HR Movements: 26 Feb, 2017

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FreeCharge CEO, Govind Rajan resigns

Chief Executive of FreeCharge Govind Rajan resigns from his post and Jason Kothari to take charge of operations. 

Within nine months of his appointment, Govind Rajan CEO of FreeCharge has decided to quit from his position. 
Rajan submitted his resignation on Tuesday and same was accepted by the company. On his departure Rajan said, it was privilege for him to lead FreeCharge operations at times rapid growth and user focused innovation. He wished and hoped that company would achieve greater heights and success.  Also, he looks forward for facilitating smooth transition over next few weeks. 
The reasons for his resignation are still unclear. But as per some media reports, this can be due to failure of payments subsidiary of online marketplace Snapdeal to raise funds 
Ex- Housing.com CEO , Jason Kothari will lead the operations of FreeCharge now. He has joined Snapdeal last month only as chief strategy and Investment officer. The business operations of FreeCharge will fall under his present overall responsibilities.

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Gurprriet Siingh joins Korn Ferry Hay Group as Senior Client Partner

Gurprriet was earlier the Director & Country Head at YSC India.

Gurprriet Siingh has joined the Korn Ferry Hay Group as the Senior Client Partner. Prior to this, Gurprriet was working with the leadership consultancy YSC India as the Director & Country Head.
According to his LinkedIn profile, at YSC, Gurprriet’s role was about De-risking and Developing Organizational Leadership: CXO Level Executive Coaching, Executive Profiling and Assessments, Top management offsites and Leadership Team development and Coaching. He was also responsible for High Potential identification and development, leveraging YSC's proprietary model for Potential, Organizational Culture Change, Business Development and Strategic Client Management.
Gurprriet is also the Member Board of Director at School for Social Entrepreneurs India – an NGO, a business mentor to Amplifi SaaS Accelerator, and in the India Advisory Board Member in Newcastle University. 
His varied experiences include starting two business ventures of his own, and also has worked with reputed corporates such as Welspun, RPG Group, Convergys in different capacities.

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Softbank's Group COO Jonathan Bullock quits Snapdeal, Ola Boards

David Thevenon likely to take over from Bullock, and join the Ola and Snapdeal Boards.

Jonathan Bullock – Softbank Group COO and MD has resigned from the boards of its two investee companies in India – Snapdeal and Ola. According to sources, David Thevenon, Softbank’s MD is likely to replace Bullock and join Ola and Snapdeal boards. 

Bullock has also resigned from the board of Housing.com.

In one of the regulatory filings issued on Friday, Bullock said he was resigning from the boards of both start-ups due to “personal reasons and other obligations.”

“Please be informed that due to other obligations, I will no longer continue as a director of ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd and wish to be relieved of my duties and responsibilities with effect from January 16, 2017. Accordingly I hereby tender my resignation which may be accepted at the earliest,” Bullock said in one of the filings.

Bullock wrote a similarly worded email to the board of directors at Snapdeal and Housing.com.

Bullock had joined the boards of the three companies after former SoftBank president Nikesh Arora quit those boards in early 2015.