HR Movements: 30 Jan, 2017

1.

Fidelity’s Anil Misra joins Magicbricks as CHRO

In the past, Misra has worked with companies, such as Just Dial, Tesco, Patni Computer Systems and the Oberoi Group of Hotels. 

Anil Kumar Misra, who quit Fidelity National Financial earlier last month, joined Magicbricks as its CHRO. At Fidelity, he was vice president & chief human resources officer.
Getting back into the online business domain, after having worked with Just Dial for about two years earlier, Misra joined the Noida headquartered dotcom business on January 23.
This is for the first time that Magicbricks has brought in a CHRO as earlier it had a head-HR, Anupama Beri, who still continues while Misra joins in. “The new role has been created in line with the company’s ambitious plans in terms of business revenues and their presence in the market,” shared Misra.

2.

Kellogg India appoints Rohit Kumar as CHRO

Kumar was earlier director - business HR, Pharma & Consumer Healthcare, at Sanofi.

Moving from the pharmaceutical industry into FMCG, Sanofi’s director - business HR, Pharma & Consumer Healthcare, Rohit Kumar has recently joined Kellogg India as the director HR (CHRO). Kumar, who joined Kellogg on 28 December, is based out of Mumbai and will be responsible for heading HR for the India market.
His new role at Kellogg entails enabling the company to grow further taking it to the next level in the market by energising the workforce, identifying the required capabilities and putting forth compelling plans ensuring that they are executed well.
Speaking of his new role, Kumar says, “Kellogg currently has around 60 per cent of share in the Indian breakfast category, where a lot of action is also happening with new players coming in. So it’s going to be an interesting journey. We need to shape the organisation to take on the challenges, analyse capabilities and gear up for the market.”

3.

Freecharge takes away Snapdeal’s L&D head, Mayank Kapoor

Kapoor has joined as head-HR. The company hopes to further its aggressive talent acquisition strategy with this key new appointment.

Freecharge, a digital wallet company has roped in Mayank Kapoor as head-HR. He has moved in from Snapdeal, where he was director-HR heading the L&D function and the Snapdeal Academy for the last 20-odd months.

In an official communique, Sudeep Tandon, chief business officer, FreeCharge shares how employee and talent base have been the keys for product innovations and growth at this new-age company.

He says, “Human resource management is the chief enabler to further build on this growth. Kapoor and his team will play a primary part in our growth story.”