Category: Movers and Shakers

Milestone Systems has announced the appointment of Simon Thule Viggers as the new Chief People & Culture Officer responsible for Milestone’s People and Culture organization, as per November 1, 2021. Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone says, “For the past decade, Milestone has cultivated a strong people-first approach and culture. To continue this strategic journey and to meet our massive growth ambitions, I’m excited to welcome Simon to the Executive Leadership Team. Simon comes with vast experience as a culture change connoisseur managing organizational change, leadership, and growth in organizations globally. He has a…

Fujifilm India recently announced the elevation of Arun Babu from General Manager, EID & Optical Device to the Head of Division – Electronic Imaging, Optical Devices and Instax Division. The elevation will come into effect on 11th October 2021. In his new role, Arun Babu will be responsible for the general management of all the three divisions and looking after the end-to-end operations of the combined divisions. Commenting on the elevation, Koji Wada, Managing Director, Fujifilm India said, “Under the leadership of Arun Babu, our camera division has witnessed tremendous growth over the…

Bolo LIVE has announced the appointment of Prashant Gupta as its Chief Technology Officer. Prashant brings more than 13 years of diverse engineering experience from leadership positions and was associated with Pratilipi as its Co-Founder and CTO, and has also worked with Amazon as Software Development Engineer. Prashant comes with deep experience in developing innovative technology platforms and scaling them in hyper-growth markets. In his role at Bolo Live as CTO, he will lead the technology team for bolstering the scale of the platform for both the Indian market and the…

Padmaja Chunduru has took over the charge as the MD and CEO of the National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL). The appointment was ratified by the shareholders of NSDL at its meeting held on September 29. Padmaja Chunduru is a postgraduate in commerce from Andhra University. She has around   37  years of experience in the banking domain.   She served as the MD and CEO of the Indian Bank from September 2018 to August 2021. She also held the position as a director at the Life Insurance Corporation of India. She was the non-executive chairperson of Universal Sompo General Insurance Company…

Public Affairs & Government Relations organisation – Mavcomm Advisory has roped in senior bureaucrat and former CMD of BSNL, Anupam Shrivastava as a Partner. He will be leading strategic growth and direction for the organization. A 1981 batch of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) Officer, Anupam Shrivastava brings with him a rich experience of more than three decades across India and other geographies in the field of telecommunications. Commenting on the announcement, Anupam Shrivastava, Partner, Mavcomm Advisory said, “I am excited to begin my second innings working with the solution-oriented team of Mavcomm Advisory. As…

Sudhir Shukla will be joining Cars24 as the Chief marketing Officer and will relocate to Gurgaon. Sudhir has worked as the Marketing Head in Star Sports and spend close to five years with the company. Sudhir was elevated as Head of Marketing, Star Sports in November 2020. In this role, his key responsibility was to drive consumption for the entire sports portfolio. Prior to this position, he was Senior Vice President – Cricket. He joined Star as VP & Head – Marketing & Brand Strategy where he led projects across Hotstar, entertainment, and sports. Before joining Star,…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) named former BT and Vodafone executive Tom Craig the new head of its telco-focused Communications Technology Group. Tarek Robbiati, HPE’s CFO said, Craig is set to step into a position as the unit’s VP and GM on October 11. Robbiati praised Craig as “the perfect fit to lead this team,” pointing to his three decades of experience in the telecom industry. “I’m confident that Tom will hit the ground running and scale the business to serve our more telco customers across 160 countries and continue to grow HPE’s position in…

TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectivity and sensors, announced the appointment of Vishwanath S as General Manager for its India Operations with effect from 1st September 2021. Vishwanath will be responsible for driving TE Connectivity’s current India business strategy and successful execution of future growth plans. Viswanath has more than 25 years of executive and general management experience at TE. He currently serves as the Finance Director for India and has executive responsibility for TE’s India Shared Service Center and India Engineering Network. He was previously business head for TE’s Transportation…

Synechron, Inc., a leading digital transformation consulting firm focused exclusively on the financial services industry, today announced that Rajeev Batra has joined the firm as Managing Director-Insurance, North America. Based in Chicago, Rajeev has over 25 years of experience across a variety of insurance-focused leadership roles and will be leading and expanding Synechron’s portfolio of insurance company relationships across its North American footprint. Rajeev’s appointment, which is effective immediately, will allow Synechron to further build upon its successful financial services-led insurance industry growth momentum, and increase Synechron’s deep digital, business consulting and technology business. In…

Pradeep Kumar Singh, former Executive Vice President of Naukri.com, and an alumnus of IET Lucknow and IIT Roorkee, will lead Aakash Institute as the Chief Technology Officer. Aakash is championing technology adoption in the education sector in the country – whether it is VSAT connectivity, Cloud classrooms, mobile learning or AI/ML powered test platforms. Pradeep has more than 20 years of experience in the IT and software development space. Prior to Naukri.com, Mr. Singh also held senior positions at Amazon and Adobe Systems. Aakash is set to effect a paradigm shift in India’s coaching scenario with…