Samsung Electronics has announced the appointment of Sangho Jo as President and CEO of Southeast Asia & Oceania. A proven Samsung leader with over three decades of experience across business groups and geographies, Jo will steer the strategic growth directions of Samsung Electronics in Southeast Asia & Oceania, according to a statement. In his new…
Hero Future Energies [HFE], Renewable arm of the Hero Group, has announced the appointment of Srivatsan Iyer as the global Chief Executive Officer. Srivatsan will succeed Sunil Jain, who will be handing over complete charge within this month, the statement said. Commenting on the appointment, Rahul Munjal, Chairman and Managing Director, Hero Future Energies, said:…
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously selected Cristiano Amon to succeed Steve Mollenkopf as CEO, effective June 30, 2021. Mollenkopf informed the Board of his decision to retire as CEO following 26 years with the Company. Amon, who has worked at Qualcomm since 1995, is currently President of the Company. Mollenkopf…
Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility Ltd., a popular EV manufacturing company has announced onboarding of the industry veteran Anna Saheb Kumbhar into its leadership team. Kumbhar has a rich experience in analyzing & setting up of assembly lines, coupled with strategic vendor developments & negotiations with a quality of Team Leadership now brings his expertise in…
Google Cloud said it has appointed Karan Bajwa, India business head as the new leader for the Asia pacific (APAC) region. Bajwa succeeds Rick Harshman who will leave the organization in pursuit of a new opportunity. Bajwa will be based in Singapore. Bajwa will lead all regional revenue and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud, including…
Licious, one of India’s leading fresh meat and seafood brands, has announced the appointment of Rajnish Goel as Chief Supply Chain Officer. Rajnish is a seasoned supply chain professional having more than two decades of experience and a proven track record in strategizing and driving organisational transformation. Prior to this, Rajnish was the Regional Supply…
mTalkz Mobility Services Private Limited, a company that offers a full range of communication solutions for banks, retail, startup, fintech, healthcare, education, marketing, fintech and various other industries, has appointed Abhishek Prakash as new Vice President for its Business Development. Abhishek is a strategic Sales Leader, focused on revenue growth and solution sales. Prior to…
Edtech unicorn BYJU’S has announced the appointment of Dhimant Vyas as Chief Creative Director. In this new role, Vyas will be responsible for leading ideation and creation of quality interactive learning experiences for BYJU’S students across products. His focus will be to build and further enhance the company’s offerings, according to a statement. Commenting on…
Hexaware Technologies has appointed Rajeev Kumar Mehta as its non-executive chairman. Earlier, Mehta was a board member in the company. Mehta takes up the role from company founder Atul Nishar who will continue as chairman emeritus. He was earlier president at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Commenting on the development, Rajeev Kumar Mehta, said: “As chairman…
Dentsu International APAC has elevated Prerna Mehrotra as CEO of media for APAC. She will report to Ashish Bhasin, chief executive officer, Dentsu APAC, and Peter Huijboom, global chief executive officer for media and global clients. She has been overseeing brands such as iProspect, Carat, Vizeum, Amplifi, Amnet and Posterscope. In her new role, Mehrotra…
Cognizant has appointed Shinji Murakami, a former Microsoft executive, as Head of Japan and a member of Cognizant’s Global Growth Markets (GGM) leadership. He will be based in Tokyo. In his new role as the head of Cognizant Japan KK, Cognizant’s Japan subsidiary, Murakami will lead the strategic expansion of the company in the country.…
Former JM Financial Group CTO Chaitanya Wagh has joined Scotiabank as new Chief Technology Officer, effective from January, 2021. Wagh will be based out of Mumbai. In his new role as CTO, Wagh will be responsible for managing technology for the India business of Scotiabank. Prior to this, Wagh had a 12 year stint with…
Wheels Up, a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing upfront cost to fly privately, announced the appointment of Greg Greeley to the newly-created position of Chairman, Marketplace, in partnership with Kenny Dichter, Wheels Up Founder and CEO. In this role, Greeley will provide strategic direction for the fully integrated team responsible for building…
Schneider Electric India said it has promoted Arnab Roy as new CFO of the company, effective from January 1, 2021. Earlier he was CFO of Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited. Roy has a vast experience of 23 years working with the US, British and French MNC’s handling Finance, Accounts, Tax, Operations, Supply Chain, HR, IT, Admin…
Ethinos Digital Marketing, a full service digital marketing agency that offers solutions related to varied aspects of Digital Marketing like social media, mobile marketing, Pay Per Click (PPC), Online Reputation Management (ORM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services, has announced that it has named Pavan Kumar as its chief data officer. Kumar brings in a…