December 2020

	December 2020

BFSI Consumer Industrial Media & Entertainment TECH & TELECOM Others Government
BFSI	read more
MobiKwik appointed PayPal India’s Siddharth Dhamija as CEO of Zaakpay YES SECURITIES appoints Prasanth Prabhakaran as MD & CEO KKR names Gaurav Trehan as PE chief in India as Sanjay Nayar becomes chairman IIM Ahmedabad Endowment Fund appoints Chhavi Moodgal as CEO Dhanlaxmi Bank proposes to appoint Shivan JK as new MD, CEO; seeks shareholders nod RBI Approves Reappointment Of Uday Kotak As MD & CEO Of Kotak Mahindra Bank Citi APAC bolsters treasury and trade solutions team LIC Housing Finance appoints Viswanath Gowd as COO Home Credit India Mourns The Demise of CHRO, Sandip Mallik Mohit Bahuguna Joins PNB MetLife to lead Group Business and Partnership Distribution Satin CreditCare Network appoints Rakesh Sachdeva as new CFO Bajaj Capital hires TCS veteran as CTO Kotak Securities appoints Tarun Dangi as VP IT Software ClearTax appoints Ravi Sandepudi as Entrepreneur in Residence Pine Labs appoints Tanya Naik as the Head of Omnichannel Green Climate Fund hires Kavita Sinha as deputy director, mitigation and adaption IIFL Securities Limited announces resignation of CEO SBI Life Insurance Company Limited appoints Mr. Shobinder Duggal as an additional director Columbia Bank appoints new head of digital technology Private lender HDFC Bank appoints Sanmoy Chakrabarti as Chief Risk Officer Gaurav Singhvi, a small-town super angel, joins 9Unicorns as Venture Partner Reserve Bank of India appoints three executive directors Harjot Dhaliwal joins Citibank, as VP talent management Finway FSC appoints Amit Sharma as Director of Insurance Mastercard appoints Richard Verma as Executive VP Global Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs Krazybee appoints former RBI Exec Director as an Independent Director to board Buckzy Payments Inc. Announces Appointment of Key Hire, Asit Oberoi to Augment Operational Excellence for the Fintech Across APAC Region Bank of Baroda appoints Ian De Souza as new chief financial officer RBL Bank appoints Somnath Ghosh as non- executive director Thrikutam joins True North RBI okays Sandeep Batra appointment as Executive Director of ICICI Bank Capri Global Capital Ltd appoints a new Group Chief Financial Officer PayNearby brings on senior hires to strengthen omnichannel network and drive growth Flipkart Co-founder, Binny Bansal joins PhonePe Board of Directors Sachin Relekar of LIC MF joins IDFC Mutual Fund as senior fund manager Nand Kishore appointed executive director of IL&FS Central Bank of India appoints director New India Assurance Company announces appointment of directors LKP Securities appoints director Pacheli Industrial Finance appoints company secretary Board of SBI Cards & Payment Services appoints director Yes Bank appoints Niranjan Banodkar as Group CFO, Anurag Adlakha named as Chief HR Officer Board of Abhinav Capital Services appoints director B P Capital appoints company secretary and compliance officer BNK Capital Markets appoints company secretary and compliance officer Capital Trust appoints Chief Operating Officer GSL Securities appoints company secretary and compliance officer Indian Overseas Bank MD and CEO gets appoints on board of Universal Sompo General Insurance Jammu and Kashmir Bank appoints director Board of Motilal Oswal Financial Services appoints director Board of Rich Universe Network appoints CFO Ekam Leasing And Finance Says Krishan Kumar Didwaniya has resigned As CFO HB Portfolio Says Himanshu Kansal has resigned As CFO ISF Ltd Say Kamal Batra has been Appointed As CFO
Consumer	read more
Bata appoints India CEO Sandeep Kataria as global CEO Year after founder’s suicide, wife Malavika Hegde appointed CEO of Coffee Day group Hina Nagarajan appointed CEO of United Spirits Former Sephora India veteran Vivek Bali joins Enrich as CEO, to focus on scaling up biz Capital Foods elevates Navin Tewari as MD & CEO Viviana Mall appoints Gurvineet Singh as CEO Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd. appoints Kabir Lumba as Chairman of the Board The face of MDH Spices: Mahashay Dharampal Gulati passes away Burger King India appoints Kapil Grover as Chief Digital Officer Tata CLiQ Luxury appoints Almona Bhatia as Chief Strategy Officer Amazon Fashion Ropes In Saurabh Srivastava as Head Jasleen Kaur Gumber Joined as CSR Head for United Colors of Benetton, India Vahdam Teas appoints Ketan Desai as chief tea educator and sustainability officer Milk Mantra appoints Biswajit Mishra as the CFO Surender Mehta to join Nykaa as CHRO Kaustubh Sonalkar joins Welspun Group as group director HR Pioneering Ventures names Yashasvini Kumar as Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Blum India appoints Nadeem Patni asthe new Managing Director & introduces some cutting-edge tech and products to the Indian subcontinent Board of Goblin India appoints CFO Royal India Corporation appoints director Amitabh Suri appointed Chief Executive Officer Arrow DMarts COO for Retail West, Udaya Bhaskar Yarlagadda, resigns Dilip Rath Is Out of NDDB, Varsha Joshi Appointed Interim Chairperson Hargovind Adhikari quits Citi, joins Mondelez international as Global People Lead RDQ Board of Bata India appoints director Darshan Orna announces appointment of company secretary Board of Shree Renuka Sugars appoints director Board of Starline Precious Stone appoints CFO Sun Retail appoints company secretary and compliance officer H. Zaveri appoints company secretary and compliance officer JLA Infraville Shoppers MD Jitesh Kumar Maurya Resigns Lykis Ltd, Rajesh Ramesh Tendolkar Resigns As CEO Mystic Electronics Approves Appointment Of Naresh Kedia As CFO Navketan Merchants Ltd, CFO Goutam Chowdhury Resigns Navketan Merchants To Consider Resignation Of MD Kamal Dani Welspun Enterprises Deputy CEO Ved Mani Tiwari Submits Resignation
Industrial	read more
Subhasis Das appointed Managing Director, Alfa Laval India Private Limited Forsee Power to make EV battery systems in Pune, Durga Prasad Akhnoor appointed CEO Classic Legends appoints Rajan Wadhera as joint CEO ACG appoints Dr. Marcus Michel as the new CEO of ACG Engineering STEER Appoints Subodh Jindal as Chief Executive Officer India Glycols appoints CEO Manaksia Coated Metals & Industries appoints CEO Jyoti Kumar Bansal appointed Head of Communications at Tata Power JSPL appoints Hemant Kumar as new CFO Applied Materials Appoints Rani Borkar to Board of Directors Reji Mathai takes over as ARAI Director Ola Electric appoints Jose Pinheiro as Head of Global Manufacturing and Operations Thiruppathy Srinivasan appointed CTO and head of Manufacturing at Ampere Electric Board of Viksit Engineering appoints CFO and Company Secretary Schneider Electric India elevates Arnab Roy as CFO Mahindra Group appoints Amit Sinha as President, Group Strategy Uday Shankar named FICCI President for 2020-21 Ola ropes in Julien Geffard to lead electric business in Europe Best Power Appoints Industry Expert Satyabrata Sahoo for Creating Footprints in Global Markets Vineet Aggarwal becomes new ASSOCHAM President Change in Leadership at ArcelorMittal North America Porsche appoints Manolito Vujicic as head of India operations Volkswagen India appoints Vishal Bhat as after-sales service head Castrol India appoints Deepesh Baxi as CFO, whole time director GE Power India Limited appoints Mr. Yogesh Gupta as additional director, CFO Jindal Poly Films Ltd announces resignation of CEO Refex Industries Ltd appoints additional directors Refex Industries Ltd appoints Ms Anyuta Dhir as Head Human Resource and Administration GP Petroleums appoints director Board of Indraprastha Gas appoints interim CFO Insecticides India announces resignation of director Jai Mata Glass director resigns Board of Kilpest India appoints chairman cum managing director Board of Autoriders International appoints company secretary Board of BGR Energy Systems appoints director Bharat Rasayan appoints director Camlin Fine Sciences appoints director Ecoboard Industries appoints company secretary Foseco India appoints director Board of Genus Power Infrastructures appoints director Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company appoints company secretary and compliance officer Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals announces appointment of director Board of Harish Textile Engineers appoints company secretary Indsil Hydro Power & Manganese appoints director Jindal Stainless (Hisar) appoints director Man Industries (India) appoints company secretary and compliance officer Board of Minda Corporation approves appointment of director Omkar Speciality Chemicals appoints directors Board of Oricon Enterprises appoints director Pokarna appoints director Board of Rattanindia Power appoints interim CFO and KMP Board of Sai Industries appoints company secretary Board of Shivam Autotech appoints director Alexander Stamps And Coin Ltd Appoints Vineet Dubey As CFO Envair Electrodyne Prince Vohra Resigns As CFO Foseco India Says Sanjay Mathur Resigned As MD Hardcastle And Waud Manufacturing Co Ltd – Shivani Bhargava Resigned As CFO Insilco Says Brijesh Arora Resigns As MD JD Orgochem Says Narendra Ramanlal Shah Resigned As CFO Jigar Cables Says Vijay Gopalbhai Shingala Resigns As MD Resonance Specialties Says Atma Bandhu Gupta Resigns As MD Shirpur Gold Refinery Says Ashok Sanghavi Resigns As CFO South Asian Enterprises, CFO Siddiqui Resigns Viaan Industries Says Darshit Shah Resigned As CFO
Media & Entertainment	read more
Kevin Vaz appointed as CEO of Infotainment, Kids and Regional at Star and Disney India Lionsgate promotes Rohit Jain as Managing Director South Asia Integral Ad Science Expands Business Operations in India Appoints Mehul Desai as Country Head StarHub names Nikhil Eapen as new CEO after global search Sandip Ghose joins eXlygenze SenseWorks as Mentor & Chairman Abhigyan Shekhar moves on from Viacom18 Digital Ventures Ranjan Bargotra steps down from Crayons Ethinos Digital Marketing names Pavan Kumar as a Chief Data Officer Red 93.5 FMs Rajat Uppal joins India Today Groups Ishq FM INDIA TV promotes key personnel, enhances responsibilities Neel Pandya appointed as Head of the ISA Media Forum Amjad Ali steps down as President at Mullen Lintas News18 Network appoints Pawan Sharma as Sales Head, Focus, Hindi and Language Cluster Schbang elevates Sushant Vithaldas as Business Head for its Bengaluru Office Wondrlab opens in NCR, places Ankit Grover and Biswajit Das in leadership roles Conde Nast elevates Divia Thani to global editorial director of Conde Nast Traveler FableStreet strengthens leadership team, appoints Adarsh Sharma as Chief Revenue Officer InterMiles appoints Ashish Dhruva as SVP, marketing and customer engagement IVM Podcasts appoints Sanjeev Mehta as business head S Swaminathan elevated at RK Swamy Hansa Group Sandesh Shetty joins Wondrlab as lead integration director west, experience platform Publicis Indonesia appoints Sony Ninchani to chief executive officer role replacing Brian Capel Raghav Bahl resigns from Quint Digital Media Ltd as MD Crayons Advertising hires Samir Datar as Senior VP to head Delhi Branch Utkarsh Anand appointed as Legal Editor of Hindustan Times Sneha Mordani to join India Today Group Vandana Ramkrishna to oversee Madison Media Kolkata office Nabendu Bhattacharyya resigns from Milestone Brandcom Anil Padmanabhan quits as Mints Managing Editor Netflix Director Content SEA, Australia Myleeta Aga quits Sanjeev Mehta joins IVM Podcasts as Business Head Spring Brand Solutions ropes in Praveen Raj as Creative Partner Me Too India curator Rituparna Chatterjee joins The Independent as Deputy Asia Editor Sudhir Shukla promoted as Head of Marketing Sports at The Walt Disney Company Zee appoints Sasha Gulu Mirchandani and Vivek Melu as Additional Directors Ira Pradhan to lead D&I at Freshworks Just Dial director resigns Ogilvy Appoints Stacey Ryan Cornelius Global CFO and Jag Dhanji Global Chief People Officer Wavemaker Indonesia Appoints Dwaraknath Naidu as Chief Growth Officer CEO of Prasar Bharati elected vice president of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union Alan Scott Industries appoints company secretary InVideo brings on board Siddharth Sharma as CTO
TECH & TELECOM	read more
NTT Ltd. appoints Abhijit Dubey as Global Chief Executive Officer Amit Chadha to take charge as CEO & MD of L&T Technology Services from new fiscal Zensar Tech appoints Ajay Bhutoria as CEO & MD Nutanix appoints VMware veteran Ramaswami as President, CEO Merittrac Service Appoints Sujata Kumaraswamy as CEO Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic MD Tarun Seth Steps Down; Anuj Gupta to Take Over Rubrik appoints Ritesh Gupta as India Country Manager Swaarm Appoints New CEO; Sees Potential in India market Appointment of MD and CEO CyanConnode India Board of Nucleus Software Exports appoints CEO Truecallers Tejinder Gill moves on Edtech Startup Codeyoung appoints Mohit Khandelwal as Chief Growth Officer Gursimran Singh appointed as Head Of Strategy at JioSaavn Kavita Nair moves on from Vi, Avneesh Khosla appointed new CMO CleverTap Appoints B2B Technology Marketing Leader Dave Dabbah as CMO Nokia appoints Nishant Batra as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and member of the Nokia Group PUBG Mobile India launch: Krafton appoints new India manager Oppo India Appoints Damyant Singh Khanoria As Chief Marketing Officer Tejinder Oberoi Appointed as the Chairman of GESIA IT Association Pink Tech Design Appoints Dr. Sundaramurthy Pandurangan as Head of AI and Data Sciences Shadowfax Elevates Praharsh Chandra and Gaurav Jaithliya as Cofounders Kritika Saxena To Join TCS as Head, Corporate Communications and Public Policy-India Infopercept Announces Appointment of Natrajh V Narayann as a strategic advisor to the board WhiteHat Jr hires four senior executives to strengthen leadership team Kalyan Krishnamurthy to join Flipkart board, Rajesh Magow leaves Amazon India appoints Abhishek Mahapatra as Director, Consumer Communications ShareChat appoints Ajit Varghese as Chief Commercial Officer Whatfix strengthens leadership with 3 key appointments CTG Appoints Digital Strategies Executive, Raj Rajgopal, to Board of Directors Vedantu appoints Ranjan Sakalley as Head of Engineering & Technology Cigniti Technologies appoints Ganesh Ramamoorthy as Chief Revenue Officer Danlaw Technologies India appoints director Technopark-based InApp Charts Major Growth Plans; Appoints New Executive Vice President Cyble expands technical leadership Route Mobile appoints Milind Pathak as chief business officer to boost growth Vedantu appoints Saikrishna Rao as Head of Learning & Development Foot Locker, Inc. Appoints Himanshu Parikh As Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer CyanConnode appoints operating chiefs for group and India RingCentral appoints Rajeev Singh Rathore as VP of Global Regional Partnerships Sterlite Technologies strengthens telecom leadership with four new appointments TEMA appoints former DoT secy R. Chandrashekhar as digital empowerment council chairman Vodafone Idea CTSO & Chief privacy officer Amit Pradhan quits, to join cyber security firm SUSE Appoints New India Country Manager Model N Welcomes Manisha Shetty Gulati as New Board Member Record Retrieval Leader Compex Appoints Venkat Raman as Chief Operating Officer Persistent Systems appoints Charles Owen as Chief Corporate Development Officer Ubisoft Appoints Raashi Sikka as VP Global Diversity & Inclusion Board of Globalspace Technologies appoints director Mastek appoints director Board of Nucleus Software Exports appoints director Board of Nucleus Software Exports appoints CFO Board of OnMobile Global appoints director Board of Sequent Scientific appoints director Innovation Software Exports Says Nanjappan Aravind Resigned As MD
Others	read more
Neuberg Diagnostics Elevates A Ganesan as Group Vice Chairman WHO Foundation appoints Anil Soni as CEO Healthcare Global Enterprises Limited announces appointment of CEO Emaar appoints new chairman as founder takes managing director role Infra industry veteran Arbind Kumar takes over as Director Rail & Transit Systems Singapore Airlines appoints veteran Chen Sy Yen as new general manager for India Defense and Aerospace Leader Vivek Lall Elected to Boards of U.S.-Japan, U.S.-India Business Councils Gammon India reappoints Ajit Balubhai Desai as CEO for a 1-year term Parmeet Singh Nayar appointed as VP Operations and General Manager Hospitality of MBD Group DHL Express India appoints Manish Patel as Vice President Operations Ramkumar Ramamoorthy to join Krea University as Pro Vice Chancellor Ashwin Bhat Appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Lufthansa Cargo Sudipta Bhattacharjee and team join Khaitan & Co from Advaita Legal Overseas Friends Of India Canada appoints Hemant M Shah to its Board of Directors Former JLL Exec Joins Flex Office Marketplace Upflex Jitendra Singh Rathore joins Courtyard by Marriott, Sindhu Bhawan Road as Executive Chef Courtyard By Marriott, Ahmedabad Ramdevnagar appoints Deep Preet Bindra as GM Fairmont Jaipur promotes Amit Sangwan to Director of Operations Holiday Inn Express appoints Kiran Challoju as Portfolio Director of Sales and Marketing Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh appoints Sandeep Jinarajan as F&B Director Sheraton Grand Pune Bund Garden Hotel appoints Swaroop Pattanaik as Front Office Manager St. Regis Mumbai appoints Devina Thapliyal as Director of Housekeeping Dr Pawan Kumar Singh Moves On From MDI Gurgaon To Become Director Of IIM Trichurapali Professor Sameer Hasija Appointed New Dean Of Executive Education At INSEAD Dr Atmanand Takes Additional Charge Of MDI Gurgaon As Director Jarnail Singh Joins Primus Partners as a Senior Advisor Containerway International appoints company secretary and compliance officer Jaiprakash Associates appoints director Ladam Affordable Housing appoints company secretary NCL Research and Financial Services appoints compliance officer Board of S Chand & Company appoints statutory auditors HCC appoints Anil Kumar Chandani as CFO Arvind Kumar elevated as business head of Hello English Livspace appoints industry veteran Saurabh Agrawal as Chief Financial Officer The WCA Appoints New Directors Epiq Announces Appointment of Paul Grewal to its Board of Directors Shipping Corp loses top executives as succession planning falters Amit Dubey to lead Airbnbs Capability Center Business Kamat Hotels (India) announces resignation of company secretary and compliance officer Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA Appoints New Executive Director Educational Initiatives appoints Poornima S P as its Vice President of Human Resources iMET Global appoints Mobile commerce pioneer Pallab Mitra as Chief Learning Officer for its school of Digital Social Media & IoT Aegis Logistics director resigns Suhas Kulkarni to retire as Mahindra Lifespaces Company Secretary on Dec 31 Board of Parab Infra appoints director Ecom Express appoints Venkatesh Tarakkad as CFO Anant Raj Says Anil Sarin, MD, & Amar Sarin, CEO, Has Resigned Bronze InfraTech Ltd, Anamika Appointed AS MD, CFO East Buildtech Ltd, Satendra Singh Resigned As CFO Gammon Infrastructure Projects Says Naresh Sasanwar Resigned As CFO Manjeera Constructions Says CFO Archana Yanamandra Tendered Resignation DMD promotes in Delhi disputes counsel Kuber Dewan as 15th partner Khaitan nabs HSA Akshay Malhotra as energy & infra partner for inorganic NIP push Link Legal hires Sun solar in-houser Abhishek Sharma as associate partner Luthra hires infra lawyer Prabjot Singh Bhullar as partner Palit & Co hires LKS AP Amit Jain as 5th partner ELP partner Tushar Ajinkya starts ThinkLaw with team & longer term mid-size boutique ambitions Elegant Floriculture and Agrotech (India) appoints Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Prof Dinabandhu Sahoo appointed Vice Chancellor Of Fakir Mohan University Harappa Education announces key leadership appointments Dr. Ramesh Bhat Appointed as SVKM’s NMIMS Vice Chancellor Shyamli Haldar Appointed As Manager Of Air Traffic Control In Kolkata, First Woman To Do So Prof Sanchita Roy Mukherjee appointed first VC of Dakshin Dinajpur University Punjab Engineering College Director resigns Mr. Bobby Mohanty appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Maldives in Mumbai Ajay Mahima appointed as new Director PIB Sikkim Sameer Nagarajan is global president HR, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Shashank Teotia appointed group head HR, Paras Healthcare Global pharmaceutical brand Lupin has appointed Shweta Munjal as vice president & head of corporate communication Zomato Gaurav Verma joins PharmEasy as CMO Slayback Pharma Appoints Dr Sumitra Pillai as Head of R&D Dr Reddys CFO retires with two small regrets and one big smile Eris Lifesciences Limited appoints Mr. Rajeev Dalal as an Additional Independent Director Board of Dhani Services appoints directors Board of Astec Lifesciences appoints directors Bal Pharma appoints director Aarey Drugs And Pharmaceuticals Gets Resignation Letter From CFO Rajesh P. Ghatalia. CytomX Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Mani Mohindru to Board of Directors NIMHANS gets new Director
Government	read more
Suneet Sharma appointed new chairman & CEO of Railway Board DFCCIL appoints new MD Shri Ravindra Kumar Jain Karnataka: MT Reju assumes charge as KUIDFC MD Asit Kumar Tripathy appointed as chairman of Western Odisha Development Council NHPC board appoints Biswajit Basu as Director of Projects Somnath Nandi appointed new Director (Technical)of NMDC BHEL appoints Renuka Gera as Director Industrial Systems IREDA appoints Smt Manisha Saxena as Chief Vigilance Officer Shri Bijay Kumar Das takes over as Director Production of NALCO Shri S K Pal takes charge of Director Technical at SECL Siddharth Chatterjee appointed as United Nations Resident Coordinator in China Subrata Mandal appointed as New Chief General Manager of Bongaigaon NTPC GAIL (India) announces appointment of director Oil India announces change in nominee director KIOCL announces appointment of director Board of NCC appoints director Orissa Minerals Development Company appoints directors SAIL announces appointment of director
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