Category: Movers and Shakers

Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation company, announced today the appointment of Arthur Filip in the newly created position of Chief Growth Officer, effective immediately. Based in New York, he will report to Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz.   Arthur Filip will be responsible for accelerating how Publicis Sapient brings its full ecosystem, including industries, solutions, client leaders, delivery, marketing and alliance partners, to deliver greater value to the company’s clients, maximize business opportunities and drive growth. In his role, he will lead the global sales ecosystem, business development and operations for Publicis…

Luminous Power Technologies has announced the elevation of Ruchika Gupta as the Chief Marketing Officer. Till now she was earlier an assistant vice president, marketing communications.   Gupta will now lead the marketing function and will also report to Vipul Sabharwal, Managing Director, Luminous Power Technologies. In her new role, she will cover aspects like overseeing brand management, digital consumer experience, and development of marketing and advertising initiatives with a strong focus on overall brand building at Luminous Power Technologies.   “After some phenomenal and inspired work here, I have great confidence in Ruchika,…

Travel app ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited) has announced the appointment of 6 independent members to its board of directors. The new independent members of the board are Arun Seth, ex Chairman & Trustee NASSCOM Foundation; Mahendra Pratap Mall, ex-Chairman & Managing Director IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited); Shubha Rao Mayya, ex VP ICICI Limited & ICICI Prudential Life; Frederic Lalonde, Founder & CEO Hopper Inc; Rahul Pandit, MD & CEO Hamstede Living, ex Lemon Tree Hotels, Ginger Hotels & Rajesh Sawhney, Co-Founder Innerchef.   In a twitter…

Deepak Das took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts here today. He is the 25th officer to hold the position of Controller General of Accounts (CGA). Deepak Das, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, is appointed by the Government of India as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, with effect from August 1, 2021.   Deepak Das, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, is appointed by the Government of India as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry…

Detel has announced the appointment of Ravneet Singh as General Manager of EV Manufacturing. In his capacity, Ravneet will be responsible in making the team-building strategies and overseeing the EV manufacturing operations.   With over 30 years of experience in manufacturing internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric bikes, Ravneet has been associated with companies like Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd., Cosmic Motorcycle Manufacturing Co, Nepal, Subros Ltd., Sandhar Technologies Ltd., Rissala Electric Motors Pvt. Ltd., and Okinawa Autotech Pvt. Ltd. At Detel, Ravneet will play an important role in the company’s growth…

HCL Technologies on July 28 appointed Jill Kouri as the global Chief Marketing Officer to drive the company’s digital agenda. In her new role, Kouri, whose experience spans 30 years, will lead the company’s global marketing programmes to advance HCL’s focus on helping companies reimagine their business for the digital age.   “HCL is at a critical point in its journey, having reached the $10 billion revenue mark, and I am excited to lead the efforts to create more widespread brand awareness and affinity, all while driving a very strong growth agenda,” Kouri stated.…

Tango Eye has on-boarded Ex-Vice-President of BNY Mellon Technology, Arindam Chakraborty, as its Chief Technology Officer.   He joins the company with 22 years of experience in leadership, data science, architecture, technology development and management. At Tango Eye, he will be responsible for managing the technology, delivery, new generation platform and architecture development, and developing short and long-term technology objectives in line with the long-term company strategy.   “Our vision to expand into the fastest-growing digital vision enterprise is accelerated with the onboarding of Arindam as the CTO. By directing our team…

HCL Technologies (HCL) announced the appointment of Vanitha Narayanan as an Additional Director on its Board who shall hold office as an Independent Director of the Company. With the addition of Narayanan, the Board of the Company includes four women Directors. Narayanan’s appointment is effective July 19, 2021.   Welcoming Vanitha Narayanan to the Board, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies said, “I am pleased to welcome Vanitha to the Board of HCL and appreciate her decision to become a part of the HCL family. She brings rich and diverse experience of navigating organizations…

Citrix announces that Safi Obeidullah has been promoted to Global Head of Value Advisory. Based in Sydney, Australia, Obeidullah will report to Carle Quinn, Vice President of Customer Value and Workforce Transformation at Citrix.   Responsible for supporting and accelerating customers’ digital transformational experiences, Obeidullah will lead business strategy advisory on behalf of Citrix. He will help to ensure our customers can harness the power of Citrix solutions and services and partner offerings to achieve the best business outcomes.   Obeidullah has over 20 years’ experience in the sector, where his primary focus has…

The Union government on Tuesday appointed Anup Chandra Pandey, a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, as Election Commissioner.   Anup has served as the Chief Secretary of UP under CM Yogi Adityanath and superannuated on August 2019.   As the Election Commission ,he’ll oversee the next set of crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand next year.   Anup has been appointed to this position after former Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora’s retirement on April 12. However, the Chief Election Commissioner…