November 2020

	November 2020

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BFSI	read more
Swiss Banking Major UBS Appoints Uday Odedra As New Country Head For India Dun & Bradstreet India names Avinash Gupta new MD HDFC Mutual Fund Appoints Navneet Munot As CEO Paranjape is new MD & CEO of NCDEX eMarkets Union Bank of India MD Rajkiran Rai appointed new chairman of Indian Banks Association Venture Catalysts fund 9Unicorns appoints new partner Abhijeet Pai Amit Securities Ltd approves appointment of Nitin Maheshwari as MD Vivek Tripathi to join AU Bank as Senior Vice President HR Bandhan Bank board approves reappointment of Chandra Shekhar Ghosh as MD & CEO BharatPe appoints Akanksha Jain as Head PR & Communications BharatPe appoints Ex Union Bank Chairman Kewal Handa as Independent Director Care Ratings appoint A Shiju Rawther as new CTO Aditya Puri appointed as a senior adviser in Asia for Carlyle Group Citigroup names Anand Selva global head of consumer banking Shiv Goyal Joins Classic Citi Investments as Vice President Asset Management Edelweiss Financial Services appoints Sarju Simaria CFO Ex managing director rejoins Everstone Capital after two and a half years Franklin Leasing and Finance appoints Rashmi Bhagat as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Godrej Housing Finance appoints Shonali Shetty as Head of Marketing HDFC Bank Appoints Ramesh Lakshminarayanan as its New CIO HDFC Bank reappoints Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi as an independent director HSBC appoints Chetan Joshi new head of debt financing business in India Board of IIFL Securities accepts resignation of Mohan Radhakrishnan, Executive Director & Chief Compliance Officer Indiabulls Housing Finance appoints Dinabandhu Mohapatra former MD & CEO of Bank of India as an independent director Shri Shekhar Ramarajan appointed as Chief Risk Officer of Karur Vysya Bank Max Group Vice Chairman Mohit Talwar to step down in Jan 2021 Mirae Asset MF Announces Appointment of Gaurav Kochar as Fund Manager and Key Personnel MoneyTap appoints Ashutosh Dabral as chief product officer Former Square, Facebook senior executive Gokul Rajaram joins Pine Labs as advisor Poonawalla Finance appoints Amarjeet Kaur as Head Communications & PR PRMIA Board announces appointment of Srinivasa Rao Sureddi as their Director & APAC Representative Rupesh Jain resigned as MD of Rajkot Investment Trust Ltd Kris Gopalakrishnan appointed RBI Innovation Hub Chair Prabhat Marda has resigned as CFO of Scintilla Commercial & Credit Ltd Three AION Capital execs quit as Apollo ICICI Venture JV ends Trifecta Capital hires top Goldman Sachs exec as first female partner O.N. Singh steps down as Non-Executive Chairman of Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited Universal Sompo General Insurance appoints Nilesh Mejari as CFO Vision Fund CEO Rajeev Misra, three others step down from SoftBank board Xander hires senior exec from coworking firm for India operations Ravindra Pandey appointed on Yes Bank board as SBI nominee director
Consumer	read more
Shailesh Chaturvedi appointed MD and CEO of Arvind Fashions Vismay Sharma to lead LOreals business in South Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa Ashish Chopra succeeds Philip Eckles as CEO of Delhi Duty Free Panasonic appoints company veteran Kusumi as CEO, replacing Tsuga Nirupam Sahay, Ex President & CEO, Philips Lighting joins Surya Roshni as Executive Director & CEO adidas appoints Sanchita Johri as Director Digital Activation Chandrashekhar Mukherjee has joined Bhilosa Industries as senior president HR Cityman appoints company secretary and compliance officer Board of Dabur India appoints Mukesh Hari Butani as additional director Dangote Sugar appoints Ravindra Singhvi as GMD/Chief Executive Officer Eurofragance appoints Mayur Kapse as General Manager India Future Consumer freezes at the lower circuit after Rajnikant Sabnavis resigns from CEO post Himachal Fibres Says Navrattan Sharma resigns As CFO HRB Floriculture appoints Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Sudhir Shah of Scoops to head IICMA new Managing Committee as president 1mg appoints Mayank Gupta as its new CFO Integra Garments And Textiles announces resignation of Jagdish Sharma as CFO Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works appoints R.D. Anandakumar as CEO Hitesh Malhotra is Lenskart.coms new CMO Mcdowell Holdings CFO Arindam Ash resigns Pepsico ropes in ex Coca Cola Director Alok Kohli as Senior Director TCNS Clothing CFO Venkatesh Tarakkad resigns Vadilal Enterprises appoints Ranaveersinh Raol as CEO VMart appoints retail veteran Vineet Jain as Chief Operating Officer Zomato names Akshant Goyal as new Chief Financial Officer Zomato CMO Gaurav Verma steps down Zomato COO Gaurav Gupta steps down to head company’s new business
Hospitality	read more
Air India appoints new chiefs in three subsidiaries Marriott International has appointed Satya Anand as President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Uber elevates Nikhil Kant to Social Media Head APAC Radhika Dewan has been appointed as the Director of Sales & Marketing at Renaissance Bengaluru Race Course Hotel Rajneesh Malhotra becomes the new COO of Chalet Hotels Samson Mathews joins Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park as Director of Human Resources DoubleTree by Hilton Ahmedabad appoints Anang Chaturvedi as Commercial Director Ameet Wagh joins Adamo Hotels as Corporate Sales, Revenue & Marketing Manager Sayaji Hotel appoints Sudeep Mukherjee as the new Market Director of Sales Indore Goldfinch Group of Hotels appoints Deepti Kapil as Corporate Manager Marketing and Communications Hyatt Hotels appoints Nikita Das as Cluster Director of Marketing for Western India Ravinder Panwar joins Hyatt Regency Gurgaon as Executive Chef Thomas Abraham appointed as General Manager of Hyatt Regency Pune & Residences The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts appoints Nishant Agarwal as the General Manager of The Leela Palace Udaipur. OYO Hotels & Homes appoints Ankit Tandon as Global Chief Business Officer Sayaji Hotel Indore appoints Dev Thakur as new director food and beverages Rajiv Duggal joins Signum Hotels and Resorts SpiceJet appoints former MIAL executive Sanjiv Taneja as CFO
Industrial	read more
Hero Electronixs Tessolve Elevates Srinivas Chinamilli as CEO AMOS appoints new CEO to lead its next phase of transformation and growth TUV Rheinland Appoints Arun Deshpande as New India MD Board of Huhtamaki PPL appoints Sudip Mall as Managing Director Chowgule appoints Rajeev Bora as CEO for mining division EESL ropes in Mahua Acharya to lead new venture Anbu Varathan, director general & CEO, IMTMA, assumes office as president Chandrasekaran appointed as chairman of board of Tata Chemicals Indian oil Chairman Shri SM Vaidya taken charge as VP of the World LPG Association Association of Indian Forging Industry appoints Vikas Bajaj as its new president Indian Oils Executive Director Sajjan Kumar Ahlawat joins FuelBuddy as President Vijay Sankaran returns to Ford as chief software and information officer Mr Belleau Appointed as COO of ArcelorMittal Mining Canada Acknit Industries appoints Bishnu Kumar Kesan as CFO Board of Asahi India Glass appoints Sheetal Mehta as additional director Balu Forge Industries announces resignation of Yatin Mehta resigns as MD Birla Tyres Ltd announces resignation of Anirban Moulik as CFO Murugappa Group takes over CG Power, appoints directors Elango Industries Ltd announces appointment of M. Nagarajan Named as CFO Board of Gulf Oil Lubricants India appoints Munesh Khanna as director Hero MotoCorp appoints Michael Clarke as its Chief Operating Officer Jet Support Services appoints director of business development for the Middle East and India Kia head of sales and marketing Manohar Bhat quits despite Super Debut Mamaearth appoints Jayant Chauhan as Chief Technology & Product Officer Volkswagen India rejigs sales and dealer leadership team MM Murugappan steps down as Chairman of three group firms; to pursue philanthropy Olympic Oil Industries Ltd announces resignation Manoj Kumar Upadhyay Orient Abrasives announces resignation of V. Shashidharan IOC director A K Singh to head Petronet LNG Debosmita Majumdar joins Porsche India as head of marketing, PR, CRM Ratnamani Metals appoints Anil Maloo as Company Secretary, Legal Head and Compliance Officer Ratnamani Metals company secretary and legal head Jigar Shah resigns Rattanindia Power CEO Aman Singh resigns Former Petronet CEO Prabhat Singh joins Reliance firm Renault India announces organisational changes Rungta Irrigation announces resignation of CFO Sachin Dollars Bidyut Nath heads to Shyam Steel Ashish Pradhan appointed president of Siegwerk Asia Titaanium Ten Enterprise CFO Minesh Shah resigns Toyota veteran Shekar Viswanathan hangs up his boots Transformers And Rectifiers (India) appoints Ramesh Birajdar as CFO Universal Cables says Sanjeev Jain resigns as CFO
Infrastructure & Real Estate	read more
Nagesh Basavanhalli takes charge as Greaves Cotton Group CEO, MD Omaxe appoints retail veteran Benu Sehgal as President Retail Dalmia Bharat appoints Rajiv Bansal as Sr Executive Director Chinas Fosun group appoints Chitranjan Kesari as CIO for Indian real estate business India Sothebys International Realty onboards Manisha Natarajan to lead brand comm Ascendas India Trust appoints East Coast GRC MP Jessica Tan as non executive independent director and member of the investment committee HCC appoints Anil Kumar Chandani as CFO Board of Jaiprakash Associates appoints R.K. Singh as director Raunaq EPC International names Kailash Yadav as CFO Shankara Building Products approves resignation of CEO Siddhartha Mundra
Legal	read more
Phoenix hires Legasis shipping partner Gautam Bhatikar in Mumbai with team DSK appoints deputy MP as firm beds down equity partnership structure, preps to adapt to future JSA strikes back, hires recent Luthra Mumbai corporate partner Apurva Jayant Link Legal hires compliance experts Prasanta Sahu, Rajan Dubey in Chennai with additional software angle IndusLaw comp partners Rahul Goel, Anu Monga to leave J Sagar Associates hires L&L partner for corporate practice JSA TMT partner Asim Abbas returns to Luthra after 2 decades Orbit founders widen ownership for 4 new equity partners & new management structure post PV Rao retirement Platinum Partners splits into two, Nishith Desai exec joins Touchstone S&Rs 1st ever double lateral partners, JSA Divyanshu Pandey, Arpita Garg join for finance, IBC push Veritas promotes Neveille Mukerji as lit partner Ex Dhir, Vaish PAs Amit Prakash, Vasu Dev start fin & corp firm to capitalise on opportunities in tough time
Media & Entertainment	read more
Havas Media Group India promotes Mohit Joshi to Chief Executive Officer India Today Group appoints Rahul Kumar Shaw as CEO of television & radio business McCanns Devika Bulchandani appointed as CEO of Ogilvy North America WarnerMedia unites India, SE Asia & Korea businesses, Clement Schwebig to lead new team Sruthijith KK appointed Editor in Chief of Mint Shamsher Singh joins ZEE Hindustan as Managing Editor Haymarket Media names Raahil Chopra as Campaign Indias managing editor HT’s Medha Shri joins OS.ME as Editor in Chief Tarun Katial resigns as Zee5 chief executive officer Beeing Social ropes in Jaishree Kasturi as Business Lead South CNNs Sunita Rajan to join Bloomberg Media Jaya Chaudhry appointed Head of Media Sales for Bloomberg Media Akila Jayaram joins Cheil India as VP Crescent Group appoints Avinash Tiwary as AVP, head of digital media Digicontent announces resignation of Anup Sharma Hemant Dua joins Do Your Thng Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim Resigns From Editors Guild Of India FLYX appoints Rushabh Mehta to head its India operations Havas Group India appoints Prashant Tekwani as EVP & Business Head of Havas CX, India Aatsi Desai joins Httpool as APAC creative agency partner for Facebook India Today announces senior level elevations India Today Group names Prabhu Chawla as Editorial Consultant for TVTN Ipsos hires Sandeep Ghosh as Executive Director, Public Affairs Lowe’s India appoints Mohith Mohan as Senior Director Human Resources Mitron TV ropes in media veterans Shyamanga Barooah & Biswarup Gooptu Swati Mohan, Netflixs director marketing moves on Disney Indias Pawan Sharma joins Network 18 Network18 Media elevates Saraswathi Anand as its General Manager Network18 promotes Zakka Jacob as Managing Editor, CNN News18 Next Mediaworks announces appointment of Ramesh Menon as CEO Rajat Uppal moves on from RED FM as National Marketing Head Republic Bharat editor Shamsher Singh quits ScoopWhoop Media onboards Piyush Yadav as Head of Technology Harshad Hardikar and Kaizad Pardiwalla launch Spring Brand Solutions Times Internet appoints ex Cognizant Officer Smriti Ahuja as Chief People Officer WAC appoints Komal Chokshi as India’s Country Reporter A&M veterans Saurabh Varma, Vandana Verma & Rakesh Hinduja come together to launch Wondrlab Wondrlab appoints Ajeeta Bharadwaj as Chief Strategy Officer Wondrlab appoints Haiderali Amir as Head of Content Production Foreign Policy magazine names Ravi Agrawal as its Editor in Chief
TECH & TELECOM	read more
Sharad Sanghi has been appointed as the Leader of NTT India GBG Announces Dev Dhiman as new APAC Managing Director SUN Mobility names ex Bharti Infratel MD Rawat as India CEO Happiest Minds announces appointments of Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director PE backed IntegriChain appoints Sadekar as managing director of India operations MeritTrac Services appoints Sujatha Kumaraswamy as its new CEO Mobile marketing start-up Whistle appoints Satya Kiran as CEO Adjust elevates Shawn Bonham as President APAC Sanju Bansal Appointed to the AIS Board of Directors Prasanna Kumar joins Alibaba Group as Global Media Director Manish Dawar appointed CFO of Bharti Infratel CMS Info Systems appoints Rohit Kilam as new CTO Collabera appoints Shine Zakharia as Senior Vice President Sales & Client Relationship CtrlS appoints former RCom executive Bill Barney to its Board of Directors Dtac appoints Bharti Airtels Sehgal as CFO E-learning platform edWisor appoints Abinash Nanda as its COO Infostretch Appoints Veteran Global Technology Services Executive Anil Jain to Lead Growth ITILITE, a B2B travel SaaS company, recently appointed Fareed Mannan as their new Vice President Sales JK Technosoft to amp up SAP practice, appoints Upendra Prakash Pateriya as the new SAP Practice Head Kaspersky hires Rohit Sood as new Business Manager for India market Mavenir Appoints Vishant Vora as President of Global Operations and Managed Services College Board’s Executive Director for South & Central Asia joins NoPaperForms as CBO PNC Promotes Senior Technology Executives Deborah Guild And Ganesh Krishnan Prime Focus announces resignation of director Jai Anshul Anil Ambani Route Mobile appoints Mr. Sandipkumar Gupta as Chairman and Mr. Arun Gupta as Additional Director SAIC Appoints New Chief Financial Officer Scaler strengthens its leadership, hires seasoned entrepreneur Naren Krishna as the Head of Career ShareChat appoints Uber’s Gaurav Mishra as SVP, Product Signzy Appoints Arun Rajkumar as Vice President of Technology Neelam Dhawan joins Skylo Board Systematix Securities appoints new Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Hyderabad-based Tanla Solutions expands management team Apurva Chamaria appointed as SVP & Chief of Staff at Tech Mahindra Peiter Zatko to take over as Twitter Head of Security UiPath Appoints PagerDuty Chairperson and CEO Jennifer Tejada to its Board of Directors PhonePes Kunal Dubey joins Vedantu Vedantu CMO and category head Shivani Suri moves on Vehere appoints Niladri Saha as Director, Sales Industry veteran Jagbir Singh joins Vodafone Idea as CTO Vodafone Idea Chief Legal Officer Kumar Das quits, Manish Sansi takes over Discovery Vednarayan Sirdeshpande joins WhiteHat Jr as Global Head of brand marketing Stuart Neish steps down from WPP Xiaomi elevates Kasturi Paladhi as Head PR and Corporate Communications, India
Others	read more
Aetna India Appoints Anurag Khosla as Chief Executive Officer HealthCare Global Enterprises appoints Meghraj Arvindrao Gore as CEO Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) appoints Abhishek Maheshwari as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gati appoints Shashi Kiran Shetty as Managing Director Healthcare startup Portea Medical appoints Vaibhav Tewari as cofounder, board member LabourNet to Build India’s Largest Gig Business Platform SAHI, Appoints Deep Mukherjee as CEO Cadila appoints Dr Sanjeev Dixit as Global President Human Capital Management Subhash Chandra Shah of Albert David Ltd to retire as CFO Chennai Meenakshi Multispeciality announces resignation of Radhakrishnan as Chairman & MD ChrysCapital backed Eris Lifesciences appoints former EY partner V Krishnakumar as ED & COO Fortis reappoints Dr Bishnu Panigrahi as Group Head, Medical Strategy and Operations Amit Srivastava joins Legacy Healthcare India as Board Member Lotus Eye Hospital And Institute announces appointment of Kavetha Sundaramoorthy as Chairman Udbhav Ganjoo heads HR for Mylan Upjohn merged entity Piramal Enterprises appoints Anjali Bansal as Independent Director on its Board Ujala Cygnus appoints Shashank Saini as head of digital health Prof Sangita Srivastava appointed first woman VC of Allahabad University Sudhir Vaishnav is appointed Director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA Kings appoints Professor Shitij Kapur as new President & Principal Prof Hiren Doshi joins SAGE University as Pro Vice Chancellor AAICLAS appoints shri J B Saini as CFO S Chandrashekhar appointed director of CSIR NCL Elegant Floriculture and Agrotech (India) announces appoint of additional director Hyderabad scientists becomes senior technical expert at IFAD KPMGs Unmesh Pawar steps down as Partner & Head of People PHD Chamber appoints Sanjay Aggarwal as Co Chairman of Jammu Chapter
Government	read more
Shri M Prasanna Kumar takes charge as new MD of GSECL Shri Sanjay Malhotra takes charge as CMD of REC Limited M V Iyer assumes charge as director (business development) at GAIL Shri M P Mishra takes over as Director of Projects and Technical of NALCO Shri Kalyan Kumar Coari joined Braithwaite as new Director Finance Shri Digambar Sahai appoints as new Director Production of BVFCL Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders announces appointment of Govt. nominee director Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd appoints Gowri Sankararao Naramsetti as CFO NCC Names K Krishna Rao As CFO Abhay Choudhary appointed as director at PowerGrid
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