HR Movements: 18 Sep, 2017

1.

Pushkar Singh Kataria to head HR at DishTV-Videocon D2H

Kataria, an electrical engineer from Jabalpur Engineering College, started his career with Praxair in 1997. 

Pushkar Singh Kataria has joined Dish TV as head HR. This appointment comes in prior to the DishTV and Videocon D2H merger which has been approved by the National Company Law Tribunal and will be complete by October.

Kataria who will head HR for the new merged entity will ensure a smooth transition of the workforce when the two entities become one. He will manage strategic leadership, oversee talent management and drive HR excellence.

Anil Dua, Group CEO, Dish TV, said, “Dish TV is at the cusp of significant transformation. Kataria’s experience will stand us in good state, on both business and employee fronts.”

Kataria, an electrical engineer from Jabalpur Engineering College, started his career with Praxair in 1997, where he spent close to 7 years. Here he rose up the rank and became regional HR head for West India. 

2.

Dara Khosrowshahi to be new CEO of Uber

Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, will replace Travis Kalanick who stepped down in June.Dara Khosrowshahi to be new CEO of Uber

The past few months have been very bad for Uber with cases of sexual harassment, firing related to cultural investigation, tussle with regulators, political pressures, alleged distribution of rape victim’s record, drug use, car explosion, and so on.

Then followed the exit of several of its top executives on moral grounds.  While the cab aggregator was reeling under the pressure of filling the vacant positions quickly, finding the right executive was not less challenging.

With several names to choose from, finally the company selected Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO, to replace former CEO, Travis Kalanick.

Earlier in June, Kalanick had stepped down because of revolt from the shareholders.

Some of the names considered for the position were Meg Whitman, who is the CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Jeffrey Immelt, head of General Electric.

Dara Khosrowshahi, an Iranian American businessman, is the CEO of Expedia, an American travel company. He has been with Expedia since 2005 and has helped expand the organisation globally, by bringing in several online travel booking brands.  

As Khosrowshahi joins Uber, he will be burdened with the task of making the company operate and function, as it used to, pre-2017.

3.

CMO Leslie Berland to also lead HR at Twitter

Besides, Jennifer Christie from Amex has joined in as VP-HR.

Twitter has been trying harder to keep engaging users and providing a better customer experience, so that they stick to the platform. Employees of the Company know how to engage patrons by curating its platform, which has resulted in Twitter’s exponential growth over the years.

Twitter is also concerned about employee engagement, for which it is relying on suitable HR policies.

The Company has appointed new HR heads to lead the changes in its HR department. Leslie Berland, who is the CMO and head of communications at Twitter, has been appointed ‘head of people’ to look after the human resources team.

Berland, who is known for her skill of dealing with people, will look after both the HR as well as the marketing and communications teams.