HR Movement: 01 Dec, 2023

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Rohit Vishal appointed CHRO, Varun Beverages

Varun Beverages, a subsidiary of RJ Corporation, has roped in Rohit Vishal Gupta as its new chief human resources officer (CHRO), effective immediately. With a wealth of experience spanning over two decades, Gupta’s expertise lies in managing core HR functions such as talent management, strategic human resource management (HRM), industrial relations, and employee engagement. Furthermore, he has worked across diverse functions such as sales and manufacturing, equipping businesses with the necessary resources to expand on a global scale. Prior to joining Varun Beverages, Gupta concluded his tenure as the chief human resources officer and global vice president of talent management and leadership development at Wipro. He held the position for over two years. He joined the company in the year 2021.

 

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Schaeffler AG ropes in Astrid Fontaine as CHRO

Fontaine has worked with many other organisations including Porsche, DaimlerChrysler and Mercedes-Benz in her 20- year long career. The supervisory board of Schaeffler AG, a German manufacturer of rolling element bearings, has appointed Astrid Fontaine as its new chief human resources officer. She will also be a member of the board of managing directors of Schaeffler AG, commencing from 1 January, 2024. Prior to joining Schaeffler Fontaine was associated with Volkswagen Group, where she spearheaded people and transformation functions on the board of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. She held the role for over two years starting September 2021.

 

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Piyali Bhattacharjee of Euronext Solutions is now head of people, Accorian

Bhattacharjee has been associated with Infosys and Goldman Sachs in her 16-year long career. After serving as human resource director at Euronext Solutions for over two years, Piyali Bhattacharjee has moved to Accorian as chief people officer (CPO). Having begun her professional journey as an HR executive at Verifaya Corporation in 2007, Bhattacharjee moved to CareerNet Consulting in 2009, as associate consultant. About ten months into this role, she switched to Infosys, joining as business partner HR (associate lead HR). A little less than three years later, in 2012, Bhattacharjee joined Goldman Sachs as HR (human capital management). For a little less than two years, she served as business partner and handled HR Operations for the APAC region.