October 2020

	October 2020

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BFSI	read more
Motilal Oswal Home Finance appoints Arvind Hali as new MD & CEO J Venkatramu appointed MD and CEO of India Post Payments Bank NSDL eGovernance appoints Suresh Sethi has new CEO & MD Wibmo appoints Suresh Rajagopalan as its new CEO Sun Life appoints Tarun Sareen as Managing Director, Asia Service Centers Mayank Singhvi appointed Managing Director of Goldstein, Roth & Co. Essar Capital appoints Sanjay Palve as Senior Managing Director CredAble appoints new Managing Director Client Coverage Aarcon Facilities appoints Bharat Ramchandra Gupta as CFO Dhananjay Mungale joins Singapore based Atlantis FinTechs Advisory Board Aviva appoints Infosys president Mohit Joshi as non executive director BharatPe elevates Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl as chief operating officer BCFI to form SRO, appoints CEO / SRO and Head, BCFI Govt extends tenure of three Executive Directors of Canara Bank, IOB Capital India Finance announces change in directorate Two more senior execs quit Clix Capital ahead of merger with Lakshmi Vilas Bank Credit Suisse beefs up India wealth management team Db International Stock Brokers CFO Vishnu Sharma resigns Sandesh Govalkar of Edelweiss Financial Services moves on Eight Roads appoints two venture partners to strengthen enterprise tech portfolio First Abu Dhabi Bank appoints Head of HR GBS HDFC MF Announces resignation of Fund Manager and Key Personnel ICICI Securities appoints Subhash Kelkar as Chief Technology & Digital Officer Vineet Nayyar leading resolution professional on IL&FS resigns Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd appoints Neerav Kapasi as CFO IndoStar Capital Finance appoints Deep Jaggi as Chief Business Officer Puneet Kaur Kohli quits Manappuram Finance to join an insurance company as CTO Julius Baer appoints Vijay Solomon as new Group Head Karnataka Bank appoints former RBI ED as additional director KKR ropes in former Altico exec to spearhead new India infra platform Kotak Mahindra Bank appoints Shweta Pathak as Vice President Human Resources Lendingkart appoints new vertical leads to spearhead Technology, Collections, and Operations teams LIC Housing Finance appoints director Brookfield elevates top India dealmaker with wider role Mansi Finance Chennai Ltd appoints Dinesh Jain as CFO Max Group Vice Chairman to step down in Jan 2021 MCX announces resignation of director Top executive quits Multiples PE to float own venture Nippon India Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Directors Former KKR exec joins Ward Ferry backed Niyogin Fintech Nomura Asia M&A co-head Apoorva Shah leaves in leadership rejig Ohpen appoints McKinsey veteran Douwe Klaas Bijl as the new CFO Opus Consulting appoints Ashish Puntambekar as Senior Vice President of Delivery & Operations PayU Appoints Prakash Padariya As the Company CISO Pine Labs IT security head Vinit Sinha moves on Kunal Bahl and Suhail Nathani appointed Independent Directors of Piramal Enterprises Prism Finance Ltd MD Poonam P. Patel has resigned Prudent Corporate announces appointment of Mr. Karan Datta and Mr. Deepak Sood as Independent Directors PVP Ventures CFO T N Madan has resigned QGO Finance Limited appoints Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Sahaj appoints Amit Kumar Singh as CEO SAIF Partners rebrands as it marks final close of new fund, loses MD Fraud hit Sambandh Finserves Director quits, more Board exits, including the CEO SBI appoints former EY Partner Charanjit Attra as CFO Sequoia Capital MD steps down from Oyo board Shree Salasar Investments announces change in Directorate SPA Capital Advisors Ltd CFO Sanjay Jain Resigns Sriharsha Achar is CHRO, Star Health & Allied Insurance Union Bank of Indias CEO Rajkiran Rai appointed as IBA chairman Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited Onboards Dr. Puneet Kaur Kohli as Chief Technology Officer SBI Nominee Director on Yes Bank Board Swaminathan Janakiraman Resigns
Consumer	read more
Shoppers Stop appoints Venugopal Nair as MD and CEO Neeraj Garg appointed new CEO of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Kurlon Appoints Jyothi Pradhan as CEO Raymond appoints Joe Kuruvilla as CEO of Raymond Lifestyle Henkel appoints Sunil Kumar as Country President for India Adidas appoints Amanda Rajkumar as new HR Chief Aditya Birla Group appoints new CIO Bed Bath & Beyond names Anu Gupta as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer boAt strengthens its leadership team & gives pay hikes Brilloca appoints Sudhanshu Pokhriyal as Chief Operating Officer Former ASCI secretary-general Shweta Purandare joins Diageo India as its corporate brand and communications head Empyrean Skyview Projects appoints Pankaj Mathur as Chief Operating Officer Gujarat Ambuja Exports appoints Mehul Shah as CFO Tanuj Choudhry becomes cofounder and COO of HomeLane IndiGo appoints Gregg Albert Saretsky as Non Executive Director on its Board Ex-WestJet CEO appointed non executive director on IndiGo board Kimberly-Clark appoints new CHRO Milestone Furniture appoints Triveni Rajesh Jade as CFO Multiplex Association appoints PVRs Kamal Gianchandani as President Nestle India Ltd appoints Mr. Matthias C Lohner as Executive Director Technical Patspin India appointsCompany Secretary and Compliance Officer Pidilite CEO Chandramouli Venkatesan passes away PVR appoints former IMAX CEO Greg Foster as new director on board Retailers Association of India appoints Bijou Kurien as Chairman Remi Sales And Engineering Says Paras Bafna Has Resigned From Position Of CFO Sharp India\’s non-executive director Seiji Hayakawa resigns from board Standard Shoe Sole and Mould (India) appoints Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Tesco Bengaluru appoints Nimmi Sebastian as Head of Communications & CSR Tesco Bengaluru appoints Ramamoorthy Rajagopal as Finance Director TTK Prestige says R Saranyan appointed CFO Uber appoints Manikandan Thangarathnam as new mobility head Vadilal Enterprises Ltd announces resignation of CEO Jinand Patel Williamson Magor And Co appoints Madan Lal Agarwal as Manager, CFO
Industrial	read more
Prachur Sah appointed as new Deputy CEO of Cairn Oil and Gas Nikhil Chopra Joins JB Chemicals as CEO, Vikas Gupta replaces Chopra at Cipla Volkswagen India Steffen Knapp headed for Europe, Ashish Gupta to take charge Suzlon Group appoints Ashwani Kumar as group CEO JK Tyre & Industries Board Appoints Anshuman Singhania As MD EOGEPL board appoints industry veteran Santosh Chandra as CEO Wendt India Approves Appointment Of C Srikanth As CEO Mitsubishi Chemical appoints Belgium born Gilson as next CEO SCEBF appoints Shivaji Samaddar as CEO Acrow India appoints Dipak Malji Ahire As Manager And Key Managerial Personnel Of The Company Debashis Mitra joins Altigreen as vice president sales and marketing Hizmy Hassen joins Apollo Tyres as chief digital officer Sanjeev Aggarwal Resigns from Board of Directors at Azure Power Cadila Pharma appoints VK Singh as COO of API business CEAT appoints HULs Priya Nair as additional director Biocon ropes in Sun Pharma CIO Atanu Roy CII nominates SAIL Chairman Anil Kumar Chaudhary as its PSE Council head Cummins India appoints Chairman Dalmia Bharat director cum CFO resigns Dr Reddys appoints Parag Agarwal as CFO Essar appoints Stein Ivar Bye as Chief Executive Officer Evans Electric Says Anil Gulwani Has Been appointed As CFO R Narayan Appointed as President of FICCI-CMSME GE Power India appoints company secretary and compliance officer Glenmark Pharma announces cessation of director Gopala Polyplast Committee Approves Board Changes GP Petroleums appoints Ayush Goel As Chairman Of Board Gujarat Craft Industries appoints Jhanvi Jansari As CFO Gujarat Fluorochemicals director resigns Hero MotoCorp appoints former Air Chief BS Dhanoa as independent director Vivek Jakhmola joins JBM Group as president of auto parts biz Linde India CFO Subhabrata Ghosh Tenders resignation Linde Appoints Sanjiv Lamba as Chief Operating Officer Mahindra Group appoints Mohit Kapoor as Executive VP, Group CTO Man Industries (India) appoints Company Secretary and Compliance Officer NDR Auto Components appoints Vinod Kumar As CFO Piramal Glass Appoints Sudip Mazumder as Global Chief Digital & Information Officer Porsche restructures its sales team for Middle East, Africa and India Punjab Alkalies And Chemicals approves appointment Of Sukhbir Singh Dahiya as Chairman Rci Industries & Technologies says Atul Kumar Kulshreshtha resigned as CFO Sanco Industries approves resignation of Mansi Gupta as CFO Sanofi India Ltd appoints Mr. Vaibhav Karandikar as CFO Shree Hari Chemicals Export says Anup Ramuka resigns as Director, MD Solara Active Pharma Sciences announces change in Key managerial personnel SQZ Biotech Strengthens Board of Directors and Appoints New Chief Business Officer Board of Saint Gobain Sekurit India approves change in directorate Steel Strips announces appointment and reappointment of Directors SUNDARAM CLAYTON LIMITED appoints Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Sarvesh Kumar appointed as Chief of Corporate Communications, Tata Steel Websol Energy System appoints Sumit Kumar Shaw as CFO Yash Chemex says Kirit Shah resigned as CFO Zypp Electric appoints Himanshu Budhiraja as VP growth to drive last-mile delivery business
Legal	read more
Trilegal boosts Mumbai lit with SAM partner Nitesh Jain, post Sitesh move Economic Law Practices Suhail Nathani joins conglomerate board AZB promotes counsel Punita Gupta to Delhi partnership Algo boosts Mumbai with SAM corporate partner Abhinav Bhalaik Nishith Desai home grown practice head Richie Sancheti to set up funds formation at Algo Algo partner, TRA co-founder Jitender Tanikella joins AZB Mumbai as counsel AZB Mumbai lit partner Anoj Menon rejoins Desai & Diwanji HSA Advocates partner Chinmay Mirji quits to become independent counsel Kanga corp real estate solicitor partner Bhoumick Vaidya joins SAM Mumbai with team L&L cap markets partner Geeta Dhania quits L&L Mumbai lit MA Prateek Mishra to go independent to Delhi Rajiv Luthra (sans Saraf) hires alum Shonali Choudhry in Mumbai as partner Rajiv Luthra terminates Mohit, strips of all authority. Mohit retires Rajiv, claims to reconstitute firm, Split & lit near inevitable Two corp partners quit Luthra ahead of post mediation court hearing, 23 signed up to Sarafs new equity Luthra announced Harish Kumar, Aniket Sengupta as equity Platinum Partners to break in two, NDAs Ruchir Sinha to start Mumbai for Touchstone, Quillon to launch in Bangalore
Media & Entertainment	read more
Mohit Joshi elevated as CEO, Havas Media Group Star Sports CEO Gautam Thakar resigns, Sanjog Gupta to replace him ZEE restructures units, appoints former BCCI CEO Rahul Johri in key post Network18 elevates Smriti Mehra as CEO-Business News Cluster Essence Appoints Monica Bhatia as Managing Director for Singapore Bombay Fables appoints Rafiq Gangjee as their CEO Netflixs Aashish Singh joins LYCA Productions as CEO NH Studioz appoints Ravi Malik as CEO Tom Ryan takes charge as ViacomCBS Streaming president & CEO The Indian Society of Advertisers appoints Sushil Matey as CEO Jabir Merchant and Maharsh Shah join Conde Nast India ABP News Sumit Awasthi to lead the editorial as VP, News & Production D&AD announces Naresh Ramchandani as president Shweta Setia joins Growisto as Head of Human Resources Dentsu International elevates Gautam Mehra to Chief Data & Product Officer APAC Discovery India elevates Shaun Nanjappa Chendira as Head of Advertising Sales, South Asia Vednarayan Sirdeshpande quits as Head of Marketing at Discovery Disney+Hotstar \’s Ranjana Mangla joins Sony Pictures Networks India Seema Mustafa becomes Editors Guild of India new president Essence ropes in Mohit Kumar to lead Airtel Digital business FoxyMoron appoints Nakul Dutt as National Strategy Director Freshworks appoints new chief revenue officer FTII announces director Shekhar Kapur as chairman of governing council Almona Bhatia bids adieu to GQ India Havas Life Sorento appoints Sachin Talwalkar as Executive Creative Director Madison Worlds HiveMinds appoints Aparna Vengurlekar as Vice President, Sales Janak Sarda reappointed as Vice President, IAA IAS appoints Tom Sharma as chief product officer Shamsuddin Jasani gets additional responsibility of Isobar Consulting South Asia Alexis Nasard named Kantars Global CEO Mathrubhumi elevates Naveen Sreenivasan as Head Media Solutions TRD Vishal Rupani to move on from mCanvas and Affinity Digital Sea Indonesia Appoints Managing Director for McCann Indonesia and FCB Jakarta Radhesh Uchil resigns from CEO role at MRUC Mindshare CEO Nick Emery asked to step down due to clear breach of conduct ET Magazines Sruthijith KK likely to join Mint as Editor Pawan Soni quits as VP, Head of Programming & Marketing, National Geographic Network18 appoints Karthik Subbaraman and Vivek Narayan to editorial leadership team Rajat Goswami appointed Head of New Stream Films & Acquisitions, Panorama Studios Shavon Barua steps down as Chief Client Officer, PHD India Sony Marathis Amit Bhandari joins Planet Marathi SPN India appoints Ranjana Mangla as Ad Sales Revenue Head for digital business Star and Disney India boss Uday Shankar steps down Star Sports EVPs Rajiv Mathrani, Ashok Namboodiri and Rupali Fernandes resign To The New appoints Anurag Agrawal as business unit head TV9 Network appoints Manish Seth as Executive Vice President, Sales Viacom18 appoints Rajesh Iyer to head Colors Bangla, Colors Odia, Colors Tamil and Colors Gujarati The Walt Disney Company announces strategic reorganisation of its M&E biz Whisper Media appoints Guneet Anand as Global Revenue Head White Rivers Media appoints Chirag Sangai as head of client partnerships
TECH & TELECOM	read more
Cognizant names Rajesh Nambiar as CMD for its India operations CNSI Names Gaurav Maini as SVP, Managing Director Ilantus Technologies appoints Arun Singh as Chief Executive Officer Persistent Systems Limited appoints Mr. Sandeep Kalra as CEO Syntax Appoints New CEO of Syntax Asia to Drive Growing Global Operations Bharti Infratel appoints Bimal Dayal as MD till merger with Indus Tower Airtel Uganda Appoints Manoj Murali as its new Managing Director Accelya Solutions India appoints director Accenture appoints Bhaskar Ghosh as Chief Strategy Officer Bharti Airtel Non Executive Director Tan Yong Choo Resigns Akamai names Parimal Pandya as Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Japan Amazon Web Services names Harsha Bennur as Marketing Manager, Public Sector Citizen Infoline Ltd says Alpa Mehta resigns as CFO Citizen Infoline appoints Ravindra Jain as CFO. Comfort Commotrade CFO Shrikant Tiwari resigns Subas Hota to head Data Science & Technology of CredR Datacipher Announces Sugam Chitre as Vice President Training (APAC) Ankhi Das, Facebook India\’s public policy head, resigns Facebook India appoints Sunil Abraham as Public Policy Director for Data and Emerging Tech GlobalLogic appoints industry veteran Rajaram Radhakrishnan as Chief Revenue Officer Grinntech plans Rs 100 crore investment in Tamil Nadu, appoints E Balasubramoniam as president Growisto strengthens Its leadership team with the appointment of Jyoti Singh Hexaware Technologies appoints director Hewlett Packard Enterprise Appoints Amer Warsi as Channel Leader for India Archana Roche elevated to Httpool APAC Facebook Measurement Lead IDEMIA Appoints Didier Fontaine as Chief Operating Officer Lam Research Corporation announces appointment of Rangesh Raghavan as VP and GM of Lam Research India Majesco Reports appointment of Joe Aho as Chief Financial Officer Matrimony.com appoints Rajesh Balaji as Chief Human Resources officer NetApp India appoints Ganesan Arumugam and Siddharth Nalawade OutSystems appoints Subrato Bandhu as Regional Vice President for India PureTech appoints Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw as director Quick Heal Technologies appoints global experts to accelerate innovation in Cybersecurity Rackspace Technology Taps Industry Veteran Amar Maletira as President and Chief Financial Officer Rolta India appoints Ramdas Bhagwandas Gupta as Non Executive Director Anshuman Misra is new president of SHOWT SmartDV Appoints Karthik Gopal as Asia General Manager Edtech firm SpeakIn appoints Sanjay Srivastava & Suresh Mahalingam as Strategic Advisors STL appoints Mihir Modi as Chief Financial Officer Subex appoints Suresh Chintada as Chief Technology Officer Tanla expands management team to add firepower to its cloud communication offerings Tata Communications appoints Kabir Ahmed Shakir as new CFO Tata Communications CFO Pratibha Advani Resigns Tata Consultancy Services CFO V. Ramakrishnan To Retire Trell names Parul Menghani as VP, Head of Content Ex IBM executive joins Twitter as Chief Information Security Officer upGrad appoints Minaxi Indra as President of enterprise business Vehere onboards Avinash Garg as Director GSI, Channels and Alliances Vodafone Idea CTO Vishant Vora quits Abhishek Sen, ex-CHRO, Myntra, appointed chief operating officer, Zeta Zomato has named Akshant Goyal as its new chief financial officer Zoom hires Iravati Damle to run government affairs for India
Others	read more
PwC India names Sanjeev Krishnan new Chairman Wipro GE Healthcare appoints Dr. Shravan Subramanyam new President & CEO Vikas Chadha joins Global Infosys as Managing Director Deepak Khullar takes over as the new CEO of Hotel Corporation of India Tetsuyasu Kawamoto appointed as Managing Director of Panasonic Life Solutions India Ramkumar Ramamoorthy is Chennai Mathematical Institutes new CEO Sudarshan Suchi appointed CEO at Save the Children, India Ecom Express appoints B. Krishnaraj as Country Head Operations Goldfinch Group of Hotels appoints Deepti Kapil as Corporate Manager Marketing and Communications Hilton Chennai appoints Sherin Mathew as Commercial Director Sherry Bhatia takes over as the new president of Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India IHG appoints Gaurav Misra as General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Gurugram Kempinski Hotels appoints Peter Fiedler as Chief Financial Officer Courtyard by Marriott Gurugram Downtown appoints Amit Sachdeva as the General Manager OYO bolsters leadership team for SEA and Middle East Sayaji Hotel Indore appoints Sudeep Mukherjee as the new Market Director of Sales Indore Nishant Agarwal appointed as the General Manager of The Leela Palace Udaipur The Leela appoints Vikram Choubal as Senior Vice President Design and Technical Services Wonderla Holidays Says Kochouseph Chittilappilly, Promoter & Non Exec Director, Retires AACC appoints new Director for Education Capco India appoints Neelam Sharma as head of human resources Colliers International appoints Siddhart Goel as Senior Director, Research Services (India) CxSearch Global Partners appoints Amrita Nathani as Partner East Bengal appoint Colonel Shivaji Samaddar (Retd) as new CEO EuroKids International appoints Rajiv Pillai as Chief Financial Officer Bimal Julka Appointed As Chairman Of Federation Of Indian Fantasy Sports Quoras APAC GM Gurmit Singh appointed FMS Forums Mumbai Chapter Head GATI says approved appointment of Rohan Mittal as CFO Vijaya Sai Meka elected Chairman of IACC AP & TS Chapter ICC recruits Stars Manoharan as VP, media rights India Grid Trust appoints director KPMG\’s Unmesh Pawar steps down as Partner & Head of People MGH Appoints Regional Managing Director for Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand Ministry of Education appoints Shashi Kiran Shetty as Chairman of NITIE Navkar Corporation Ltd Names Dinesh Mohanlal Jain As CEO Oakwood Premier Prestige Bangalore appoints Chef Altamsh Patel as its Executive Chef. Patel Integrated Logistics appoints Deepak Keni as CFO Prof Chandrabhas Narayana made Director of RGCB Rungta Irrigation announces resignation of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Dr. Pradeep Edward appointed Executive Director/CEO at Sadaharitha Plantations Dr Digambar Tukaram Shirke appointed new VC of Shivaji University Sunedison Infrastructure says Ruchi Maheshwari resigned as CFO, Dinesh Kumar Agarwal named CFO UICC Geneva elects Dr Anil K DCruz as new president WeWork India appoints new Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel
Government	read more
Shri Kamran Rizvi IAS assumes charge as Chairman and Managing Director of HUDCO Harpreet Singh appointed CEO of Alliance Air, first woman to head an Indian carrier CMD of NCL Shri P K Sinha assumes additional charge of CMD MCL S Anbuvelan is appointed as the new CEO of HAL helicopter division of Bengaluru Electronics Sector Skill Council of India appoints PVG Menon as CEO Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Names S.K.Gupta As Director (Finance) Shri Amit Banerjee assumed charge as Director of BEML Limited Ashima Goyal, Jayanth Varma, Shashanka Bhide Appointed As New RBI MPC Members Government Appoints M Rajeshwar Rao As RBI Deputy Governor LT GEN Nanda Kishore Sahoo Assumes Appointment of Director General Dental Services TN doctor elected IMA president Shri Rajeev Srivastava assumes charge as Director-Finance of ITI Limited Amitabh Choudhary appointed as new chairman of Jharkhand Public Service Commission Smt. Shalini Darbari takes charge as NBCC CVO Shri R.P. Goyal takes over as Director Finance NHPC Shri A.L. Prabhakar IRSS takes charge as CVO NLCIL Parag Gupta Appointed As New OFDC Chairman
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