September 2020

	September 2020

BFSI Consumer Industrial Media & Entertainment TECH & TELECOM Others Government
BFSI	read more
ADB appoints Takeo Konishi as Country Director for India Murali Ramakrishnan appointed as MD and CEO of South Indian Bank S Krishnan takes charge as MD & CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank Mayank Singhvi appointed Managing Director of Goldstein, Roth & Co Aashish Somaiyaa is the new CEO of White Oak Capital Management Akshay Thakurdesai to head up BNP Paribas Securities Services India Rahul Taneja back in Essar stable, as MD, Essar Capital Morningstar India appoints Jiju Vidyadharan as Head of India Business Former Wipro CEO Neemuchwala joins US-based VC firm Dallas Venture Partners Amin Rozani elevated as Spartan Group CEO Sameer Kumar Khare, lAS appointed as Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila 5paisa Appoints Ex CTO of Flipkart Ravi Garikipati on Board Comfort Intech Ltd appoints Kailash Karanidan Purohit ss CFO Pravin Naik Resigns as CFO of Comfort Intech Ltd Madhur Capital MD & CFO Bhavna Mehta Resigns Kamal Daluka to resign as CFO of Nel Holdings South Ltd Sanjay M Abhyankar resigns as VP Compliance of State Bank Of India RBI appoints AK Dixit as new Administrator of PMC Bank Simanchala Dash appointed as Advisor to IMF Executive Director Shareholders vote MD & CEO, Promoters of Lakshmi Vilas Bank out at AGM Haryana IAS officer Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director of World Bank IndiGrid appoints banking and infra expert J K Agarwal as new CFO Uday Kotaks Term as IL&FS Chairman extended by One Year Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd appoints Mr. Chandrashekhar Karnik as Additional Director Acko General Insurance ropes in Ashish Mishra as Executive VP Marketing Bandhan Bank names Rahul Parikh as Chief Marketing & Digital Officer FIS names Nidhi Tuli as Head of Corp Comm, India & Philippines PolicyBazaar.com appoints Anuj Bhagia as Head, Digital Marketing & Corp Comm Prasad Kulkarni joins the CITCO Group as SVP, HR Business Excellence Ritesh Agrawal, Head HR, Quess Corp, moves on after two-year stint Societe Generale appoints Mukta Arya as HR Head for APAC Bandhan Bank further strengthens core management team, appoints Kumar Ashish as Head Emerging Entrepreneurs Business Sterlite Investment Managers appoints Jyoti Kumar Agarwal as CFO Punjab National Bank appoints D.K. Jain as CFO L&T Mutual Fund appoints Shriniwas Yeshwant Joshi as Independent Director Nippon India Mutual Fund appoints Varun Goenka and Nikhil Rungta Fund Manager and Key Personnel Rajiv Lall steps down from board of IDFC First Bank RBI approves a 3 member committee, to function as ad interim MD & CEO of LVB Citigroup names Arjun Chowdhry as Acting Head of its Consumer Banking Business in India Former EXIM Bank executive joins CapSavvy Board as Non-executive Vice Chairman PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam joins Mojaloop Foundation Board GIC Re appoints director on the board from Bank of India Bejul Somaia, former Flipkart executive part of Lightspeeds new Southeast Asia team Carpediem floats new PE fund, hires European former executive of DFI GEF Capital hires exec from mid-market PE firm to boost India team Rocketship.vc names former Gojek executive as new Female Partner Top executive quits Ares SSG backed asset reconstruction firm RBI appoints Director on board of Dhanlaxmi Bank
Consumer	read more
Coca-Cola announces major leadership changes, Sanket Ray as the new India Head and T Krishnakumar as Chairman of the company. Xiaomi’s Anuj Sharma named POCO India Country Director Matt Roney Named as Lumileds Chief Executive Officer Retail veteran Pankaj Renjhen joins ANAROCK as COO & Jt. MD ANAROCK Retail ITC shuffles top deck, Supratim Dutta will replace R Tandon, as Executive Director & CFO Acrow India Ltd appoints Vaishali Karyekar as CFO Alok Industries Names Bijay Agrawal as CFO Golden Tobacco MD Jaskaran Khurana resigns Graviss Hospitality Chairman Ravi Ghai resigns Indian Card Clothing Co appoints Chandrakant Patil as CFO KVIC appoints Sunil Sethi as Advisor Arvind Agarwal resigns as CFO of Kerala Ayurveda Ltd Basant Agarwal resigns as CFO of Libas Designs Ltd Parind Dineshkuamr Patel appointed as CFO Minaxi Textiles Ltd N R Agarwal Industries appoints Praveen Kumar Bhandari as CFO Sudhish Kumar Rastogi resigned as Chairman of Triton Corp Ltd Ugar Sugar Works Names Shishir Shirgaokar as Chairman Tata Consumer appoints TaMo CFO Balaji as Director Nestle India announces cessation of Director Martin Roemkens Vivek Sharma to step down as MD, Panasonic Life Solutions India Board of Mirza International appoints Priyanka Pahuja as Company Secretary GoAir Chief Commercial Officer Praveen Iyer quits Dhanlaxmi Fabrics announces resignation of Independent Director Mrs. Jayashree Iyer H&M India head Janne Einola calls it quits after 5 years Bira 91 appoints Anil Arya as its new CFO LT Foods appoints a new Group Head HR Palash Aggrawal Pidilite appoints former Egon Zehnder CEO as new Additional Director Sumit Walia rejoins Samsung Indias efforts to increase market share United Spirits appoints Pradeep Jain as new CFO, Sanjeev Churiwala elevated to a global role Bed Bath & Beyond names Anu Gupta as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
Industrial	read more
American EV startup to enter India, Pankaj Dubey to lead the Charge German glassmaker SCHOTT AG appoints Pawan Kumar Shukla as MD SAR Group appoints K Vijaya Kumar as MD & CEO of EMobility businesses EESL ropes in Rajat Sud as new Managing Director Power Global Energy Services appoints Pankaj Dubey as Managing Director Ador Welding appoints Aditya T. Malkani as MD Everest Industries Names Rajesh Joshi as MD, CEO Anand Group announces new management structure, Anjali Singh to become Chairperson Nile Ltd Names Y.Kaliprasad CEO Schneider Electric announces top Leadership Appointments Lumax Sr. VP Vivek Jakhmola to quit after 15 year stint Michael Neumann takes over as Executive Vice President Sales at ZF Balkrishna Industries President M S Bajaj takes on additional role as CFO JSW Energy appoints Pritesh Vinay as new CFO Jubilant Life CFO Alok Vaish to quit this week Alkyl Amines slips after CFO Rahul Mehta resigns Kenichi Ayukawa appointed as SIAM president Vinkesh Gulati appointed new president of FADA Batliboi CFO Ketan Vyas resigns Bhagwati Autocast CEO Abhijeet Ratolikar resigns Competent Automobiles Company says CFO Vijay Kumar Sharma Resigns Rohan Shah resigned as CFO of Deep Industries Ltd Ind Renewable Energy CEO Jitendra Vakharia resigns Mcnally Bharat Engg CFO Manoj Kumar Digga resigns Mideast Integrated Steels names Vishwambhar Nath Tiwari as CEO Inder Prakash Saboo Resigns as CFO of RCI Industries & Technologies Ltd Shivam Autotech Chairman Sunil Kant Munjal resigns Gokulananda Sahu appointed as CFO of S & S Power Switchgear Ltd Urja Global notes resignation of Dil Preet Singh as CFO Windsor Machines CFO Vatsal Parekh Resigns Biocon names Anupam Jindal as new Chief Financial Officer Reliance Power appoints Shri Bimal Julka, Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma and Smt. Chhaya Virani as Independent Directors Hyundai Motor India elects Ganesh Mani S and Tarun Garg to the Board of Directors Kedar Apte appointed CMO of RBML Former PTI CEO MK Razdan joins Vedanta Group as Senior Advisor-Corp Comm Rachana Panda to head Communications for Bayer, South Asia Marksans Pharma appoints Dr Meena Rani Surana as Independent Woman Director Dhanuka Agritech appoints Viekas K Khokha as Head HR Thiru A Thirunavukkarasu joins Cadila as Global President HR Board of WABCO India appoints Alexander De Bock as Additional Director Board of Abbott India appoints Karen Peterson as Additional Director Board of Tata Chemicals approves appointment of Rajiv Dube as Director Board of Yuken India appoints Indra Prem Menon as Additional Independent Director Electrosteel Castings appoints Sunil Katial and Rajkumar Khanna as Directors GE Power India announces resignation of Director cum CFO Vijay Sharma HIL announces change in Compliance Officer, Ashish Malhotra quits, KR Veerappan appointed Ramco Industries appoints Subramanian Suresh as Independent Director Munjal Auto’s board approves appointment of new CFO Brham Prakash Yadav Sanofi Indias Charles Billard resigns from CFO post Auto Pins (I) appoints Ms. Kirti Jain as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Amp Energy India appoints Surendra Gupta as Director & CFO to fuel their expansion plans Two new Directors B. Veera Reddy and D. Satynarayana Rao have been appointed on the board of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd Haseeb Drabu appointed Independent Director on Board of Air Works KKR ropes in former top Novartis executive in JB Chemicals board revamp Mr. Jay Kishorbhai Rathod appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Gujarat Intrux Ltd Aparna S Sharma appointed Director of RCF
Media & Entertainment	read more
Wavemakers Monaz Todywalla joins PHD as CEO Essence elevates T. Gangadhar as APAC CEO Nitin Tej Ahuja appointed CEO of Producers Guild of India DAN elevates Ajit Devraj & Anupama Ramaswamy as Managing Partners Charanjeet Singh Arora resigns as CEO of GroupMs Kinetic India Rajesh Kalra joins Asianet News Media & Entertainment as Executive Chairman Netflix appoints Bela Bajaria as head of global TV 22feet Tribal Worldwide ropes in Amrit Panigrahi to lead operations Brandintelle appoints Sachin Bhosle as VP Marketing and Research Dentsu Impact elevates Ajit Devraj, Anupama Ramaswamy to Managing Partners Dilshara Jayamanna elevated to CCO at MullenLowe Group K Madhavan elected as IBF’s new president Liqvd Asia appoints Purnima Kathuria as national director for Brand Strategy and Account Management Megha Tata elected President of IAA India Chapter Network Advertising appoints Harish Shriyan, Amit Ray as Executive Directors Publicis confirms Srija Chatterjees exit Simran Hoon quits Viacom18 Subhash Kamath elected as Chairman of ASCI Team Pumpkin ropes in Nirav Lalan as Global COO Viacom18 appoints Manjit Sachdev as Head Content for Voot and Voot Select AZK Media scales marketing and media capability with new senior hire Athina Mallis Devika Dayal appointed Chief Revenue Officer, The Quint R/GA announce new Global CCO and CXO The Tribes Group ropes in Dr. Mehul Choksi ABPs Arindam Nag joins Sabse Sasta Dukaan as National Head Brand & Marketing Communication Ashish Bhasin hands over charge of AAAI to Anupriya Acharya Sonia Huria to join Amazon Prime Video as Head of Communications for India Paras Kochhar joins Crossword PR as CMO Voot appoints Manjit Sachdev as Content Head ABP Groups Aveek Sarkar elected PTI Chairman ASCI appoints Manisha Kapoor as Secretary General Ashish Mitra takes over as Consulting Editor, Approach Bollywood BARC India appoints Kalli Purie on its Board Blink Digital appoints Ratnapriya Mitra as VP, Client Services ET Primes Rishi Joshi joins India Ahead INS elects Dinamalars L Adimoolam as President L&K Saatchi & Saatchi ropes in Disha Pinge as Vice President, Planning Lokmats Devendra Darda elected Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations Manoj Manu joins India News Network as Executive Editor Prasar Bharati appoints Rahul Mahajan as Head of Content Operations, Doordarshan Rajesh Kalra steps down as Times Internet Chief Editor Republic Media Network elevates Bhaskar Das as Chief Strategy Officer R Srinivasan retires as The Hindu Business Line Editor Rucha Bhalekar appointed as Marketing Manager at Httpool Senior journalist Jacob Mathew to join India Ahead as Director News Sunil Kataria elected ISA Chairman for fifth term Sunita Rajan steps down as Senior VP, Advertising Sales, at CNN TBWA appoints Namrata Nandan and Srijib Mallik as Executive Directors The Quint elevates Devika Dayal as Chief Revenue Officer The Voice Company ropes in Kadambini Singh as Creative Tinkerer TV9 Network appoints Gaurav Mehra as VP, Revenue for TV9 Studio Vinay Kamat steps down as Editor of Mint Wavemaker elevates Kishan Kumar MS, Premjeet Sodhi & Sandeep Pandey to leadership roles Zee5 India makes key appointments in Product & Tech Team Adfactors PR ropes in Arun Kumar & Suman Layak for Strategic Communications Team Astrum appoints Manoranjan Kumar as Senior Advisor, Corporate Affairs Kaizzen appoints Arindam Mukherjee as Director, Media & Strategy Netflix onboards Karuna Gulyani as Corporate & Policy Communications Lead ON PURPOSE appoints Dipankar Mukherji as Executive Creative Director PR Boutiques International elects Tarunjeet Rattan as VP, Executive Committee Peshwa Acharya joins Brightcom Groups Board of Directors Zeel appoints Adesh Kumar Gupta as Independent Director Publicis Sapient announces Kameshwari Rao as new Global Chief People Officer Director, Vivek Agnihotri appointed as ICCR Governing Council Member
TECH & TELECOM	read more
MobiKwik elevates SVP Payments Chandan Joshi to Co-founder & CEO Tenable Appoints Kartik Shahani as Country Manager in India upGrad appoints Saranjit Sangar as CEO UK, Europe, and Middle East STL strengthens Global Leadership Team Facebook India appoints Arun Srinivas as Director of Global Business Group JK Technosoft appoints Sanjeev Motwani as EVP, Global Head of Solutions Brightstar India Expands its Leadership Team, appoints Ankur Agrawal as its New CFO ViewSonic appoints Sanjoy Bhattacharya as IT Business Head Amazon taps Voots Akash Banerji to Head Marketing of Central Mobile Biz Development Unit TAC Security appoints Chris Fisher as CMO Softsol CFO resigns due to health concerns Sterlite Technologies CFO Anupam Jindal to quit Qure.ai appoints Terri Bresenham to its Board of Advisors Adroit Infotech approves resignation of Venkateswara Narepalem as CFO Sankhya Infotech Ltd approves appointment of Sridhar Krishna as CFO Sterlite Tech expands teams in Americas, Europe and Asia markets DocOnline appoints Tanuj Saxena as Chief Distribution officer Bumble India appoints Samarpita Samaddar as India PR Director Culture Machines Sameer Pitalwalla joins Epic Games LinkedIns ex Marketing Head Puneet Nagpal joins Coursera Pepsicos Nobel Dhingra joins MakeMyTrip as Vice President PhonePes Luckee Ssaeni is now Vedantu Head of Brand and Media OYO appoints Tejal Patil as Senior Legal Advisor for India & South Asia Senior ByteDance India executives exit amid uncertainty Dr. Krish Prabhu joins STL Advisory Board Navdeep Chadha to head India Enterprise Sales of Ruijie Networks Commerce platform Trell appoints Sahil Deswal as VP Growth & Monetisation OYO appoints Anuj Tejpal as Global Chief Commercial Officer Mehak Chawla appointed Communications Manager, Critical Incidents Google Cloud Rishi Basu elevated as India Head Corporate Communications, Infosys PD Vaghela appointed new TRAI Chief IBM names Nickle LaMoreaux as CHRO Meenakshi Priyam joins udaan.com as group CHRO SAP Supervisory Board names Sabine Bendiek as CPO CleverTap Appoints Former Nokia and Microsoft Alliances Veteran Jasmeet Gandhi as Head of Business Development and Alliances Pocket52 onboards Zoheab Rehaman as Chief of Staff Shubham Basu joins Wheebox as COO Uber to bring in Amazons Sukumar Rathnam as new CTO Former AT&T CTO Krish Prabhu joins Sterlite Technologies Ltd Advisory Board Nickle LaMoreaux to lead HR for IBM as Diane Gherson retires Cloud4C appoints Paresh Shetty as President Sales Zeta appoints Abhishek Sen as Chief Operating Officer Pega appoints two Vice Presidents Ex IBM executive joins Twitter as Chief Information Security Officer
Others	read more
Thyrocare Technologies Ltd appoints Mr. Arindam Haldar as CEO Emaar Malls appoints Rajiv Suri as new CEO Pramit Kumar Garg appointed as the new Director of Business development at DMRC Skootr appoints Rajat Johar as Country Head Protiviti India promotes new MDs and leaders, gears up for new hiring for in demand services MS Unnikrishnan is appointed as new CEO of Monash Research Academy Xanadu Realty appoints Girish Kamble as the Director for the Bengaluru region. Bengaluru real estate developer Ozone Group to bring on board new CEO The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts appoints Anupriya Ghosh as Senior Director Revenue Strategy Former Taiwan Tourism Bureau India Head takes over Deputy Director General The International Ecotourism Society appoints Pankaj Nagpal as North India Chapter Head VFS Global appoints Pranav Sinha as Head for South Asia Lynn Frederick Dsouza appointed President of WICCI Upcurve Business Services Pvt. Ltd. Announces Restructuring of its Senior Management Roles Dr Ballal appointed to MAHE board CSEP appoints Vikram Singh as Chairman, Rakesh Mohan as President Sheetal Gulati resigned as CFO of Allcargo Logistics Ltd Asian Hotels (North) Ltd appoints Dinesh Bhalotia as CFO Himanshu Goyal resigned as CFO of Raunaq Epc International Raunaq Epc International Joint MD Sachit Kanwar resigns Sindhu Trade Links MD Vir Sindhu resigns President of India appoints veteran actor Paresh Rawal as new Chairman of National School of Drama Society Hamid Ahmed appointed as Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University Cushman & Wakefield appoints Vibhor Jain as Head of North India Vikas Multicorp appoints FMCG veteran Sunil Alagh as first Chairman of its Advisory Board Anand Kripalu appointed as Chairman for RCB MAIT appoints Nitin Kunkolienker as president, appoints 15 new members CS Ashish Garg, President, ICSI, elected as the President of the Council of Corporate Secretaries International Association Educational Initiatives appoints Umesh Joshi as its Chief Product &Technology Officer Mercury Himalayan Explorations CEO Akshay Kumar no more Ramin Saherwala steps down as CMO of Mahindra Holidays USISPF announces India Executive Leadership Board Vikram Chhachhi rejoins DHR International as Partner Katharina Rath named CHRO at DB Schenker Container Corporation Of India announces appointment of Director Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone announces appointment of Avantika Singh Aulakh as Nominee Director BLS International Services appoints Dharak A. Mehta as Company Secretary and Compliance officer Gujarat Pipavav Port appoints Avantika Singh as Nominee Director ELP adds to direct tax practice with exDhruva, KPMG, PwC partner Saumil Shah plus team L&L lit partner Bharat Chugh goes independent as counsel SAM picks up rare environment law partner Nawneet Vibhaw from Khaitan S&R promotes Shahezad Kazi to partner Plus 3 counsel VC boutique Algo forays into disputes, hires indie litigator Namitha Mathews as Delhi partner Global CEO Sandeep Mathrani joins WeWork India board Mr. Sanjay Agarwal has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of ABC India Unishire Urban announces resignation of Company Secretary & Appointment of Company Secretary / Compliance Officer Gopalkrishna Gandhi appointed new Life Trustee of IIC Ex IIMC DG K G Suresh appointed VC of Bhopals Makhanlal Chaturvedi journalism university TAJGVK Hotels appoints Dilip Cherian as Additional Director Soothe Healthcare appoints Samta Datta as General Manager, Marketing Unacademy elevates Karan Shroff as Chief Marketing Officer Fox Mandal hires New Director for International Tax Practice The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts announces the appointment of Reuben Kataria as the General Manager of the upcoming The Leela Hotel Sarovar Hotels has promoted Shatabdi Dutta as the New General Manager Marketing. Avani Hotels & Resorts makes six GM appointments Anu Tiwari rejoins Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as Partner Great Learning appoints Aparna Mahesh as Chief Marketing Officer Shekhar Kapur named FTII Society President, Chairman of Governing Council Pooja Goyal joins Avishkaar as Co Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Government	read more
ACC approves appointment of VK Yadav as Railway Boards first ever Chairman and CEO K Padmakumar, Director HR, BPCL, takes additional charge as CMD Cmde Hemant Khatri assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of HSL D K Sharma joins as chairman of Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission Amarendu Prakash is Director Incharge on BSL Arun Singh Director (M) takes additional charge of Director Refineries, BPCL Avasthi appointed Health Secretary CIHSR director, Dr. Sedevi appointed as NMC member Dr. Binay Kumar Das appointed as Director of IRDE Gyanendra Mani appointed new CGM & Officer in-Charge of NABARD Uttarakhand Parekh panel picks ex-IDBI Chief Sriram as Head of Investment Manager Company set up by NHAI S Aparna appointed as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals Shri M V Raja Sekhar takes charge as Director of BEL Shri P Sampathkumar takes charge as CTO of BEL Shri Pramit Kumar Garg taken over the charge of Director of DMRC Shri SV Krishna has joined as Additional Chief Commercial Liaison operations in Wapcos Ltd. Ministry of Jal Shakti.
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