December 2019

	December 2019

BFSI Construction & Infrastructure Consumer Industrial Tech & Telecom Government Media & Entertainment Others
BFSI	read more
Sequoia Capital ropes in former Uber APAC Head Amit Jain as MD Paytm Money elevates Pravin Jadhav as MD and CEO Future Generali India Insurance Co Names Anup Rau As CEO NCML names former Cargill India Chairman Siraj Chaudhry as new MD & CEO LIC Housing Finance Ltd reappoints Shri Siddhartha Mohanty as MD & CEO Kotak Mutual Fundâ€™s Nilesh Shah appointed as new Amfi chairman Aditi Mukherjee joins NCDEX as EVP-HR and designated key managerial personnel Altico Capital COO Sanjeev Agrawal takes charge after CEOâ€™s sudden exit Ambit Pvt Ltd appoints new CEO, Wealth Management Arun Mirchandani starts new position at Citibank as HR head Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance appoints Avdhesh Gupta as Acturial Head of the Company Capital Trust CFO Rahul Malik Resigns Dvara Research appoints new executive director Equirus Capital appoints Venkatraghavan as Managing Director, Head-Equity Capital Markets Equitas Small Finance Bank appoints Mr. Navin Puri as Independent Director IDBI Bank appoints new Deputy Managing Director India Home Loan Vijay Dube Resigns As CFO Investec hires EY execs to strengthen corporate finance, ECM verticals Jasneet Bachal appointed Yes Bank CMO JM Financial Services appoints Ashu Madan as Co-Head Business Affiliate Group and MD McKinsey alumnus and LendTech executive joins MPOWER Financing as India General Manager Mid-market PE firm Avaana Capital hires former Actis, IntelleGrow exec Orios Venture Partners elevates Rajeev Suri to managing partner RBI approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as Federal Bank CEO Top Baring PE India exec quits, starts health supplement firm Orios Venture Partners appoints Rajeev Suri as Managing Partner
Construction & Infrastructure	read more
Gionee appoints David Chang as head its India operations Milind Pingle of Cargill Foods joins Allana Groupâ€™s FMCG Arm as CEO Advance Lifestyles Appoints Pradeep Phulchand Agarwal As MD Harman appoints Vikram Kher as Vice President for Lifestyle Audio in India Ali Harris Shere moves on from Britannia; to join ITC BIC Cello Appoints Manos Nikolakis as General Manager DIL Appoints Prashant Nagre As CEO Former Jet Airways Head of Corp Comm, Gaurav Sahni joins Air Works Group IndiGo announces the appointment of Pallavi Shardul Shroff as Independent Woman Director IndiGo appoints Aditya Pande as CFO Interglobe Aviation CFO Rohit Philip resigns Jayatma Enterprises Approves Appointment Of Nirav Shah As MD Prakash Woollen & Synthetic Mills Appoints Jai Kishan Gupta As MD Ridhi Synthetics CEO Hiren Oza Resigns Sarda Proteins Appoints Deepak Data As MD Sudhansu Misra moves to Tata Coffee as CHRO Vistara appoints Deepti Sampat as VP Marketing Milestone Furniture director resigns HSIL CFO Sikka Resigns
Consumer	read more
Naveen Goyal appointed as CEO of Adda52.com Nearbuy CEO Ankur Warikoo to step down Paytm elevates Vikas Garg as Deputy CFO BharatPe ropes in executives from PayTM, Reckitt & ICICI for key roles Flipkart promotes five executives as vice presidents Medikabazaar appoints Jitesh Mathur as Senior Vice President of Business Development Indifi appoints ex-Freecharge CEO Sangram Singh as its President Paytm ropes in former Google execs Praveen Sharma & Ankit Sinha Reliance Jioâ€™s Anil Mohanty joins Medikabazaar as head-HR Simran Dhindsa joins Amazon Go as Senior Digital Marketing Manager Sonia Dhawan rejoins Paytm group
Industrial	read more
Sushil Chandra Mishra Appointed as New CMD Oil India Shri D. S. Rana has assumed the charge of CMD Engineering Projects India Limited Rajiv Gupta given addl charge as TCIL CMD Mr Anil Kumar Jain Appointed as Coal Secretary Mr BP Sharma assumes charge of CVO MCL PESB Selects Dr Ramesh Chandra Sharma for Director Finance IREDA PESB selects Shri D GUHAN for the post of Director Finance HUDCO R Kesavan appointed as Director Finance HPCL Sh. Anand Kumar Singh joined RailTel as the Director Finance Shri ADHIPNATH PALCHAUDHURI selected for the post of Director Services Business Balmer Lawrie And Co. Ltd. Shri Alok Kumar Gupta takes over as Director Operations ONGC Videsh Shri ALOK VERMA selected as Director Human Resources HAL Shri Anil Kumar Jain takes over as Secretary COAL Shri DILLIP KUMAR PATEL for Director Human Resources NTPC Limited Shri KUNJUMON E MATHEW selected as Director Hindustan Shipyard Shri RAJESH PRASAD selected for the post of DirectorOperations RVNL Shri Yamuna Kumar Chaubey selected for of Director Technical NHPC Sri Amit Kumar Srivastav is new CVO of WCL Sunil Paliwal takes charge as Chairman and MD of Kamarajar Port Anand Kumar Singh appointed Director Finance Railtel Kanak Kumar Ghosh appointed Director Projects at RINL Ramesh Chander Bidhan transfered as MD Haryana Seeds Development Corporation Ramesh Chander Bidhan transfered as MD Haryana Seeds Development Corporation Vatsal Vashisht transfered as CEO ZP Gurugram Anil Garg transfered as CEO UPSIDC Vikas Gothalwal transfered as MD Jal Nigam UP Shweta Teotia appointed as MD Pashchim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd C P Nema appointed as CEO SUDA Surat Bhavna Srivastava transfered as member Judicial board of Revenue UP M R Kothari appointed as MD Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd Darsi Suman Ratnam appointed MD Gujarat Medical Services Corporation Ltd Saurabh Garg given addl. Charge as CMD GRIDCO and OPTCL Odisha Neelam Rani appointed MD Industrial Extension Bureau Gandhinagar Rakesh Shankar transfered as commissioner of Muncpalities – administration – Ex – Officio MD GUDC G T Pandya appointed Director Technical Education Gandhinagar J D Desai appointed Mission Director NHM Gandhinagar M Thennarasan transfered as Vice Chairman & MD GIDC Gujarat Shahmeena Husain appointed MD Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited A subbiah appointed MD WBECSC Ltd WB Sushma Arora transfered as MD RAJFED Jaipur Lok Bandhu transfered as CEO Jaipur Smart City Ltd. Devinder Singh Bhau transfered as CEO Jammu Urban Development Agency Narendra Gupta transfered as MD JCTSL Jaipur Narendra Gupta transfered as MD JCTSL Jaipur Jaikumar Srinivasan appointed Director Finance NLC India Ltd Vinod Kumar Singh appointed director Personnel Power grid
Tech & Telecom	read more
CG Power appoints Ashish Kumar Guha as Chairman GVK BIO announces Sudhir Kumar Singh as COO JCB India announces appointment of new MD and CEO Rakesh Srivastava to join Nissan India as MD ACMA appoints Deepak Jain as President and Sunjay Kapur as Vice President for 2019-21 Adani Gas Appoints Parag Parikh As CFO Ampere Vehicles appoints BVR Subbu as chairman of board Carborundum Universal CFO Jagannathan Chakravarthi Narasimhan Resigns CG Power now removes CFO V R Venkatesh after irregularities, fraud CG Powerâ€™s CEO KN Neelkant resigns from all subsidiaries Esperer Bioresearch strengthens senior leadership team FCA India appoints Partha Datta as President and MD GE T&D India CFO Gaurav Negi Resigns Generic Pharmasec Appoints Dollar Chheda As Chairman Greaves Cotton Ltd reappoints Mr. Nagesh Basavanhalli as MD and CEO Grundfos India appoints Saravanan Panneer Selvam as GM Gujarat Foils announces Resignation Of Jitendra Jain As CFO Hero Future Energies reorganises business to make overseas foray Indosolar Appoints Anand Kumar Agarwal As CFO Lupin appoints Jon Stelzmiller as president of US specialty biz Mahindra CIE Automotive Says Romesh Kaul Resigns As CEO Of Forgings, Stampings And Composites Units Mr Deepak Sood takes over as ASSOCHAM Secretary General Mr. Naushad Akhter Ansari retires from JSPL Rane (Madras) Ltd CFO Jayaraman Resigns Real Strips Amritlal K Kataria Resigns As Chairman Roche appoints Omar Sherief Mohammad as the new GM for India Sachin Gupta joins Usha International as President & Chief Innovation and Information Officer Shree Rajiv Lochan Oil Extraction Appoints Harish Raheja As MD Smiths & Founders India Ltd appoints company secretary STBI ropes in Dr Jayashankar Das as Director Ultratech appoints KK Maheshwari as non -executive VC Urja Global CEO Priya Bhalla Resigns Vst Tillers Tractors Appoints Mahadevan GV As CFO Wonder Cement appoints Sanjay Joshi as the Executive Director Phyto Chem (India) appoints director
Government	read more
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Appoints Ravindra Bandhakavi as Corporate Partner Head – Private Equity FTI Consulting Expands Risk Advisory & Investigations Practice in India with the Appointment of Shashank Karnad S&R promotes Shivaji Bhattacharya (Nalsar), Prachi Goel (DU) to partners Trilegal hits back at CAM, poaches white collar crime partner Kunal Gupta Atlas Law Partners promotes Medha Srivastava to partner Cyril Amarchand promotes 11 to equity partnership after long process L&L Partners hires K Law partner to strengthen PE practice L&L promotes 6 to partner, grows to 78 in total â€¢ Doubles office space in Mumbai Luthraâ€™s Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Trilegalâ€™s Bandhakavi to re-assemble at CAM corporate S&R Associates promotes two lawyers to partnership Usman Wahid and Kate Eades Appointed as Partners at KPMG Legal Phoenix insolvency partner Jyoti Singh starts boutique indie lit practice in Mumbai DMD bags Bakers Singaporeâ€™s Sanjiv Malhotra as chief economist Trilegal co-founder Anand Prasad starts up â€˜complex situationsâ€™ boutique with 3 alums NLS registrar OV Nandimath resigns post Sudhir appointment controversy
Media & Entertainment	read more
Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta to move on Dentsu Aegis elevates Ashish Bhasin as CEO APAC Google Cloud India Chief Nitin Bawankule moves to Star India Times Network COO and President Nikhil Gandhi quits Ajit Anjum moves on from TV9 Bharatvarsh Ashish Bhasin hands over MRUC Chairmanship to Pratap Pawar Ashish Vig appointed as senior VP, business operations at Adda247 Bhavana Mittal appointed Head of Media & Digital at RPSG Group CNBC-TV18â€™s Syna Dehnugara joins investment platform LetsVenture as Chief Brand Officer DAN Consult appoints Shashank Sharma as principal, FMCG DB Corp Ltd restructures Corporate Sales & Marketing Division Dentsu India announces appointments in creative team Famous Innovations appoints Melvin Jacob as creative head, Bangalore Faye Dâ€™Souza steps down as Mirror Nowâ€™s Executive Editor, to continue with Times Network Former Mobiistar CMO, Aniruddha Deb to manage WOW Communications Happy mcgarrybowen appoints Mahendra Bhagat as national creative director Hashtag Orange appoints Gaurang Menon as creative chief IBF re-elects N.P. Singh as its President Indigo Consulting brings in Tharun James Jimani as Senior Creative Director iTV Network ropes in Uma Prabhu as Group Editor Leo Burnett appoints Mayuresh Dubhashi and Sonal Chhajerh as Executive Creative Directors Logicserve Digital appoints Manesh Swamy as VP â€” Creative Madhukar Kamath elected as chairman of ABC Myleeta Aga to lead content for South East Asia and Australia at Netflix NBA names Rajesh Sethi as India MD Nirvik Singh is COO at GREY group Global Padmasree Ramabhadran joins The Label Life as Chief Business Officer Poonam Nikam named Global Manager, Communications, ByteDance Post Office Studios appoints Kanchan Parikh as executive producer Publicis Sapient appoints new Global Chief Talent Officer ReDefine appoints Viral Thakkar as creative director for VFX in India Rishabha Nayyar named National Strategy Lead of 82.5 Communications Rohit Gupta, elected the new Chairman of ASCI Shailesh Gupta elected President of Indian Newspaper Society Shazi Zaman joins PTI as Director, Video Services Shehzzarin Udwadia appointed as VP of Wedniksha, an initiative by Wizcraft Smart Entertainment appoints Preeti Malhotra as chairman of the company and board Sneha Rajani quits Sony Pictures Networks Sunil Nair, COO, ALTBalaji moves on The B Team welcomes Mastercard President & CEO Ajay Banga The Digital Street appoints Siddhant Mazumdar as Chief Operating Officer TV Today Networkâ€™s Vikram Das to move on TV9 Group looks to reinforce its news footprint nationally, appoints Barun Das as CEO Unistar Multimedia Appoints Thejaswini Gowda As CFO Verizon Media appoints Nikhil Rungta as Country Manager for India Vertuals ropes in Rekha Rao and Sandeep Vasudevan as Business Heads Vijayaraghavan Pisharody Appointed as KNOLSKAPEâ€™s Vice President and CHRO Vikatan Group elevates Sunder Thiyagarajan as the Revenue Head for Print Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL) chief financial officer (CFO) Sumit Kapoor has resigned
Others	read more
Manish Jain has been Appointed the Head of Human Resources at The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Delhi Wyndham Hotels & Resorts appoints Nikhil Sharma as area director, Eurasia region Somrup Chanda, Director of Food and Beverage to Lead of all Five Restaurants at Indore Marriott Hotel Adnaan Shaikh is Appointed as the New Pastry Chef at The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace Aloft Bengaluru Cessna Business Park Appoints Deepika Lohani for the Role HR Manager Aloft New Delhi Aerocity Appointed Varun Bhutani as its Food and Beverage Manager Amit Sachdeva has been appointed the General Manager at the JW Marriott Jaipur Resort and Spa Aungshuman Chakraborty Appointed Executive Chef of The Leela Mumbai Choice Hotels Appoints Vikas Bhalla As Chief Transformation Officer DoubleTree by Hilton Goa-Panaji Appoints Chef Ananth Shanmugasundaram as Executive Chef Fairmont Jaipur Appointed Amit Sangwan as its New Director – Food and Beverage Hilton Mumbai International Airport Appoints Grace Pavaskar as its Learning and Development Manager Hilton Mumbai International Airport Appoints Vipul Mishra as its Commercial Director Hyatt Regency Delhi appointed Julian Ayers as the General Manager & Area Vice President for North India Indian School of Hospitality announces Martha Collett as the new Dean of the Institute Kris Reynolds Appointed as the Director of Sales & Marketing at The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace Lawrence Amalraj Appointed Executive Chef at Intercontinental Chennai Mahabalipuram Lemon Tree Hotels Limited Appointed Prasad Iyer as Vice President, Digital & E-commerce Lemon Tree Hotels Limited Appoints Harleen Mehta as Senior Vice President â€“ Sales Lords Hotels and Resorts appoints Chetan Ambhore as Operations Manager of SK Lords Eco Inn, Ahmedabad Manuj Ralhan has been Appointed the Hotel Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru Manuj Sahney has been Appointed the Food and Beverage Director at JW Marriott Kolkata Ojas Vagal has been Appointed Assistant Director of People & Culture at Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru Pramod Kumar Patra has been Appointed as the Director of Sales at The Westin Kolkata Shankar S has been Appointed as the Executive Chef of Evolve Back-Hampi Kamalapura Palace Sukhbir Singh has been Appointed General Manager at Novotel Pune The Westin Pune Koregaon Park Appoints Ritesh Ail as Director of Food & Beverage Vikram Reddy Appointed RVP and GM of Four Seasons Hotel Macau, Cotai Strip
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