HR Movement: 13 Dec, 2021

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Avendus appoints SBI Mutual Fund’s Kris Gomes as CLO

For the larger part of his career, Gomes was associaetd with IDFC Bank (now IDFC First Bank), where the last position he held was that of associate director-HR. Avendus, the financial services firm, has roped in Kris Gomes as its new chief learning officer. In this new role, Gomes will be responsible for creating a learning framework for the Company and driving learning and development initiatives. He will be responsible for creating an effective learning culture in the organisation. Prior to this role, Gomes was leading the learning and development (L&D) agenda at SBI Mutual Fund as the head of L&D. At SBI Mutual Fund, Gomes successfully implemented a learning framework for the Company and various learning-assessment tools and platforms to give a uniform learning experience to employees. Gomes obtained a master’s degree in human resource management, specialising in culture and change management. Post his postgraduation, Gomes joined Crisil, a data research and analytics solution company, as the HR business partner, looking after the company’s news wire business, and overseeing its performance management system, payroll and HR operations.

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Mindtree rejigs top leadership positions, Suresh B is new CPO

 

He takes over from Paneesh Rao, who will now essay the role of global head of sustainability. Mindtree has appointed Suresh Bethavandu as its new chief people officer (CPO). He will take over the responsibility of leading the people strategy agenda from Paneesh Rao, who is now the global head of sustainability at the tech company confirms a spokesperson of Mindtree. Bethavandu took charge as the CPO with effect from December 1, 2021. At Mindtree, he will be responsible for all key dimensions of the talent lifecycle spanning recruitment, performance management, compensation, operations, learning and development, leadership development, career design, competency development, workforce planning, resource management, and organisation development. Bethavandu has moved from Cognizant, where he served a successful and long tenure of 25 years, after having joined in 1996 as an HR manager. Slowly and steadily, he climbed up the ranks, serving in various leadership positions in the company in the HR domain, before finally moving out after holding the position of head – global talent acquisition.

 

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KPMG India gets Yezdi Nagporewalla as its new CEO

Nagporewalla will be succeeding Arun M. Kumar, the current chairman and CEO who completes his five-year term on February 6, 2022. Nominated by the KPMG India board and approved by the Company’s India partners, Yezdi Nagporewalla has been appointed as the new CEO at KPMG India for a term starting from February 7, 2022 and ending December 31, 2026. Nagporewalla will succeed Arun M. Kumar, the current chairman and CEO, who completes his five-year term on February 6, 2022. Associated with KPMG India for over two decades now, Nagporewalla has served in different roles with his key areas of experience including manufacturing, infrastructure and construction. He earlier headed industrial markets and automotive as a sector head at KPMG India. He has also been a member of KPMG’s Global Automotive Steering Committee. Excited to take up this role, Nagporewalla believes that KPMG is an organisation led by purpose and has the capability to touch people’s lives and make a difference. “I am honoured to have been elected as the CEO of KPMG in India. It is a privilege to be part of an organisation that delivers best-in-class services and innovative solutions to the best clients, nurtures and develops well rounded and talented professionals into leaders and contributes significantly to the societies and communities in which we operate,” shares Nagporewalla. He adds, “My endeavour is to do my best to serve the organisation by helping enable our leaders and teams to fulfil their dream and passion to make a difference.”