1.
Roshni Wadhwa appointed as HR Director, India; Mohit James
takes up global role
L’Oréal India has appointed Roshni Wadhwa, previously Human
Resources Director for L’Oréal Singapore, in place of James.
After a six year
stint as the HR Director for L’Oréal India, as Mohit James moves up into a
global role as South Asia HR Director for L’Oréal and APAC HRD for L’Oréal’s
Professional Products & Active Cosmetics Divisions, the company has
appointed Roshni Wadhwa, previously Human Resources Director for L’Oréal
Singapore, in place of James.
India has been a key
source of talent for L’Oréal as James also joins an important position for
L’Oréal globally, coming from the Indian talent pool. James has over 23 years
of HR experience across Consumer, Manufacturing and IT organisations. Under his
leadership at L’Oréal India, the function evolved significantly with many
initiatives including the Management Trainee program, Employer Branding,
Rewards Competitiveness, Gender Diversity Inclusion and Recognition programs.
On the other hand,
Wadhwa brings in 19 years of experience and her prior work experience includes
business HR partnering and organisational development in companies such as
Novartis and Pantaloon Retail. She joined L’Oréal India in July 2013 as General
Manager – HR for Consumer Products Division (CPD) where she played an
instrumental role in building a strong and talented marketing and commercial
team in a highly complex and competitive environment.
2.
Religare
appoints Maninder Singh as Group CEO
Maninder was the Chief Business Officer at REL and the
company Board decided to elevate him as the Group CEO.
Religare Enterprises
Limited (REL), a diversified financial services group, has appointed Maninder
Singh as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Maninder was the
Chief Business Officer at REL.
Nalin Nayyar will be
stepping down from his current position as the interim Group CEO. However, he
continues in his role as Group President – Strategic Initiatives and as such
will continue to oversee all strategic initiatives across the group in
partnership with operating management.
Maninder Singh, comes
on board with a rich experience of almost three decades in the corporate
sector. He was previously associated with Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
for 27 years where he rose to eventually become the Global Financial
Controller. During his tenure with Ranbaxy, he handled several critical global roles
and successfully managed Treasury, Insurance & Risk Management, Business
& Trade Finance, Indirect Taxes, Payroll & Trust services, Financial
& Management Accounting, Merger & Acquisitions and Investor Relations
functions. .
3.
Babita Baruah moves to WPP's Global Blue Team as Managing
Partner
Varun Channa has been appointed in Baruah's place as senior
vice president & managing partner, PO1.
Babita Baruah, a veteran of ad agency JWT has
been roped in to lead WPP’s Global Blue Team, a dedicated unit for Ford
business, as Managing Partner. She was the Senior Vice President and Managing
Partner, PO1, an independent business unit for PepsiCo in JWT.
JWT had announced senior management changes in
recent months, right after its Head Sanjeev Bhargava’s resignation. Babita got
independent charge of JWT’s business unit – Power of One (PO1) – that handles a
large number of PepsiCo’s flagship brands. Babita worked with JWT, a WPP-owned
agency for 20 years and has worked in their Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata
offices.
Babita Baruah confirmed to People Matters
about her new move, however, we are awaiting response from her about the responsibilities
of what the role constitutes.
An MBA from Gauhati
University, she has worked on brands from Unilever, Godrej, Kotak, Aditya Birla
Capital, Kingfisher Airlines, Diageo, Kelloggs, Wills, Bata, Emami, World Gold
Council, De Beers, Nestle and Nokia.
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