February 2023

	February 2023

BFSI Consumer_eCommerce Government Healthcare Hospitality Industrial_Manufacturing Infrastructure Media Technology Other's
BFSI	read more
Motilal Oswal Financial Services appoints Niren Srivastava as group CHRO Nova Benefits onboards Bhagat Vachhaney as national head K Satyanarayana Raju appointed as new MD and CEO of Canara Bank West End Housing Finance picks up Jagdish Capoor as chairman Future Generali India Life Insurance appoints Alok Rungta as Head Business Transformation & Chief Financial Officer Renée McGowan named CEO of Marsh McLennan India, ME and Africa Future Generali India Life Insurance hires Reena Tyagi as CHRO BharatPe Group appoints Aparna Kuppuswamy as Chief Risk Officer Sarfaraz Ansari joins DDB MudraMax as Senior Vice President – Integrated Media Krishna Ramachandran joins TVS Capital Funds as Managing Partner & COO CoinDCX elevates Vivek Gupta as CTO Unilever’s Rohit Bhasin joins Kotak Mahindra as President & CMO: Report BBH India names Parixit Bhattacharya as Chief Creative Officer Anicut Capital appoints Veenu Mittal as CFO Ritu Rakhra joins Broadridge India as Head – HR Morgan Stanley appoints David Aronovitch as Southeast Asia CEO Mahindra Finance appoints Raul Rebello as its next MD & CEO Karnataka Bank appoints company secretary and compliance officer Future Generali India Life strengthens leadership team with key appoinent Indostar Capital Finance appoints CEO Bank of Maharashtra appoints company secretary Canara Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Key Personnel Board of Gold Rock Investments appoints MD Canara Bank appoints Executive Director Indiabulls Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Key Personnel PGIM India Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Director Yes Bank gets RBI nod for appointment of Rajan Pental as ED IDBI Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Key Personnel IDFC Mutual Fund Announces Appointment & Resignation of Directors PGIM India Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Key Personnel IDFC Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Directors Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Key Personnel DCB Bank appoints Farokh Nariman Subedar as Chairperson Sundaram Mutual Fund Announces Appointment of Directors
Consumer_eCommerce	read more
CABT Logistics onboards Shailesh Sharma as Associate Director, HR Tata ClassEdge names Anish Raghunandan as CEO Virtualness appoints Ashish Singh as Chief Technology Officer AIT Worldwide Logistics appoints Saema Javed as Head HR – India & Middle East DHL Supply Chain appoints Andries Retief as CEO for Southeast Asia IKEA India appoints Elena Pogosova as new Country Commercial Manager L&K Saatchi & Saatchi appoints Hindol Purkayastha as Head of North & East Citykart appoints Ritesh Rathi as President & COO Gaurav Gandhi elevated to APAC head, Prime Video Wiggles elevates Prashant Kohli as CMO McCann Worldgroup names Sambit Mohanty & Souvik Datta to lead Delhi unit KidZania India appoints Rahul Dhamdhere as CMO WoW Momo appoints Mithun Appaiah as CEO of FMCG business Anupam Katheriya named CEO of Cholayil Private Limited Piyush Agarwal named VP & Head of Supply Chain at Pepperfry Alfa Wang named Oppo India President Samco Securities appoints Mrinal Nidhi as head of digital Parag Milk Foods appoints Tushar Nerkar as head of marketing io appoints Hitesh Sachdeva as head of growth & marketing Grasim inducts promoter Kumar Mangalam Birla’s next-generation members into its board Swiggy appoints independent directors to Board mCaffeine onboards Suman Kumar as national retail head Luke Coutinho Holistic Healing Systems appoints Gautam Kapadi as CEO Emiza appoints Sandeep Dinodiya as Chief Technology & Product Officer Syed Kaleem Raza joins Datametica Solutions as Head – Global HR Samir Srivastav quits JCB Salons Sujeet Jain of UltraTech Cement joins Nykaa to head its legal and compliance Johnson & Johnson names ex-Sanofi executive as pharma, R&D vice president Indiabulls Real Estate appoints directors Board of Shoppers Stop appoints director Relaxo Footwears appoints company secretary
Government	read more
NITI Aayog gets BVR Subrahmanyam as new CEO NLC India gets Samir Swarup as new HR director Coal India appoints director Bharat Dynamics appoints director Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders announces appointment of director Gujarat Gas appoints director Board of Andrew Yule & Company appoints CFO MTNL Q3 net loss widens; appoints Sultan Ahmed as CFO Shri K.P.M Swamy takes over as Director (Commercial) of NBCC Shri Pankaj Kumar Sharma takes over as Director (Production) of NALCO Ramachandra Rao takes charge of NTPC Korba as Head of Project PESB recommends Gaurav Gulati for Director (Finance), NSIC Ganti Venkat Kiran recommended for Director (Production & Projects), KIOCL Manjit Singh Saini recommended for Director (P&A), Shipping Corporation of India Niladri Roy assumes charge as Director Technical, ECL PESB recommended the MR. SARAVANAN U for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, National Fertilizers Ltd S Jeyanthi recommended for Director (Production) of ITI Limited Shri Paresh R Ranpara selected for Director (HR), Grid Controller of India Shri Shantanu Roy assumes charge as Director (Mining & Construction Business), BEML Ltd. Shri Rajesh Rai Takes Over Charge As CMD Of ITI Limited Nagaraju Maddirala appointed as CIL’s part-time Director Vikraman N set to be Bharat Electronics ‘s next Director (HR) PESB recommended Bhupender Gupta as next Director (Technical) of THDC (India) Limited Govt Clears Appointment of Pankaj Kumar; becomes first-ever Director (Production) ONGC Shri M.K. Ramaiah took over as Director (Personnel) of CIL’s subsidiary BCCL Lt Gen RS Reen takes over as Director General Quality Assurance Pradumn Kumar Dixit has been recommended for Director (Projects) in MECON Limited Mr Ghanshyam Prasad appointed as Executive Director (Chief) of BIMSTEC Energy Centre Shri Samir Swarup Assumes Charge As Director (Hr) Of Nlc India Limited PESB recommends Akshay Shrikant Bapat for Director (Tech) post in MCL MOIL announces appointment of Govt. Nominee Director Rail Vikas Nigam appoints Director (Personnel) GAIL (India) announces appointment of director
Healthcare	read more
Viatris appoints Vikas Joshi as Head of Global People Solutions Zomato’s Aman Priyadarshi joins Sequoia-backed Kenko Health Health appoints Shilesh Mishra as AVP-Marketing & Brand Management Rajan Bansal named Business Head of Adani Digital Labs Aster DM Healthcare appoints Rahul Kadavakolu as group chief marketing officer Amagi appoints Vijay NP as CFO Glenmark Pharmaceuticals appoints director Pfizer Q3 PAT up 5% YoY; board appoints Meenakshi Nevatia as MD
Hospitality	read more
Pizza Hut India’s Neha joins global team, Aanandita Datta named new CMO JW Marriott Pune appoints Davesh Rawal as Director of Sales Vishal Hariharan elevated as F&B Manager at Hyatt Centric Candolim Goa Shangri-La Al Husn, Muscat appoints Nick Flynn as Hotel Manager Saket Verma promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing at JW Marriott Kolkata Fairmont Jaipur appoints Dinesh Maan as the new Director of F&B Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach appoints Nitin Gosain as new Front Office Manager Hilton Bangalore Embassy GolfLinks appoints Sharin Joseph as Commercial Director Two new appointments at Hyatt Regency Chennai Deepak Verma appointed DoSM at The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel & Residences Anantara appoints Lionel Ferrari as General Manager of Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas Sakshi Bohra takes over as new Assistant Marketing Manager at The Westin Chennai Velachery Marc Selinger takes charge of Meliá Chiang Mai Fairfield by Marriott Kolkata appoints Manoj Jangid as new Hotel Manager Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai welcomes new Director of Rooms Conrad Pune announces five key appointments Radisson Blu New Delhi, Dwarka appoints Rakesh Sethi as General Manager Hyatt Place Pune, Hinjawadi welcomes Steven D’souza as Chef de Cuisine IGLTA Foundation announces Keshav Suri as Chair of India Initiative Sonam Phogat appointed new Director of Sales at The Westin Sohna Resort and Spa The Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach Hotel appoints Mohammad Imran Khan as Cluster Revenue Manager Sarovar Hotels appoints Brijesh Singh as General Manager at Balaji Sarovar Premiere, Solapur DoubleTree by Hilton Gurugram Baani Square appoints Siddharth Mann as new Commercial Director Divy Mathur named new Director of Sales at Hyatt Place Pune, Hinjawadi Dwayne Krisko joins Conrad Maldives Rangali Island as Culinary Director DoubleTree Hilton Goa – Panaji appoints Tapajit Bhattacharjee as new F&B Manager DoubleTree by Hilton Gurugram Baani Square appoints Santoshi Rawat as new Executive Housekeeper Tushar Nagar takes over as General Manager at Courtyard by Marriott Shillong Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach & The Bheemili Resort managed by Accor appoints Sai Kumar P as Talent & Culture Manager
Industrial_Manufacturing	read more
Medtronic appoints Michael Blackwell as Vice President of India business Albert David names Umesh Kunte as CEO Havells India hires Preemita Singh as CHRO and EVP Apple names Carol Surface as first-ever chief people officer Freshworks hires Sandie Overtveld as Senior Vice President for APJ & MEA Tata Motors executive Rajan Amba to head Jaguar Land Rover India Pepperfry appoints Joee De Choudhury as new lead for human resources Gujarat Alkalies names Raj Kumar as Chairman Yokohama Off-Highway Tires appoints Amit Chincholikar as Global CHRO Westlife Foodworld appoints Rohith Kumar as CHRO Dawinder Pal to head marketing and business of Bonn Group’s House of Veda Kinetic Green appoints Vijay Bhatt as Senior Executive Vice President – 2 Wheelers Pawan Sarda moves out of Wingreens Wunderman Thompson India appoints Richa Dholi as VP, Strategy Planning Wipro’s Bidyabrata Biswas joins edtech startup SkillArbitrage Dipankar Mukherjee joins Volvo Car India as Head of Marketing and PR Fiat India Automobiles names Rajesh Khatri as President & CEO KFC appoints Aparna Bhawal as CMO for India & partner countries Kellogg India CMO Sumit Mathur moves on DIAGEO India names Inderpreet Singh Sethi as national marketing & brand advocacy head Firework elevates Priyam Jha to Head of Marketing, India CapGrid onboards Ruchi Rai Arora as head – HR & admin Chargeup appoints ex Meta executive Satish Mittal as chief digital officer Brookfield Properties elevates Reema Kundnani as senior VP Capricorn Energy names finance director Clare Mawdsley as interim CFO CapGrid appoints Ruchi Rai as Head – HR & Admin Pfizer appoints Meenakshi Nevati as Managing Director Yash Pakka onboards Neetika Suryawanshi as CFO Sony Group CFO Totoki to succeed Yoshida as president Honeywell Automation India appoints director Rajesh Exports appoints director Board of Vesuvius India appoints CFO Godrej Inds appoints Vishal Sharma as CEO-designate of chemicals business SJVN announces appointment of nominee director United Breweries appoints director Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corp appoints director Board of Asahi India Glass appoints director BEML appoints director Ace Men Engg Works appoints director Board of Sundaram Multi Pap appoints company secretary Gayatri Sugars appoints company secretary Board of Dhanuka Agritech appoints Joint Managing Director Board of Dhanuka Agritech appoints Executive Director Board of WPIL appoints director Precision Electronics appoints director Board of Escorts Kubota appoints director cum CFO Board of TD Power Systems appoints company secretary Everest Industries appoints company secretary Navin Fluorine International appoints CFO Board of Grasim Industries appoints director Board of ITC appoints director Board of Welspun Corp appoints director United Spirits appoints ED cum CFO Board of Prism Johnson appoints company secretary Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals appoints chairman
Infrastructure	read more
Vedanta appoints David Reed as CEO of semiconductor business Mahindra Lifespace names Amit Sinha as new CEO Board of Indiabulls Real Estate approves appointment of directors
Media	read more
Sharon Edmondston elevated as Group Creative Director at M&C Saatchi Sydney Abhishek Joshi moves on from MX Player Rakesh Gopal joins Bharat Express as Chief Revenue Officer Shemaroo Entertainment announces key appointments Wavemaker India appoints George Kovoor as Chief Creative Officer Vivek Das joins FoxyMoron as CEO UM appoints Sasha Savic as Global CEO Tejash Kothari elevated as Head of Marketing at BBC News Ektaa R Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor exit Alt Balaji, Vivek Koka named new CBO Akshat Sahu joins Sony Pictures Entertainment as Director of Marketing, Crunchyroll Quint Digital’s CFO Anup Dutta is now NDTV’s CFO Cheil India appoints Neeraj Bassi as Chief Growth Officer Abhay Ojha to be appointed ZMCL’s CEO Cheil India appoints Srijib Mallik as head of Samsung business Bhaskar Das joins Content Advisory Group as President BBH India gets Ashutosh Jaiswal as VP, Strategic Planning FCB Group India appoints Amita Karia as Chief Financial Officer Himanshu Shekhar steps down as India.com Editor Susan Wojcicki steps down as YouTube CEO, Indian American Neal Mohan to take over Publicis Worldwide India names Lokesh Sah as Senior VP-Account Management Ajay Gahlaut exits Dentsu James Wright back as CEO Havas Creative Network, Australia Sanjay Sharma steps down as Bharat Express CTO Alex Kuruvilla steps down as Conde Nast India MD FirstSight appoints Vikas Deo as VP of Growth Sanjay Duda named CEO of Planetcast Media Services Vodafone Idea’s Kavita Nair takes up strategic advisor role at Skewb Analytics Shiza Ansari is new head – HR, Shemaroo Entertainment Biz2X brings on board Vijay Kumar Jamwal as head, HR Uzair Qadeer appointed chief people officer, BBC Lowe Lintas VP Varghese John moves on EssenceMediacom India appoints Sonali Malaviya as chief strategy and transformation officer TelioEV elevates Dr Lalit Singh to CEO AMC Networks names media industry veteran Kristin Dolan as CEO Vodafone Idea appoints Murthy GVAS as interim CFO SignDesk appoints Kiran Honnavalli as CTO Teresa Graham appointed Roche Pharmaceuticals CEO from March Board of Media Matrix Worldwide appoints Chairman
Technology	read more
Creative Synergies Group appoints Sujendra GS as VP-HR Lenovo India announces leadership change for integrated operations and service delivery Sumo India names Ashish Bhawker as HR manager of operations Dell Technologies appoints Peter Marrs as President for APJ region Emids appoints Sean Narayanan as CEO HGS appoints Patrick Elliott as CEO for its UK operations Okta appoints Neville Vincent as vice president, Asia Narwal appoints Amit Sahoo as Global Head of Human Resources Join Ventures appoints Pooja Tiwari as Chief People Officer Naviga elevates Neetu Singh as CHRO Sameer Singh elevated to TikTok’s Head of Global Business, North America Russell Barrett is TBWA/India’s Chief Creative Experience Officer Wunderman Thompson S Asia makes senior appointments for planning team iCubesWire makes key senior hires to leadership team ProfitWheel names Sarabjeet Singh as Chief Business Officer ACKO Tech Ipsos India announces key leadership changes Neel Jadhav named VP and Head of Marketing at Katonic.ai Inspira Enterprise appoints Bharati Sudhir as CMO Infidigit gets Kiran Nair as VP-Digital Growth Animeta strengthens leadership with key hires from Google, Meta and Viacom Akash Chauhan joins Chaayos as head HR Shaji Mathew to be group head – HR, Infosys Manan Shah quits Truecaller Ashish Agrawal joins Egen as director of digital marketing DNEG appoints Philippe Gluckman as creative director – India Unilever’s Puneet Gulati moves on, joins VLCC as group CMO Gupshup appoints Vartika Verma as senior director – global marketing Xoriant appoints Nithin VJ as CFO Confluent appoints Rubal Sahni as Country Manager for India Zuari FarmHub appoints Prasanna H K as Chief Financial Officer Anand Pillai joins Sunera Technologies as Chief Transformation Officer Practo elevates Amit Kumar Verma to CTO Agrizy appoints Markish Arun as Head of Engineering & Products CoreStack appoints Raj Raghavan as CHRO ITI spurts on appointing Rajesh Rai as chairman & MD Elnet Technologies appoints CFO Board of Cressanda Solutions appoints MD and CEO Board of Info Edge (India) appoints directors Mastek appoints Suresh Vaswani as Independent Director
Other's	read more
Animeta appoints Devdatta Potnis as CEO Piramal Group names Aditya Adyar as Head of HR for its wholesale finance business Ninjacart appoints Vivek Venkatesan as CFO
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