March 2023

	March 2023

BFSI Consumer_eCommerce Government Healthcare Hospitality Industrial_Manufacturing Infrastructure Media Technology
BFSI	read more
LIC names Tablesh Pandey and M. Jagannath as managing directors Mercer appoints Jason Averbook as Senior Partner, Global Leader Digital HR Strategy TIAA India appoints Ashish Kumar as Senior Director of talent acquisition Bandhan Bank appoints Ratan Kumar Kesh as Executive Director Kotak brings on board Unilever veteran Rohit Bhasin as Chief Marketing Officer Pramerica Life Insurance names Pankaj Gupta as MD & CEO Ammar Millwala joins Aditya Birla Capital as Head – Integrated Media Ayekart Fintech appoints Anand Mugad as Chief Marketing Officer SBI General Insurance names Rathin Lahiri as Head-Marketing & CSR IndiaCast names Piyush Goyal as Chief Operating Officer AU Small Finance Bank appoints Vivek Tripathi as head HR & sustainabilty Axis Securities appoints Pranav Haridasan as MD and CEO Bajaj Financial Securities ropes in Vishesh Sharma as CMO Future Generali India Life strengthens leadership team with key appointments South Indian Bank slumps as MD Ramakrishna opts out of reappointment Ircon International announces appointment of Govt. Nominee Director Taurus MF Announces Appointment of Whole time Company Secretary
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Yokohama Off-Highway Tires appoints Amit Chincholikar as Global CHRO IKEA India appoints Elena Pogosova as new Country Commercial Manager Simpl appoints Neha Dixit as Vice President, People Operations HONO expands into APAC markets, appoints senior leadership Metro Brands appoints Deepika Deepti as Sr. VP-Marketing Mars Wrigley announces leadership change for India and Asia Robert Half promotes Susan Haseley to Chief ESG and DEI Officer Alfa Wang named Oppo India President Neil Barman moves on from Yellow.ai as Chief Growth Officer Bagrry’s names Jayant Kapre as MD & CEO Shaktipriyo Sikdar appointed Head of Digital Marketing at Emami Pepperfry appoints Kushal Budhia as Head – Furniture Business com hires Sridhar Srinivasan as National Sales Head REPRESENT ropes in Anirudh Voleti as Head of Strategy Sandeep Kumar Das moves on from MX Player as VP, Marketing HUL appoints Rohit Jawa as next CEO to succeed Sanjiv Mehta Kaustubh Nath elevated to Customer Marketing Manager at Unilever boAt: Vivek Gambhir to take on Chairman role, Co-Founder Sameer Mehta to become CEO Bira91 names Shivam Sahu as National Trade Marketing Manager Swiggy’s Saurabh Nath moves on Debra Crew named Diageo’s first female CEO Sumit Mathur joins Paytm as CMO Vodafone Idea’s Samir Gokhale elevated as VP-Brand & Communication (Products) Geetika Chadha joins Reckitt as Content Strategist Noise appoints Gaurav Mehta as its CMO Groupon Announces CEO Transition
Government	read more
G Krishnakumar takes over as BPCL Chairman & Managing Director Kartikeya Sinha named Director (Planning & Marketing), NSIC NLC India gets Samir Swarup as new HR director Manisha Saxena appointed Director General of Tourism Sudesh Kumar Poddar gets elected as President of FHRAI Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation announces appointment Rail Vikas Nigam announced appointment of director SJVN announces appointment of director Bharat Petroleum Corporation announces appointment of director Coal India announces appointment of director
Healthcare	read more
Pine Labs appoints Navin Chandani as President of its Issuing Business Aster DM Healthcare appoints Dr Nitish Shetty as India CEO
Hospitality	read more
Westlife Foodworld appoints Rohith Kumar as CHRO Novotel Visakhapatnam appoints Sai Kumar P as Talent & Culture Manager Westlife Foodworld elevates Saurabh Kalra as MD Tushar Nagar takes over as General Manager at Courtyard by Marriott Shillong Conrad Pune Welcomes Abhishek Sahai as New General Manager Ramada Plaza by Wyndham & Ramada by Wyndham Lucknow Hotel and Convention Centre appoint Mukunda Chowdhury as General Manager Duncan Waterman appointed new head of RMS Pay Ramada Encore by Wyndham Bareilly appoints Manesh Datt as General Manager Courtyard by Marriott & Fairfield by Marriott Outer Ring Road appoints Kirthi Shetty as Director of Sales Vivek Rana takes over as Executive Chef at JW Marriott Pune Jasmeet Chowdhary appointed General Manager – Sales (Travel Trade) at Lemon Tree Hotels Shibani Malhotra appointed General Manager at Four Points by Sheraton Kochi Infopark Nisshant Kumar becomes Director of Sales and Marketing at Hyatt Regency Lucknow Hyatt Centric MG Road Bangalore appoints Neha Gautam as Assistant Manager – Marketing & Communications Angsana Oasis and Resort Bengaluru appoints Kalyan Raj G as F&B Manager Ramada Khajuraho appoints Vinod Nair as General Manager IndiGo further strengthens its Cargo organisation The Lexicon Group of Institutes appoints Sagar Chitre as Principal of Lexicon Institute of Hotel Management Angsana Oasis Spa and Resort Bengaluru appoints Naseebullah Khan as new Front Office Manager RAMADA BY WYNDHAM at Railway Road, Katra appoints Raj K Thakur as General Manager Vijay Krishnan takes over as new Vice President of Operations for South India at Royal Orchid & Regenta Hotels Abhishek Mukherjee appointed Director of Sales at Fairfield by Marriott Kolkata Courtyard By Marriott, Shillong appoints Sankha Dasmahapatra as Executive Chef The St Regis Goa Resorts makes new appointments in the marketing team Salil Nath to step up as Etihad Airways General Manager for Indian Subcontinent G SomaSundaram appointed Executive Chef at Renaissance Bengaluru Race Course Hotel Minor Hotels appoints Paul Stocker as Vice President of Operations for Southeast Asia JW Marriott Hotel Bengaluru appoints Sreelakshmi D as new Training Manager The Westin Sohna Resort and Spa appoints Nivedita Avasthi as new General Manager Poonam Natasha appointed Marketing & Communication Manager at The Den Bengaluru Chef Vinoth Kumar joins DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Bangalore as new Executive Chef Peeyush Bhushan appointed Director of Food & Beverage at JW Marriott Pune JW Marriott New Delhi Appoints Anurag Mishra as Director of Finance Fairfield by Marriott Belagavi appoints Jitin Kapoor as Hotel Manager Saurav Datta appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Hyatt Regency Chennai Hyatt Pune appoints Sandeep Singh as new General Manager The Ambassador Mumbai appoints Chef Sandeep Chowdhary as Executive Sous Chef Holiday Inn New Delhi International Airport appoints Mohit Singh as Director of Food & Beverage Fortune Hotels appoints new General Managers Ramada By Wyndham Gurgaon Central appoints Amber Dwivedi as Marketing and Communication Manager Fairmont Jaipur appoints Sachin Katoch as the Associate Director of Sales Renaissance Bengaluru Race Course Hotel appoints G Manivannan as Pastry Chef
Industrial_Manufacturing	read more
Honeywell elevates Ashish Modi as country president India Yokohama Off-Highway Tires appoints Mihir Modi as CFO Hisense appoints Kamalika Deka as Director HR & Admin and Vipin Yadav as Director Marketing TATA Motors names ex-LIC executive Usha Sangwan as Independent Director Raptee appoints Jayapradeep V as Chief Business Officer Luminous Power Technologies CMO Ruchika Gupta moves on General Motors Global CMO Deborah Wahl to retire IBM’s Deepali Naair joins CK Birla Group as Group CMO Anant Goenka steps down as CEO of CEAT, Arnab Banerjee takes over Guruprasad Mudlapur named President of Bosch Group in India & MD Samir Kumar to head corporate HR for Goodluck India Schneider Electric appoints Deepak Sharma Zone President Greater India, MD & CEO, SEIPL Priyanka Sethi joins Haier India Appliances as Head of Marketing Anshuman Chakravarty joins Somani Ceramics as Head of Marketing & Communications Hero MotoCorp announced the appointment Board of Honda India Power Products approves appointment of directors Himatsingka Seide announces appointment of nominee director
Infrastructure	read more
Ecom Express onboards Prashant Khullar as CHRO Embassy Services appoints Remya Mariam Thomas as Head HR & Admin Pawan Sarda joins The House of Abhinandan Lodha as Chief Growth Officer Tenon Group elevates Mayur Kishanani to GM, Corp Comm and Marketing Siemens Energy ropes in Sarah Tabet as new head HR NHPC announces appointment of director Board of Indiabulls Real Estate approves appointment of directors Innovative Industrial Properties Announces Senior Leadership Appointment and Promotions
Media	read more
dentsu APAC appoints Harsha Razdan as CEO for South Asia BBH India names Parixit Bhattacharya as Chief Creative Officer Rajan Bansal named Business Head of Adani Digital Labs TBWA\India hires Ranjeev Vij as MD, Nissan United 3.0 Tarun Jha named CEO of Havas Creative India Shabbir Motiwala appointed Head of Production at Infectious Advertising Hoopr appoints Abhinav Singh as Head of Operations and Strategy Suchana Sarkar named CBO of Makani Creatives Tejas Apte and Ankit Desai to helm ISA media forum Mrityunjay Kumar joins Zone Media as President, Business Development Suhail Chandhok is the new CEO of U Mumba Vishal Singh joins Xapads Media as Country Head-India India TV’s marketing head Nikhil Mathur quits Chandrahas Shetty joins MediaMath as Director – Partnerships Wunderman Thompson S Asia elevates Raji Ramaswamy & Joy Chauhan Adman Kumar Suryavanshii joins Jio Creative Labs Lovejeet Alexander roped in as Editor, India News Business Digital Bharat Arora joins Tyroo as Head of Performance Platforms business for Asia Pacific Charles Victor quits as COO of Saatchi & Saatchi Propagate PubMatic elevates Emily Yri to VP, International Marketing Sony Liv ropes in Rajiv Rajaram as Head of Content – Tamil Havas Creative India names Anirban Mozumdar as Chief Strategy Officer Nandini Singh bids adieu to Disney Star after 18 years Disney Star’s head of sports sales Ambarish Bandyopadhyay moves on Anita Kotwani elevated to CEO Media, South Asia, dentsu Vinit Thakkar appointed as MD of Sony Music Entertainment India Sandeep Das joins Jio Studios as VP and Head of Marketing Abhishek Joshi appointed Head of ShemarooMe Shemaroo gets Arpit Mankar as Head, Non-Bollywood Category Wavemaker’s Simantini Ghosh joins Carat India as Vice President – Content Mullen Lintas appoints Sharon Picardo as Executive Director & Head of Mumbai Joji George appointed CEO of Percept Live PubMatic appoints Sandro Catanzaro as VP of Product Management for CTV and Video Nikhil Gandhi quits MX Player Vivek Sinha back at VCCircle, joins as Editor Bhavneet Bhalla to lead strategic planning at 82.5 Communications Ram Jayaraman takes over from Garima Khandelwal as Mullen Lintas Chief Creative Officer Liqvd Asia appoints Vaibhav Ajmera as Director – Business & Services for south biz Sonia Coleman appointed as the new CHRO at Walt Disney Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter ‘laid off’ Dentsu names Ashish Khanna as Global CEO – Dentsu Global Services Liqvd Asia’s CCO Anish Varghese quits Mihir Palan joins EssenceMediacom as Senior Director, Planning- APAC Ritika Goswami joins dentsu X as VP, Strategy Ajit Gurnani named Chief Business Development Officer for Publicis Groupe, S Asia DDB Mudra ropes in Saad Khan as President and Managing Partner – Growth & Strategy L&K Saatchi & Saatchi ropes in Pallavi Nayak as Executive Vice President – Strategy Liqvd Asia appoints Vaibhav Ajmera as Director – Business & Services for south biz Bliss Names First Executive Vice Presidents in Firm’s History to New Leadership Positions
Technology	read more
Rackspace Technology appoints Angela Kurien Murze as Cloud Innovation Centre India Head Tech Mahindra names former Infosys President Mohit Joshi as MD & CEO designate Infogain appoints Neha Kathuria as Chief Marketing Officer Xoriant appoints Sukamal Banerjee as CEO Rajesh Gopinathan resigns as TCS MD & CEO; K Krithivasan appointed as CEO designate Dixon Technologies hires Arjun Singh as CHRO Gopikrishnan Konnanath joins Cybage Software as President Animeta strengthens leadership with key hires from Google, Meta and Viacom Mousumi Mishra to head consumer marketing for ShareChat and Moj Sunil Wuthoo joins COM4 Global Inc. as VP, Business Strategy Google’s Sapna Chadha elevated to VP of SEA and South Asia Frontier Lentra appoints Hitesh Sahijwaala as EVP – India Sales and Distribution Kapil Rathee appointed co-founder of Junglee Games YAAP hires Nandita Saggu as Partner to drive growth in the Middle East InMobi names Aditya Varadarajan as head of Microsoft Advertising business in SEA Hitachi Payment Services appoints Sumil Vikamsey as Managing Director Board of Cigniti Technologies defers appointment of director VSE Corporation Announces Michael Perlman as New Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications Steven W. Smith, Public Relations Luminary, Passes Away
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