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Updated on: Nov 2021
Cognizant ropes in IBM veteran as new MD for Switzerland business
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Cognizant ropes in IBM veteran as new MD for Switzerland business

Cognizant has announced the appointment of Thomas Gassenbauer as Managing Director for Switzerland, effective November 1, 2021. As a member of Cognizant’s DACH leadership team, Thomas Gassenbauer will be based in Zürich and lead all aspects of Cognizant’s operations in Switzerland, including strategic planning, commercial development, and client delivery. Thomas Gassenbauer will also be part […]

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Nutanix appointed Faiz Shakir as Managing Director, India
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Nutanix appointed Faiz Shakir as Managing Director, India

Nutanix has announced the appointment of Faiz Shakir as Managing Director for its India business effective Monday, 15th November. Shakir joined the company in February 2016 as sales director responsible for Southern India and Sri Lanka and worked most recently as the Enterprise & Commercial Sales director covering the whole of India. Before joining Nutanix, […]

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HUL appoints Ashu Suyash as an Independent Director on its Board
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HUL appoints Ashu Suyash as an Independent Director on its Board

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has announced the appointment of Ashu Suyash (54), as an Independent Director on its Board, effective November 12, 2021. Ms Suyash comes with over 33 years of experience in the financial services and global information services sector. She was, until recently, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at CRISIL (Credit […]

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Zwipe appoints APAC Head to strengthen its regional presence
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Zwipe appoints APAC Head to strengthen its regional presence

Zwipe, a leading biometrics payment company, announced that it had appointed Claus Hansen as Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Asia Pacific (APAC) region. He will lead Zwipe’s engagements with card manufacturers, issuers, and technology partners to drive the adoption of biometric payment solutions in APAC. With this appointment, Zwipe aims to strengthen its […]

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V-Mart Retail appoints Aakash Moondhra as Chairman
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V-Mart Retail appoints Aakash Moondhra as Chairman

V-Mart Retail Limited announced the appointment of Aakash Moondhra, Global CFO of PayU, as Chairman of the company. The company also announced a strategic change in its leadership structure, further improving the corporate governance framework with the role of Chairman and Managing Director now being split, with Aakash Moondhra (Independent Director) being designated as the […]

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Flipkart names Nandita Sinha as new CEO of Myntra
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Flipkart names Nandita Sinha as new CEO of Myntra

Fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform Myntra appoints Nandita Sinha as its Chief Executive Officer, effective from January 1, 2022, and she will report to Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy. Nandita succeeds Amar Nagaram, who quit Myntra last month after leading the company as the CEO for nearly three years. She will join Myntra from group […]

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Willis Towers Watson appoints Clare Muhiudeen as Head of Asia
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Willis Towers Watson appoints Clare Muhiudeen as Head of Asia

Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced the appointment of Clare Muhiudeen as Head of Asia, effective immediately. Based in Hong Kong, Clare will be responsible for driving business growth and directing Willis Towers Watson’s (WTW) client and colleague experience across its business segments in Asia. Reporting to Pamela […]

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Barclays appoints C.S. Venkatakrishnan as Group Chief Executive Officer
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Barclays appoints C.S. Venkatakrishnan as Group Chief Executive Officer

Barclays Group appoints C.S. Venkatakrishnan (Venkat) as Chief Executive Officer, effective from November 2021. Announcing his appointment as Group CEO of Barclays, Venkat wrote on social media, “I am honoured to have taken over as CEO of Barclays. I want to start by acknowledging the tremendous job Jes Staley did in transforming the organization and […]

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Byju’s appoints ex-Oyo Tech Chief Anil Goel as President- Technology
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Byju’s appoints ex-Oyo Tech Chief Anil Goel as President- Technology

Edutech firm, Byju’s has announced the appointment of Anil Goel, ex-Oyo Group’s Chief Technology and Product Officer, as its President of technology. He has an experience of more than 25 years and has spent most of his time in the US working for companies like Amazon, RealNetworks, and HyperQuality. According to the company statement, In […]

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Shaveta Wadhera joins Accenture as Managing Director Consulting
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Shaveta Wadhera joins Accenture as Managing Director Consulting

Former CDO of Hero Motor Company Shaveta Wadhera joins Accenture as Managing Director Consulting. In the new role, she will be responsible for technology consulting focusing on industrial sector (Industry X.0) initiatives for the India Market unit. Shaveta will be based out of Gurugram and report to Manish Gupta, Managing Director and India Business Head […]

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Amazon India appoints Nestle Veteran Rashi Goel as Director Marketing
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Amazon India appoints Nestle Veteran Rashi Goel as Director Marketing

Rashi Goel, ex-Director – Marketing and Consumer Communications, Nestle India has joined Amazon India as Director-Marketing, effective from September 2021. At Nestle, Goel worked for four years and led the media strategy and buying, along with brand communication across TV and digital. Additionally, she was also the business executive officer- breakfast cereals and was heading […]

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IndiGo appoints Saguna Vaid as general counsel with effect from Dec 1
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IndiGo appoints Saguna Vaid as general counsel with effect from Dec 1

IndiGo airlines has appointed Saguna Vaid as its general counsel with effect from December 1, it said on Thursday. Vaid will be replacing Priya Mehra, who has joined upcoming low-cost carrier Akasa Air as its legal head. “Saguna joins IndiGo from Nokia Networks, where she was the director and head of Legal and Compliance for India and the […]

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