HR Movements: 04 Dec, 2017

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UberEats’ Head Jambu Palaniappan quits

Palaniappan has been with Uber since 2012 and held a number of high-level positions. He has quit Uber to become a venture capitalist. 

The Head of Uber’s fast-growing food delivery business in Europe, Jambu Palaniappan has quit the company to become a venture capitalist, as first reported by Sky News. 

In an internal company memo written by VP of Uber Everything Jason Droege, it said, "After more than 5 years leading Uber and UberEats businesses in all corners of the globe, Jambu Palaniappan has decided to embark on a new adventure to pursue his passion working with the startup community at a leading European venture capital firm."

Uber has been through difficult times ever since Susan Fowler’s sexual accusation blog-post hit the social media. After that Travis Kalanick’s altercation with an Uber driver, executives being dismissed over obtaining the medical records of rape victim, resignation of Kalanick to losing its operating licence in London – Uber has had quite a rough year.

2.

Flipkart appoints its CTO Ravi Garikipati as Head of FinTech dept

The engineering division of the company, which was under Garikipati, will now report directly to Krishnamurthy.

Flipkart has appointed its Chief Technology Officer Ravi Garikipati as the Head of its FinTech department with immediate effect, as reported by ET. 

According to the media report, this was revealed in an internal email to company employees on Tuesday. The publication which viewed the content of the email mentioned what Flipkart Chief wrote in the internal communication mail. “Currently, areas such as consumer credit and supply-chain financing are still at a nascent stage in India due to unevolved credit and risk assessment models, but that is changing fast,” Krishnamurthy said in the email.

The engineering division of the company, which was under Garikipati, will now report directly to Krishnamurthy.

3.

Philips India appoints Armaan Seth as Head of Human Resources

He has a strong record of accomplishment in driving People Transformation, Capability Improvement and Organization Effectiveness.

Philips India, has announced the appointment of Armaan Seth as Head Human Resources for the Indian Sub-continent with effect from 1st November, 2017.

In his previous role as Global HR Head for Philips Global IT Function; he was working with the CIO as part of the Global IT Leadership Team where he led the implementation of a new Global Employee Footprint by leveraging Philips hubs in USA, Netherlands, India and China.

He has a strong record of accomplishment in driving People Transformation, Capability Improvement and Organization Effectiveness.

Commenting on his elevation as HR Head for Indian sub-continent, Armaan said, “I am happy to be back in India where our potential to positively impact people’s health& wellness is immense. Our HealthTech strategy helps usattract the best minds that are eager to work on products and solutions that make life better for consumers. As a team our focus will be to foster inspirational leadership at all levels, and provide our employees continued opportunities for growth across functions and geographies. Alongside, we will continueour efforts to promote an inclusive culturein all our offices with a focus on building diversity”.