HR Movements: 29 May, 2017

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Hindustan Coca-Cola appoints Seema Nair as ED, HR; Gaurav Chaturvedi, moved to Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages as CEO

Nair has spent long years in Cisco, where she moved up the ranks from a senior manager HR to director and CHRO for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. 

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has appointed Seema Nair as executive director, HR. Nair will lead HR function of the company in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Nair completed her post-graduation from XLRI in 1994. She has spent long years in Cisco, where she moved up the ranks from a senior manager HR to director and CHRO for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Prior to that, she worked with Intel Corporation, Microland Group and Crompton Greaves.

Nair has taken over from Gaurav Chaturvedi, who has moved to Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages as CEO. Chaturvedi is based out of Myanmar.  An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Chaturvedi has been with the company from 2004 when he joined as area general manager. He was appointed as ED-HR in 2014, and prior to that he was zonal vice-president, Andhra Pradesh and as director, operational excellence.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages is responsible for manufacturing, packaging, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 23 factories. It also sources from and supports 9 contract packers’ plants. A network of 5,000 distributors and over 2.1 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

Apart from Chaturvedi, 13 other senior executives at Hindustan Coca-Cola, has been moved to regional roles outside India in the recent past. Sanket Ray is now CEO, Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam while Mayank Arora is managing director, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka. Puneet Varshney is managing director, Bottlers Nepal – the bottling partners of The Coca-Cola Company in Nepal. 

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Apple’s HR head Denise Young Smith is now VP, ‘inclusion and diversity'

In its efforts to get more inclusive, Apple has also included more people of colour in its product promotions and ads.

Apple Inc is apparently looking to up its diversity quotient and has got a devoted resource for inclusion and diversity. Instead of a new hire, Apple’s HR head Denise Young Smith has been given the new role of vice president, inclusion and diversity, as reflected in her LinkedIn profile.

Although Smith’s profile on the executive profiles page of the official Apple website still lists her as vice president, worldwide human resources, the word is out through her update on the professional networking site.

The company is now looking for a new HR head and if some reports are to be believed, CFO Luca Maestri will take up the responsibility on a temporary basis.

It is only in 2014 that Apple began disclosing its diversity figures publicly and the situation has never been exciting. Data released in June, 2016 reveal that the company has 68 percent male and 32 percent female employees, and predominantly white employees, in the U.S.

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NSE’s chief people officer Chandrashekhar Mukherjee quits

Mukherjee looks at a larger role in his next endeavour.

Chandrashekhar Mukherjee, chief people officer, National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), has put down his papers. Mukherjee confirmed his decision to HRKatha, sharing that June 5 will be his last working day with the firm.

Mukherjee, a veteran HR leader with more than two decades of experience, is set to take up a larger role soon after leaving NSE. He says, “With a much larger opportunity in hand, I have decided to move on.”

In his stint of more than seven years at NSE, Mukherjee has been responsible for the corporate human resource function for NSE and its group companies. Before joining NSE, he was associate vice president, HR, and branch head, Mumbai at Bennett Coleman & Company, Times of India Group. He has also worked with Cabot India, Colgate-Palmolive India and Usha India in the past.