Category: Movers and Shakers

As per news source, Citigroup has roped in tech banker Dhiren Shah from Credit Suisse Group AG, as it doubles down on investing in its tech franchise.   The exit of Shah is the lastest of a series of talent losses Credit Suisse has faced after its lending exposure to troubled investment fund Archegos led to a $5.5 billion loss.   Shah will take the position of Chairman of Global Technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in New York, after spending six years at Credit Suisse as head of Financial Sponsors M&A with a focus on the…

Pankaj Rai has joined as the Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group Management Pvt. Ltd. and succeeded Deep Thomas.   Rai has over 25 years of experience and specialises in analytics, strategic planning, risk management, operations and technology.   At his last stint, he was entrusted with establishing digital capabilities to enable Wells Fargo’s channels and an internal consulting team to drive global programs.   As per Rai, in his new role at Aditya Birla Group, he would be “enabling the analytics maturity journey as also creating products & platforms that…

Ex Wipro Chief Operating Officer (COO) Bhanumurthy Ballapuram has been appointed as Vice President for Customer Experience, Japan and Asia-Pacific (APAC) for Google Cloud.   He will report to US-based John Jester, Global Vice President for Customer Experience.   “Bhanumurthy will partner with our regional leadership, including Karan Bajwa for APAC and Tomoyuki Hirate for Japan, to further our commitment to the success of our customers and continue to advance Google Cloud’s enterprise momentum in the market,” the statement added.   He is a graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal and Indian Institute…

InMobi has announced the appointment of distinguished advertising industry veteran Todd Rose as Senior Vice President of Global Business Development. Rose joins InMobi to operationalize and accelerate a cohesive data and identity strategy, as well as expand strategic partnerships for clients to better leverage InMobi’s end-to-end advertising solutions to activate audiences, drive meaningful connections and ignite growth. He’s based in San Francisco and reports to Abhay Singhal, Co-Founder of InMobi Group and CEO, InMobi Marketing Cloud.   Singhal says, “We’re thrilled to welcome Todd to lead our business development team, build on our growth…

Truecaller has announced the appointment of Jijendran Ravindran as Vice President of Global Business Development. Jijendran joins Truecaller from Xiaomi, where he was the Associate Director and Lead for MIUI India. He was responsible for managing and driving the overall business strategy for the brand. His work involved customisation of apps for India, app promotion, portfolio growth, managing partnerships & revenue across the MIUI properties and handling a large team of talents.   Jijendran has extensive experience of working across varied sectors spanning telecom operators, smartphone brands & Start-ups. His rich experience of over…

Amazon Web Services has named Purnima Sahni Mohanty as Group Head – Communications.   Mohanty’s last stint was with Microsoft India as its Director – Communications. She moved on after working there for 1.9 years. According to a statement given by Microsoft India, Mohanty had left the company to pursue personal priorities.   She is a senior communications leader with outstanding expertise in reputation management across multiple industries. Mohanty has a rich experience in spearheading strategy and execution of world-class communications and corporate social responsibility programs for Fortune 100 Companies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Alcatel, Oracle,…

ruecaller has announced the appointment of Jijendran Ravindran as Vice President of Global Business Development. Jijendran joins Truecaller from Xiaomi, where he was the Associate Director and Lead for MIUI India. He was responsible for managing and driving the overall business strategy for the brand. His work involved customisation of apps for India, app promotion, portfolio growth, managing partnerships & revenue across the MIUI properties and handling a large team of talents.   Jijendran has extensive experience of working across varied sectors spanning telecom operators, smartphone brands & Start-ups. His rich experience of over…

Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Sachin Bhalla as the Vice President and Country General Manager for India and SAARC in the Secure Power division of Schneider Electric’s Energy Management Business. Sachin comes with over 19 years of experience in handling various leadership roles in Business Management and was earlier with Luminous Power Technologies, as the Senior Vice President – Marketing. He will be taking over Venkatraman Swaminathan’s role, as the former will move on to head operations in East Asia and Japan in his new role as the BVP, Secure Power in…

  MobiKwik strengthens its Board of Directors with the induction of four highly reputed independent directors. The appointments include experienced investment professional and former MD of Blackstone and Oppenheimer Dr. Punita Kumar Sinha, accomplished diplomat and the former Ambassador of India to Egypt and UAE Navdeep Singh Suri, fintech entrepreneur and co-founder of PaySense Sayali Karanjkar and Chief Technology Officer of LinkedIn Raghu Ram Hiremagalur.   Speaking at the announcement, Bipin Preet Singh, MD, CEO & Co-founder, MobiKwik said, “When we started MobiKwik, we had an unwavering vision to leverage technology and make…

On August 12 the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the service of Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla by one year. His present tenure as Union Home Secretary was set to end on August 22.   Announcing the extension of Ajay Bhalla’s service, the Government of India said, “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS (AM: 84) as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a period of one year beyond the present tenure i.e., 22.08.2021, in relaxation of FR 56 (d)…