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Samir Shah: Meet the BBC’s first Indian-origin chairman

Samir Shah was appointed a CBE for services to Television and Heritage in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours. He was previously made an OBE in the 2000 New Year’s Honours List. (Image source: Wikipedia)

The 72-year-old has now been confirmed in the four-year term role and will take charge as the UK’s public broadcaster BBC’s first Indian-origin Chair.

Sephora appoints Samyukta Ganesh Iyer as chief experience officer, vice president and head of marketing

Samyukta Ganesh Iyer started her career at Grey Worldwide, and went on to work across Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, Lumiere Business Solutions, Parle Agro, Unilever, Baskin Robbins and Kaya.

In her new role, Samyukta Ganesh Iyer is crafting brand Sephora for the Indian diaspora with a narrative that helps the consumer experience the brand in a truly immersive and meaningful manner.

Nikhil Sharma joins Perfetti Van Melle India as managing director

Storyboard18 broke the news on January 30.

Storyboard18 broke the news on January 30. Nikhil Sharma was perviously the managing director of Perfetti Van Melle Vietnam.

Creativeland Asia onboards Divya Agarwal as chief strategy officer

Divya Agarwal started off as a delegate of the Government of India and went on to work across Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Steel, National Geographic Channel, Leo Burnett, McCann Worldgroup and Ogilvy.

Divya Agarwal was the lead, vice president, strategy and planning at Edelman.

Flipkart Group’s senior vice president Ayyappan R steps down from his position

On February 20, Storyboard18 reported that the former CEO of Cleartrip was expected to leave the firm. During his tenure, Ayyappan was also responsible for overseeing and driving the travel players' brand initiatives.

Ayyappan R was also the chief executive officer of Cleartrip.

Apple appoints Ruchir Dave as the head – audio division

Apple’s dual focus on retail expansion and local production positions the company for deeper market penetration and long-term success in the country.

Ruchir Dave, currently, is the senior director at the tech giant.

Unilever’s chief brand officer Aline Santos Farhat moves on

As the global head of diversity and inclusion, she led the gender balance agenda within Unilever.

Aline Santos Farhat’s next move is unknown.

Myntra onboards Shoppers Stop’s Venu Nair as the chief of strategic partnerships and omnichannel

Venu Nair began his career as branch manager at Arvind Mills, and went on to work across Arvind Worldwide, Aditya Birla Nuovo (Madura Garments), Marks and Spencer, Tata Trent and Westside.

Venu Nair was the managing director and chief executive officer at Shoppers Stop.

Layoffs: Maria Martinez, CISCO’s chief operating officer departs

Maria Martinez started off at AT&T Bell Labs and went on to work across Motorola, Embrace Networks, Microsoft, Declara, Plantronics and Salesforce. Last week, Cisco System announced that it would cut five percent of its global workforce, or more than 4,000 jobs.

Maria Martinez’s next move is unknown.

Cosmos Maya’s Megha Tata moves on

Megha Tata started her career with Sunday Mail as marketing executive and went on to work across Star India, Turner International India, HBO India, BTVI and Discovery Communications India.

Megha Tata’s next move is unknown.