HR Movement: 13 Jan, 2023

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Welspun Corp appoints Kumaar Priyaranjan as the CHRO

 

Priyaranjan comes with rich experience of over 30 years across a range of industries including hospitality, transportation, engineering, consulting, and pharmaceuticals. On January 4, 2023, Kumaar Priyaranjan was appointed as the chief human resource officer of Welspun Corp, a welded line pipe manufacturer and the flagship company of Welspun Group. Welspun Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. It has diverse businesses in line pipes, textiles, Infrastructure, and steel. It does business with 50 countries and has a distribution network in 32 countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. Priyaranjan has extensive experience in human resources and industrial relations, with a career spanning over 30 years across a range of industries including hospitality, transportation, engineering, consulting, and pharmaceuticals. He has expertise in managing diversity, developing long-term people strategies, and contributing to organizational growth. He will be based at the head office in Mumbai and will report to the managing director and CEO, Vipul Mathur.

 

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Forbes SVP promoted to CHRO: CEO Mike Federle

A Forbes employee since 2020, Ali Intres, the new CHRO at Forbes made a formidable impact in her previous role as SVP, helping better employee experience at the organisation. Forbes announces Ali Intres as their new chief human resources officer, as reported by Forbes CEO Mike Federle. In her new role, she is expected to lead the HR department at Forbes, taking charge of recruitment, training and development, benefits administration, HR systems, culture and inclusion, and more. Intres has been at Forbes for almost three years, starting off as its senior vice president, Human Resources in early 2020. She has worked in numerous HR leadership roles across many organizations over her 25-year career. Starting off as a human resources associate at Worth Magazine, she climbed up the ranks and moved to Time Inc., where she spent 8 years as the vice president HR. She has since worked at Digitas, where she spent four years as its Senior Vice President, Talent. She completed her MS in Organizational Psychology at Teachers College at Columbia University in 1997. A Forbes article cites her experience in media and advertising as the key reasons behind her promotion, stating that it will help her propel Forbes’ people-first culture.

 

3. Jindal Stainless commits to Net Zero with appointment of its first Chief Sustainability Officer

Jindal Stainless commits to Net Zero with appointment of its first Chief Sustainability Officer. Taking another step towards achieving its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, Jindal Stainless has introduced a senior position of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). Mr Kalyan Kumar Bhattacherjee has been appointed as the Company’s first CSO. Mr Bhattacherjee will be responsible for leading Jindal Stainless’ sustainability initiatives, including efforts to decarbonise and eventually reduce the carbon emissions for its current and future capacity expansion plans with the goal to achieve the Company’s Net Zero by 2050. Commenting on the appointment, Managing Director, Jindal Stainless, Abhyuday Jindal, said, “The creation of CSO position at Jindal Stainless is a step towards setting the road for sustainable excellence in business and beyond. As a responsible Corporate that is committed to transitioning to sustainable manufacturing, we have consciously undertaken steps to reduce our carbon footprint. We reduced ~1.4 lakh tonnes of CO2 in FY22 through various initiatives. From investing in Renewable Energy, Green Hydrogen production to introducing EVs at our manufacturing plants, we are continuously building an ecosystem that supports our Environmental, Social, and Governance goals.” Talking about his new role, Chief Sustainability Officer, Jindal Stainless, Mr Kalyan Kumar Bhattacherjee said, “Sustainability has been at the forefront of Jindal Stainless’ operations and expansion plans since the beginning. We are India’s first stainless steel Company to install a Green Hydrogen Plant to manufacture stainless steel. We are continuously investing in low Carbon technologies, recycling process, digitalization and process upgradation for energy efficiency projects. I am thankful to the Company for entrusting me with this responsibility as we move to a sustainable future.” Mr Bhattacherjee has been associated with Jindal Stainless for over 15 years now. Prior to his new role in Jindal Stainless, he was the Vice President-Energy & ESG in the Company. As the Vice President-Energy & ESG, he has led initiatives of Enterprise ESG transformation, carbon neutrality in steel manufacturing, decarbonisation pathways, and sustainability. Overall, Mr Bhattacherjee has around three decades of experience in the steel industry.