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www.peopleandmanagement.com NOVEMBER 2018 Sunil Bhaskaran AirAsia India announced the appointment of Sunil Bhaskaran as the Chief Executive Offi cer and Managing Director with effect from November 15, 2018, to oversee the next phase of expansion and growth of the company. Abhijit Bose Facebook-owned messaging service app, WhatsApp has appointed Abhijit Bose as the CEO for the India region. Bose, the Co-founder and Chief Executive Offi cer of enterprise payments solutions fi rm Ezetap. He will work to establish WhatsApp India, expected to begin its operations next year. Piyush Patnaik Has been elevated as the Managing Director of Cargill’s oil business in India. Vinesh Nair Practo appoints Vinesh Nair who was working with travel booking company redBus. He joined redBus as Head HR in 2012 as Head of Learning and Development. Smriti Singh Flipkart appoints Smriti Singh as the new Chief Human Resources Offi cer (CHRO) of the Indian e-commerce company, Flipkart. Singh will take charge of the new role at Flipkart in December and will work closely with the Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy Aditya Ghosh OYO Hotels &Homes appoints Aditya Ghosh as CEO, South Asia. He is an Ex Indigo President Aditya Ghosh. Adarsh Nair Bharti Airtel appointed Adarsh Nair as the Chief Product Offi cer (CPO). He was Head of Product and Growth at Convoy Inc. DECEMBER 2018 Madhu Srivastava Vedanta Group has appointed Madhu Srivastava as the Group CHRO for the company. Madhu has been part of the Vedanta Group for 6 years and in her earlier role, she was the CHRO for Cairn Oil & Gas business of Vedanta for more than 2 years. Ravindra Kumar GP Tata Motors appointed Ravindra Kumar GP as President and CHRO, effective December 17, 2018. He replaces Gajendra Chandel who resigned in the 1st week of December 2018 from Tata Group Mahesh Narayanan LinkedIn appointed Mahesh Narayanan as Country Manager for India, effective January 7, 2019. Nilanjan Roy Infosys has appointed Nilanjan Roy as chief fi nancial offi cer, effective 1 March 2019. Nilanjan replaces interim CFO Jayesh Sanghrajka, who will resume his responsibilities as deputy CFO. Sanghrajka had taken temporary charge of the position after M.D. Ranganath abruptly resigned as the company’s CFO in August this year. Vol. 10 Issue 1 • JANUARY 2019, Noida | 17