June 2024

	June 2024

BFSI CONSUMER_ECOMM GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE HOSPITALITY MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE LEGAL_LAW Media Technology
BFSI	read more
Axis Securities welcomes Ketan Darji again as the new TA head PNB MetLife announces new CEO INDmoney appoints Ashish Arya as its vice president of marketing Niranjan Kumar is CHRO, Karnataka Bank Manjith Mohan appointed head-culture and transformation, IndiaFirst Life Bharti AXA Life Insurance names Akhil Gupta as Chairman SBI General Insurance appoints Ajit Sharma as Regional Head-East 2 Azmat Habibulla joins DBS Bank India as MD – Group Strategic Marketing & Comms Harish Narayanan joins HDFC AMC as CMO & CDO Dhanlaxmi Bank appoints Ajith Kumar KK as MD MarketsMojo appoints Amit Golia as Group CEO HDFC ERGO General Insurance elevates Anuj Tyagi as MD & CEO Equirus ropes in Sahil Shah as chief investment officer and fund manager of Equirus Long Horizon Fund Citi appoints Jeegar Shah as Chief Financial Officer for India SBI General Insurance names Naveen Chandra Jha as MD & CEO Yukti Sharma joins Kinara Capital as General Counsel NPCI ropes in Swagata Gupta as the new head of corporate communications
CONSUMER_ECOMM	read more
Great Place To Work India elevates Balbir Singh as CEO Jyoti Vij takes charge as FICCI director general Swiss Beauty’s CEO Saahil Nayar exits to begin a new entrepreneurial journey RP Sanjiv Goenka Group appoints Rajeev Khandelwal as president of FMCG strategy and business expansion Good Glamm Group onboards Lauren Bloomer as president – International, Good Glamm Group GD Goenka Group ropes in Varun Reddy Sevva for CHRO role Hays has roped in Deborah Dorman as chief people officer FNP appoints Avi Kumar as CMO Dipanjan Banerjee appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Blue Dart Express Sanath R Pulikkal joins Bajaj Consumer Care as CMO Ritesh Sud elevated to VP – National Brands, Packaged Beverages at Tata Consumer Products DTDC Express welcomes Ankita Tiwari as CHRO Rajneesh Garg appointed chief information officer at Allcargo’s ECU Worldwide Abhishek Tiwary returns to KPMG from Tech Mahindra MRSI announces a new managing committee for 2024–2027, naming TAM’s Nitin Kamat as the new president
GOVERNMENT	read more
Ashwini Vaishnaw gets I&B Ministry, keeps MeitY and Railways Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to be the new Union Tourism and Culture Minister REC Ltd appoints Harsh Baweja as Additional Director , CFO of Board SHRI G V KIRAN ASSUMES CHARGE AS CHAIRMAN CUM MANAGING DIRECTOR OF KIOCL LIMITED Government Appoints Government Nominee Director on Board of BEML Limited Shri Kamal Kishore Soan takes over the charge of Director General, ESIC Raj Priy Singh Appointed as Director in Department of Rural Development Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi appointed as next Chief of the Army Staff Prabhas Dansana joins as Part-time Government Director on Board of CONCOR Manju Singhal takes charge as Director (Infrastructure), DMRC Praveen Kumar recommended to be next Managing Director of DFCCIL Lalit Bohra appointed as Govt. Nominee Director on PowerGrid Board R Lakshmanan joins Shipping Corporation of India as Government Nominee Director BHEL announces change in Management Personnel Girija Subramanian appointed as new CMD of New India Assurance Ahmed Wasi Khan joins as Group General Manager of CONCOR Board Central Government appoints Atul Chaudhary as new TRAI secretary BEML promotes Debi Prasad Satpathy to director-HR
HEALTHCARE	read more
Organon India names Vivek Soares as its new country lead for India and South Asia Alkem Laboratories appoints Rahul Vijayvargiya as SVP-HR Pradyumansinh Gohil joins IDEX as deputy director-plant HR & admin, HRBP Vinti Agarwal joins United We Care as director of people experience Mangesh Bhide joins IKS Health as senior VP-organisation effectiveness
HOSPITALITY	read more
Renaissance Ahmedabad Hotel appoints Mahesh Singh as housekeeping manager Guneet Singh Makhija joins Hyatt Centric Juhu as F&B manager Navi Mumbai Marriott Hotel appoints Saurabh Dube as GM Radisson Hotel Group elevates Namit Vijh to area GM for Central India Pradippta Biiswaas appointed COO of Ananta Hotels & Resorts Hyatt Place Vadodara appoints Neville Lawrence as associated director of sales The Den Bengaluru appoints Priyanka Rao as head of HR Abhijeet Adurkar elevated to GM of The Resort, Mumbai Novotel Jaipur Convention Centre & JECC appoint Ajay Kumar as executive housekeeper Hyatt Regency Delhi appoints new leadership in sales and events Anish Srivastava appointed GM – operations, Sayaji Hotels Varghese Thomas appointed market director, revenue management for Marriott Kochi Cluster Novotel Jaipur Convention Centre, JECC appoint Vipin Singh as director of sales JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu appoints Sanket Sunil Satare as executive sous chef Radisson Blu Bengaluru ORR hotel elevates Kashif Masood to director of operation Hilton Garden Inn Lucknow welcomes Sanjukta Sangiri as HR manager Leela Palace Jaipur announces key appointments to leadership team The Westin Pune announces new appointments to leadership team Courtyard by Marriott Chakan welcomes Sachin Bahire as senior sales manager Novotel Ahmedabad elevates Arti Kukreti as room division manager Novotel Ahmedabad promotes Siddharth Vyas to associate director of sales Manoj Jangid elevated as General Manager at Fairfield by Marriott, Kolkata Sandhya Nair appointed Corporate Head of Marcomm at Inventree Hotels & Resorts Santosh Singh appointed General Manager of Radisson Mumbai Goregaon Leisure Hotels Group bolsters leadership team for enhanced operational excellence Courtyard by Marriott Shillong appoints Nipu Kalita as Associate Director of Sales Arjun Baljee appointed President of Royal Orchid Hotels Limited Mohkam Singh takes over as Executive Chef at Hilton Jaipur DoubleTree by Hilton Gurgaon welcomes Ravi Yadav as new Director of Food and Beverage Puneet Sharma takes over as General Manager of Holiday Inn Jaipur Fairfield by Marriott Jodhpur welcomes new Executive Chef Sudeep Sinha Radisson Resort & Spa Lonavala appoints new Executive Chef Shyam Kumar Gupta Vikas Mittal appointed Commercial Director at DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Bengaluru ORR Anirvan Ganguly appointed Director of Revenue at Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport Sudhir Sangwan promoted to Operations Manager and Meghna Pandey appointed as Front Office Manager at DoubleTree By Hilton Jaipur Amer Dusit strengthens development team to propel global hotel expansion Bibhash Rout promoted as F&B Manager at DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Bengaluru ORR Novotel Goa Candolim & Novotel Goa Resort & Spa appoints Sachin Maheshwary as General Manager Radisson Blu Bengaluru Outer Ring Road elevates Muralidhara Krishna to Associate Director Finance Jasleen Kaur appointed Director of People and Culture at Radisson Blu Plaza Delhi Airport Urban Gourmet India appoints Mukta Lad as its new communication head Bangalore Marriott Whitefield appoints Nikhil G Jacob as F&B manager Cleartrip appoints Anuj Rathi as chief business and growth officer Fairmont Jaipur appoints Gagandeep Singh Shekhawat as executive housekeeper Ramee Group elevates Saurabh Gahoi to senior vice president – India Leisure Hotels Group bolsters leadership team Rajib Mishra joins Sayaji Kolhapur as F&B manager HRAWI appoints Trupti Pawar as the new secretary general Sheraton Grand Pune appoints Rajinder Sareen as executive chef Welcomhotel Ahmedabad by ITC Hotels appoints Tushar Bhattacharya as executive chef Ramada Gorakhpur Gorakhnath Mandir Road appoints Aparup Biswas as GM Shangri-La Muscat, Oman appoints Deepak Mehta as director of finance
MANUFACTURING	read more
Lumax Industries names new CEO Hisense India appoints Pankaj Rana as CEO Castrol India appoints Kedar Lele as new MD Aarti Industries appoints Suyog Kotecha as CEO Former Mahindra Auto and Farm CHRO Rajeshwar Tripathi joins RJ Crop Anupam Katheriya is appointed as the director of Medimix Tarun Jha joins JSW Steel as its new head of marketing Ritesh Sud becomes the vice president- national brands, packaged beverages at Tata Consumer Products TVS Electronics appoints Srikaanth Viswanathan as VP & CTO and Sathya Doraisamy as CBO Indo Nissin Foods elevates Varun Oberoi to VP and head of marketing and corporate communications Music composer Anirudh Ravichander joins VS Mani & Co. as co-founder Hindustan Unilever appoints Arun Neelakantan as executive director, customer development Cleartrip’s Kunal Dubey joins Wakefit as the new chief marketing officer The Coca-Cola Company promotes Sagar Sharma to senior director of central operations Duroflex appoints Ullas Vijay as CMO and Sudhanshu Krishna as CSO Hero MotoCorp’s Bharatendu Kabi moves on after a 19-year stint Stellantis India announces changes in India leadership team; Shailesh Hazela to take over as India CEO & MD Sanjeev Muramkar elevated to CHRO, Adani Electricity Nicole Gray elevated to Sr VP & CHRO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Ashish Kakkar joins Polycab India as CHRO Madhavan B is lead HRBP-ISAAME & SEA, Elgi Equipments ZEEL’s CFO Rohit Kumar Gupta quits Chandrashekhar Bhosle joins Society Tea as Sr Marketing Manager Bipin Bansal Agarwal elevated as Director – Retail B&M at Tata 1mg CEAT re-appoints Arnab Banerjee as MD and CEO Toshiba JSW Power Systems appoints Daisuke Murata as MD Aahana Dhar joins Coca-Cola as sr manager, internal & external comms, public affairs & sustainability – INSWA Volvo Group India appoints Radhika Nair Head of People & Culture EVgo names Keith Hutchison as company’s first chief people officer Domino’s Pizza appoints Maureen Pittenger as EVP & CHRO Arnab Roy appointed Global Category President for Coca-Cola iD Fresh Food CMO Rahul Gandhi moves on Bhawna Sikka quits Haleon India, to join Adidas India as CMO Bata India appoints Meeru Gupta as Head of Legal NEXUS Automotive International appoints G. Srinivasa Raghavan as chairman of the board of directors Devanshu Bhatia joins Adani Group as Lead- Asset Branding Nisaba Godrej resigns as independent director from the board of VIP Industries HUL appoints Arun Neelakantan as executive director-customer development
INFRASTRUCTURE	read more
Vishwa Samudra Group appoints Abhishek Jalan as group CFO BPTP appoints Suraj Singh as head of marketing & communication Palak Dani Mansotra takes the helm as chief marketing officer at Suraj Estate JLL India elevates Meenu Chopra to director-talent acquisition Kunal Mukherjee appointed as Head of Marketing at GIFT City
LEGAL_LAW	read more
International arbitration specialist Nick Peacock sets up Peacock Arbitration Chandhiok & Mahajan makes three Partners SEBI lawyer Abhishek Singh joins S&R Associates as Counsel DSK Legal promotes Rimali Batra and Ekta Tyagi to partnership JSA appoints Anish Mashruwala and Madhurima Mukherjee as new Finance Practice Chairs SAM Equity Partners Iqbal Khan and Ambarish move to JSA with team S&R Partner Divyanshu Pandey rejoins JSA as Equity Partner IndusLaw Partner Nikita Goyal joins Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas BTG Advaya announces Amit Kumar Baid as Head of Tax Hammurabi & Solomon gets four new Partners JSA Infra Partner Anjana Jamalamadaka Potti joins Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Dhruv Janssen-Sanghavi leaves Nishith Desai Associates to launch Janssen-Sanghavi & Associates Suman Kumar Jha and Afnaan Siddiqui launch Corp Legex Advocates & Solicitors Samvad Partner Aparna Ravi set to join S&R Associates Ashurst boosts India practice with appointment of Kalpana Unadkat and Shishir Mehta as Co-Heads Baker McKenzie adds three new members to Global India Practice Group steering committee IndusLaw Partner Padmaja Kaul moves to JSA with team Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas makes 15 Partners JSA hiring spree continues: Akhil Anand joins firm from DSK Legal Khaitan & Co boosts employment practice with IndusLaw’s Avik Biswas and Vaibhav Bhardwaj CAM lawyer Madhur Verma joins Dentons Link Legal as Partner in Banking practice Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Partners Vijay Parthasarathi and Vinay Sirohia to join Trilegal SAM Partner Nawneet Vibhaw moves to JSA Shantanu Mitra joins Fox & Mandal as Partner to lead Securities and Capital Markets Practice Sameet Gambhir joins UFLEX as Senior Vice President & Group Head – Legal P&A lawyer Modhulika Bose joins Chandhiok & Mahajan as Partner in Competition practice Trilegal lawyer Pooja Sharma joins Kanga & Co as Associate Partner K&S Partners announces Dr Shachindra Pandey and Sudeshna Banerjee as Equity Partners ANB Legal sets up Dubai office with Santanu Ghosh at the helm SAM IP lawyer joins Luthra as Partner Designate Adarsh Saxena moves to Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Singapore Office
Media	read more
ABP Network appoints Samvrit Bhattacharya as the national sales director for digital sales Network18 appoints Sanchayan Paul as CHRO-designate Arunava Biswas joins Frodoh World as head of Sales for West and South Zee Studios appoints Pragati Deshmukh as head of content Grey elevates Sarah Trombetta to APAC CEO Amazon Prime Video India promotes Vivek Srivastava as head of growth and business management Sony Pictures Network India promotes Jaideep Janakiram to lead international operations and business Hashtag Orange onboards Bhav Sharma as new chief performance officer Lada Guruden Singh resigns as general manager of Sony Pictures International Productions, India Former Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati joins BARC board as an independent member Heval Patel and Dhaval Jadwani take charge as joint COOs of The Womb PVR INOX’s chief financial officer Nitin Sood departs Headword Publishing Company onboards Mahesh Srivastava as the president Omnicom Media Group India appoints Rabe Iyer as chief media officer Asymmetrique appoints Urvashi Khanna as vice president of content and brand solutions Anuj Bhasin is the chief revenue officer of Jagran New Media Animesh Kumar bids adieu to ZEE as chief people officer Rahul Singh named Content Marketing and Strategy specialist at Prime Video The Content Lab names Prateek Mehta as Creative Director BBC Hindi appoints Nitin Srivastava as Editor Subhajit Sengupta joins HT Digital Streams as Head-Video & SM Pradnya Popade named Head of Marketing at Welspun Global Varun Kohli moves on from Bharat Express Cheil X hires Anurag Tandon as Chief Growth Officer Nachiket Pantvaidya named General Manager, Sony Pictures International Productions – India Anil Jayaraj steps down as CEO of Viacom18 Sports Ajay Mehta elevated as Head-Content, GroupM Santosh Kumar appointed Zee Bharat’s Editor Mukesh Rajput moves on from Surya Samachar as its Editor-in-Chief EssenceMediacom names Vivek Das as Managing Partner, MFG (Google) Lead – India & SEA Lada Guruden Singh quits as GM, Sony Pictures International Productions, India John Thangaraj is Chief Strategy Officer of Havas Creative Network India Kunal Jerath is Red FM’s National Marketing Head Sony Pictures Networks India names Gaurav Banerjee as CEO The Hollywood Reporter India appoints Anupama Chopra as its first editor Hoopr onboards Vitasta Kaul as CMO; Rakesh Nair joins as CTO Varun Kohli joins Times Network as COO for News Broadcasting Business GroupM appoints Alycia Mason as CEO of Wavemaker US Zee Entertainment appoints Bavesh Janavlekar as Head of Zee Studio Marathi Veteran media professional R Rajmohan hangs up his boots e4m Breaking News: ABP Network CEO Avinash Pandey quits The Times of India redesignates Sai Doma as Director – Central & East, Response The Times of India appoints Rohit Sharma as Director – North, Response S Shivakumar elevated as CEO of News18 Studio Manesh Swamy elevated as MD & CCO at LS Digital Creative Rohan Iyer joins Hunt Partners as Principal Zee News appoints Anant Tyagi for prime-time show FilterCopy’s Shreya Agarwal moves on Rajit Gupta to lead creative team of Cheil X’s Mumbai office Amazon Prime Video elevates Nikhil Madhok as Head of India Originals Kunal Kapila appointed Sr Group Head at Network18 Media & Investments Prashant Kanojia named Co-Founder and Director of Kronen Media Lab Ashutosh Tripathi joins Network18 Media & Investments Saurabh Negi named Deputy General Manager at Bharti Telemedia Signpost India appoints Rameshwar Agrawal as its chief financial officer Creativeland Studios ropes in Shobha Sant as CEO Human ropes in Umesh Mandve as new business head WinCo RD Deshpande joins PR Professionals as president of defence business and HR services DEPT announces two senior appointments in India to strengthen its presence in the market
Technology	read more
OpenAI appoints Sarah Friar as CFO in leadership shuffle Accenture announces leadership change, appoints Angie Park as CFO Rajesh Chandiramani takes over as Comviva CEO Alphabet names Lilly executive Anat Ashkenazi as CFO Cheil X appoints Anurag Tandon as chief growth officer Saurabh Tyagi joins Deepspatial Inc. as director of brand and marketing JioGames appoints Sidharth Kedia as its new senior vice president and head DDB Mudra Group appoints Shashank Lanjekar as national strategy head NODWIN Gaming ropes in Ishaan Arya as vice president of sales and partnerships Kelli Parsons appointed as new global CEO of Hill & Knowlton Liqvd Asia promotes Monish Sanghavi and Sunil Gangras to its board of directors to enhance growth Nimesh Shah returns to Madison Digital as general manager Cheil India ropes in Mandeep Sharma as the national head of Samsung business Swiggy elevates Himanshu Mendiratta as general manager – ads monetisation and sponsorship Is Paytm’s CHRO, Swati Rustagi moving on to join Adobe Deepak Deshpande appointed CHRO & chief growth officer, Soft Polynomials Anil Vasu is co-founder & global CHRO, CIFDAQ Burson announces leadership appointments across APAC Siddharth Kedia joins Jio Platforms as Sr VP & Head – Jio Games Nodwin Gaming names Ishaan Arya as VP-Sales & Partnerships Neelav Bose named Chief Strategy Officer at Zenith Prachi Kamble promoted to director-HR at Amber Rishi Raj Gupta elevated to HR-head, India & director-HR, APAC, Meta Rajat Wadhwa elevated as Deputy General Manager – Marketing at Airtel Business Lenovo names Kunwarbir Singh as Senior Global Marketing Manager Nothing welcomes Toni Petersson as its first independent board director CIFDAQ onboards Arnab Das as vice president of Corporate Communications
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