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Bagchi will replace N S Kannan, the current MD & CEO, who will complete his five-year term, and superannuate from service in June

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In the most pessimistic outlook in more than a decade, a global survey of CEOs showed 73 per cent of them expecting the global economic growth to decline over the next 12 months. Releasing the annual survey on the first day of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here on Monday, PwC said this is a significant departure from the optimistic outlook of 2021 and 2022 when more than two-thirds thought economic growth would improve. This is the most pessimistic CEOs have been regarding global economic growth since PwC began asking this question 12 years ago. The survey further showed that nearly 40 per cent of CEOs do not believe their organisations would be economically viable in 10 years if they do not transform. Inflation, macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical conflict ranked as the top global threats while cyber and health risks fell from a year ago. The survey also showed that companies are cutting costs but do not plan yet to reduce headcount or salaries in their fight to .

The departure comes as the edtech company was trying to internally cut marketing costs and become profitable

Firms plan to go on a hiring spree; flag rising rates, weak demand as major concerns

Rao, a 1990 batch IAS officer from Kerala cadre, was previously the managing director of the Indian Tourism Development Corporation

Median employees in most sectors earn less than Rs 10 lakh per annum

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The stock performance of companies led by CEOs who returned for another stint in their former position - so-called boomerang CEOs - was 10.1 per cent lower during their tenures

One in four companies worldwide has suffered data breach that cost millions of dollars

Max Life and Max Financial Services are committed to going ahead with the deal with Axis Bank, which will see the latter acquire another 7 per cent stake in the life insurance company, said the CEO

According to members of nomination and pay committees of several blue-chip corporations, there is a growing trend of linking CEO salaries to results and performance

66 per cent CEOs in India compared to 86 per cent globally anticipating a recession to hit over the next year

Independent directors add value to a company not only through their explicit knowledge and cognitive skills, but also through their experiential intuition and heuristic skills

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India continues to remain as a bright spot on the world economic map. That's the sentiment echoed by prominent global CEOs recently. Find out the reasons driving the bullish sentiment