APPOINTMENTS
Liane Hornsey
Liane Hornsey joined the cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks as their EVP and Chief
People Offi cer. Hornsey was head of Uber’s human resources department and one of the fi rm’s top
spokespeople on diversity and discrimination issues.
OCTOBER 2018
Satish Kumar Gupta
Paytm Payments Bank has appointed Satish Kumar Gupta as the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Offi cer of the digital bank. He is the third CEO appointed by Paytm Payments Bank in the
last two years after former Central Bank executive Shinjini Kumar left Paytm in May 2017.
KN Radhakrishnan
Chennai-based TVS Motor Company, announced that with effect from 23rd October 2018, KN
Radhakrishnan will be serving as the company’s Director and CEO for a period of 5 years.
Avijit Shastri
Joined Online pharmacy company 1 mg to lead their HR function. Shastri started his career with
FMCG company Nestle in the year 2006.
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has appointed former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman
Arundhati Bhattacharya as an independent additional director of the company for a period of fi ve
years commencing from October 17, 2018.
Kanisha Raina
Fiserv appointed Kanisha Raina as Director of Human Resources. She has served in diverse talent-
specifi c roles during her collaboration in IBM.
Harsh Mani Tripathi
Vatsana Technologies (the parent company of WittyFeed) has appointed Harsh Mani Tripathi as Chief
Product and Strategy Offi cer to strengthen and accelerate product development and business-wide
strategy implementation. Harsh is also a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor.
Sajeev Rajasekharan
Harley-Davidson India appoints Sajeev Rajasekharan as the new Managing Director from October
2018, Sajeev was the Vice President of Suzuki Motorcycle India.
Vinod Ganesan
Cloudera, the platform for machine learning and analytics optimized for the cloud has appointed
Vinod Ganesan as Country Manager for India. Vinod will drive Cloudera’s growth in the region,
expand its customer base and help organizations enhance the measurable benefi ts of big data through
machine learning and analytics.
Suruchi Maitra
Online and offl ine eyewear retailer Lenskart has appointed Suruchi Maitra as their new chief human
resource offi cer. Suruchi Maitra comes with more than twenty years of experience in the industry.
Sandeep Bakhshi
ICICI Bank appoints Sandeep Bakhshi as the new Managing Director (MD) and CEO. Bakhshi’s
appointment came as the bank accepted Kochhar’s early retirement and appointed him in her place.
Bakshi held the position of the COO of ICICI Bank.
Prabhakar Raghavan
Joins as head of Google’s business-applications unit. A veteran of search technology and artifi cial
intelligence research
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