible for Revenue Monetization, Product Development, Research and Marketing. Prior to this role, Chaturvedi served as GM – Media & Private Label at Medlife. Before joining Medlife, Chaturvedi was Head of Marketing Services at…
Bloomreach announced that it has appointed Rajan Vashisht to lead its global engineering team. Rajan will be based in Bangalore, India. “We are excited to have an engineering leader of Rajan’s caliber join Bloomreach,” said Xun Wang, Chief Technical Officer, Bloomreach. “In this position, Rajan is responsible for the engineering team at Bloomreach and the…
PDS Multinational Fashions Limited, one of the world’s largest design-led sourcing, manufacturing & supply chain platforms catering to leading brands and retailers globally, announced the appointment of Sanjay Jain as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 15th January 2021. Having experience of over 26 years in leading transformation across various companies and helping them unlock their…