Kotak Bank hires an external consultant to help find the CEO

Uday Kotak has been leading Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) since its inception as a non-banking financial institution in 1985. It became a commercial lender in 2003.  He has a net worth of about $13.4 billion. Mr Kotak will transition from his CEO position by the end of next year, after central bank guidelines capped tenures … Read more

One more Co-founder resigns at Zomato

Trend of Co-founders and Key Employee resignations continue at Zomato. Mr. Gunjan Patidar, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Company has now tendered his resignation. Gunjan was one of the initial employees of the Company. He had joined in 2008 and built the core tech system of Zomato. Despite being the CTO, he … Read more

An old hand at Indigo resigns

Indigo is never short of news. Promoter’s spat. Staff complaints. And now the veteran, Sanjay Kumar resigns. Sanjay had joined Indigo in it’s earlier days in 2007 as Chief Commercial Officer and was currently the Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer. He is credited with creating Indigo’s mega spider web type of network. In between in … Read more

SBI Card’s Chief Risk Officer resigns

SBI Cards has informed that, it’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Ms Aparna Kuppuswamy has resigned from the services of the Company. Reason for resignation – has not been informed. Last date at the Company – February 10, 2023 Any reason for being concerned? CRO is an important position in an NBFC. However, given the overall … Read more

Nykaa’s CFO resigns

In a surprise announcement, Nykaa announced the resignation of it’s CFO Mr Arvind Agarwal. Arvind had joined Nykaa in July 2020. Reason for his resignation – “to pursue other opportunities in the digital economy & start-up space” Who is replacing him – no one has been announced yet. It seems that his resignation has come … Read more

Zomato’s co-founder resigns. High profile exits continue.

Mohit Gupta, the co-founder at Zomato for last 4 and half years has resigned. Reason for Mohit’s exit – no clarity Where is he going – no one knows Is Zomato concerned – atleast not publicly. They didn’t even designate him as a Key Managerial Person (check the company disclosure in the source link). This … Read more

Can Fin’s MD & CEO resigns. Based on his track, not a surprise.

Girish Kousgi after spending about 3 years at the Company has put in his papers. Reason for resignation is mentioned to be personal. Investors didn’t like the announcement and the share has corrected by about 15% since announcement in an otherwise strong market. Personally, I am not much surprised with his decision to quit. During … Read more

Raymond makes an important hiring

As was promised in November 2021, Raymond has taken an important step towards professionalising the management. It has appointed Atul Singh, former head of Coca-Cola India, as the Executive Vice Chairman. Atul worked with Coca-Cola for about two decades at several leadership positions and was last with them as Chairman, Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, … Read more