Tag: CXO Moves

Balaji Telefilms elevates Sanjay Dwivedi to Group CEO

As a part of the core management team of Balaji Telefilms, Sanjay Dwivedi has been instrumental in driving operations for steering the financial performance of the company.

Sanjay Dwivedi has had stints across TATA SSL Limited, GSK, Mirchi, and Nimbus Communications.

AKQA’s CMO Sam Kelly departs

At VML, Sam Kelly led as new business director, and his innings at AKQA began as business development manager.

Sam Kelly began his career as artist relations as Peoplesound.com and went on to work across Warner Music Group as technical manager. Then, he joined Interoute as head of content distribution, and then joined Outside Line as head of business development.

Paytm Payments Bank appoints Manish Kumar as CHRO

Before joining Reliance Capital, Manish Kumar had worked with ICICI Bank at Mumbai as Chief Manager, Mannesmann Demag (Indomag Steel Technology Limited) at Delhi as Manager and with Kodak India Limited at Delhi as Officer- Personnel & Administration.

Manish Kumar began his career at Reliance Capital as vice president – human resources, and went on to work across Alkem Laboratories, IDFC Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank, RBS, Ziqitsa Health Care, Poonawalla Corp, and CIEL.

Jasleen Kaur G joins Bata India as Head of Category Marketing

Jasleen Kaur G began her career as a journalist with The Hindu and then joined Canon India as executive - marketing and planning, where she rose to head the company as senior executive - digital marketing and PR.

In her new role, Jasleen Kaur G will be leading the marketing portfolio of brands- Bata, Hush Puppies, Weinbrenner, Bubble Gummers, Nine West, Power, Floatz and North Star.

HCLSoftware appoints Vikrant Chowdhary as Senior Vice-President and Country Head

Vikrant Chowdary will play a key role in leading HCLSoftware’s Make in India commitment of being the largest India-based global enterprise software products company.

In this role, Vikrant Chowdhary will lead HCLSoftware’s India region business for growth and innovation across India’s critical sectors, including Enterprise, BFSI, and Government segments.

Former Unilever exec Sandeep Tanwani takes over as Pidilite’s CMO

Sandeep Tanwani began his career with Reliance Industries before moving to Unilever, where he spent over two decades building Unilever's fabric solutions and skincare categories.

In his previous role as Vice President of Unilever Professional & Homecare Transformation, South Asia, Sandeep Tanwani was instrumental in developing a B2B business model for Unilever.

Hyundai Motor appoints Jose Munoz as its first foreign CEO

Prior to Hyundai, Jose Munoz spent 15 years at Nissan Motor Co., including a role as chairman of its China operations. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Starting January 1, 2025, Munoz will take over as CEO, with Jaehoon Chang stepping into the role of vice-chairman of Hyundai’s automotive division.

Shivanandan Pare of Deltatech joins Gameskraft

As the former executive director, Shivanandan Pare delivered growth through organic and inorganic approaches. His skill sets ranged from stakeholder management, risk management, strategic vision and planning, ethical leadership, leadership, P&L management, adaptability and innovation, omni - channel, global business perspective, results-orientation, communication, problem solving, and decision making.

Shivanandan Pare started his career as an assistant manager at Onkyo India and went on to work across Meghraj Financial Services Private Limited, Reliance – ADA Group Limited, and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail.

ICICI Securities elevates Srirang TK to MD & CEO

Srirang TK succeeds Vijay Chandok who has stepped down from his position, effective from November 27.

Srirang TK has previously been the chairman for Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and has held the position of a group chief human resources officer at ICICI Bank for a period of 22 years.