HR Movements: 03 Apr, 2017

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Metro Cash & Carry gets Udaiy Khanna as director, HR from Samsung

For Khanna, who is a XLRI alumni, this will be his second stint in retail. 

Udiay Khanna, who till recently was vice-president & head, HR, Samsung Electronics, has moved to Metro Cash & Curry as director, HR.

In an official communiqué, Arvind Mediratta says, CEO & managing director, METRO India, says, “We are poised for continuous expansion in the coming years. This growth will be fuelled by motivated employees working in a culture of excellence. Khanna has been on-boarded with the vision to strengthen two most vital pillars of our organisation – people and culture.”

For Khanna, who is a XLRI alumni, this will be his second stint in retail. Prior to Samsung, he worked with Bharti Walmart JV and then Walmart India post the JV, as V-P HR operations and talent acquisition.

Prior to joining Bharti-Walmart, Khanna spent 11 years at GE Healthcare, where he rose up the ranks from operations manager to vice-president and HR Leader for ITS (Information Technology & Software Business for Genpact). 

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Prashant Bhatnagar joins Credit Suisse as director-HR

In his new role, Bhatnagar will be responsible for attracting and enabling talent to help the organisation realise its strategy.

Prashant Bhatnagar, who was Hike Messenger’s senior director-people & culture, has joined the wealth management firm, Credit Suisse as the director-human resources, last week. In his new role, he will be responsible for attracting and enabling talent to help the organisation realise its strategy.

Bhatnagar had worked with Sapient as the vice president-hiring and staffing, for nine years before joining Hike Messenger in 2016. At Sapient, as a member of the India Leadership Team, he led the development and execution of talent strategy, including workforce planning, and also headed talent management & HRBP for a 500+ team, focussing on career development & advancement. He was a member of the core team that oversaw selection and global implementation of HR Systems.

After completing his master’s in business administration from ENPC MBA Paris-ENPC School of International Management, he pursued an executive education programme on leading teams for high performance, at the Indian School of Business. He also took two other executive education courses from MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.

3.

The Smart Cube appoints Sushma Rana as the first CHRO

Rana comes from MSL Group, where she served as the HR and talent director and a member of the executive team.

The Smart Cube recently announced the appointment of Sushma Rana as its first chief human resources officer, with the remit to lead its global HR strategy to support the existing client business and its ambitious growth plans. With this recent appointment, the analytics company further expands its leadership team.

Rana brings two decades of leadership experience in human resources and talent management to this role. Prior to joining The Smart Cube, she spent 11 years with the MSL Group —part of Publicis Groupe, the communications company — most recently as HR and talent director, and a member of the executive team. Under her stewardship, MSLGROUP climbed the ranks of India’s Best Companies to Work For, reaching fifth place in the Professional Services category in 2014 and 2015.