HR Movements: 18 Dec, 2017

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Sharad Sharma joins DHFL Pramerica as SVP & head-HR

Sharma was formerly EVP & chief people officer of SBI Card and headed HR for GE’s BPM unit and the HR function for the credit card JV between GE Capital & State Bank of India. 

A seasoned HR professional with over two decades of experience spanning domestic and international firms, Sharad Sharma has just joined DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance as the SVP & head HR. His previous stint was with SBI Card, where he was the EVP & chief people officer and headed HR for GE’s BPM unit and the HR function for the Credit Card JV between GE Capital & State Bank of India. His decision to move came soon after GE’s exit from the business.

Having worked across varied industries, Sharma believes that the insurance sector in India has a huge potential for growth, which is what drew him. He tells HRKatha, “As DHFL Pramerica looks ahead at a transformation and next phase of expansion, the HR agenda is also going to be significant, which is what attracted me towards joining them. The insurance sector has tremendous potential to grow in the Indian market, and attraction and retention of talent will continue to remain the focus area for augmenting growth opportunities.”

2.

Kunal Sen to lead Korn Ferry Futurestep India as MD

Sen has been recognised as an influential leader by the World HRD Congress this year.

Kunal Sen has joined Korn Ferry Futurestep, India as its managing director. In the new role, Kunal will be responsible for the growth, profitability and overall management of the Futurestep business in India. He will work out of the Bangalore office of the company.

Kunal has been a business leader with two decades of diverse experience in B2C and B2B. He has a strong operational background, is a proven leader and has the ability to scale up businesses profitably.  He has worked in several companies at senior positions.

Prior to taking up this new role, he worked at TeamLease Skill University (TLSU) as senior vice-president. Before that (between 2014–17), he worked at TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd as senior vice president. He was responsible for deriving the growth and profitability agenda for a large (200+) team. 

3.

Axiscades appoints Mritunjay Singh as CEO

Subsequent to his resignation from Infosys in November, he now joins Axiscades as CEO with effect from January 2, 2018.

The board of Axiscades has appointed Mritunjay Singh as the new CEO of the company. And he shall begin his work from January 2, 2018. 

Sudhakar Gande, vice-chairman of Axiscades informed media that Mritunjay was chosen to lead the business unanimously by the board.  His background and experience of managing large operations and businesses at Infosys and leading growth in his last position at Persistent made him an obvious choice. 

Sudhakar believes that the company is in an exciting phase of growth and has a tremendous opportunity in creating synergies between Engineering and Automation/IoT. And Mritunjay has the right credentials to steer the company in this new phase.