NewsMaker: G V Prasad

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Luxury carmaker Mercedes Benz India today said its Marketing & Sales Director Debashis Mitra has resigned from the company.

Mercedes Benz India Marketing Director Debashis Mitra quits

Telecom major Bharti Airtel today appointed Charity Chanda Lumpa as Managing Director (MD) of Airtel's operation in Zambia with effect from May 1, 2013.

Airtel appoints Charity Chanda Lumpa as MD for Zambia biz

BS People: Kenichi Ayukawa

Former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Rakesh Mohan, is tipped to join the International Monetary Fund as executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund. He will get a three-year tenure at the Fund. He will replace Dr Arvind Virmani, whose three-year tenure is coming to an end.

Rakesh Mohan tipped to be ED at the IMF

Further strengthening its senior management pool, Edelweiss Financial Services on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ambareesh Baliga as Managing Partner, Global Wealth Management, Edelweiss Financial Services

Ambareesh Baliga appointed as MP-Global Wealth Management, EFS

Sandip Das has quit Malaysian telecom company Maxis as its CEO and director.

Sandip Das quits as CEO of Maxis

KPMG, a global network of firms providing professional services, today announced the appointment of Utkarsh Palnitkar as Partner and National Head of Transactions and Restructuring practice and National Head of Life sciences practice in India.

KPMG appoints Utkarsh Palnitkar as National Head of Transactions

Essar Energy has appointed Deepak Maheshwari as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company and the current CFO P Sampath has taken charge as President of business optimisation and improvement

Essar Energy appoints Deepak Maheshwari as new CFO

GroupM's flagship media agency Mindshare has appointed Siddharth Sethi as Leader, Digital for Mindshare India. In his new role, Sethi will be responsible for boosting the agency's full-service digital offerings geared towards actively pushing Adaptive Planning, Performance and Digital Analytics to the fore.

Siddharth Sethi joins Mindshare India as leader, digital

Newsmaker: PNC Menon

Samsung gets new boss to boost handset sales

BS People: Vineet Taneja

Hospitality chain The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts today said Rajesh Jhingon has been appointed as group executive vice president, operations.

Leela appoints Rajesh Jhingon as group executive vice president

Gerasimos Dorizas appointed chief representative; Mahesh Kodumudi President and Managing Director of Volkswagen India

Volkswagen India sees top deck change amid 'rough weather'

Newsmaker: Gautam Adani

Yebhi ropes in Google India's marketing head to grow big

BS People: Nikhil Rungta

Electronics giant Samsung today said it has appointed Vineet Taneja as the country head for its mobile & digital imaging business.

Vineet Taneja to head Samsung's mobile, digital imaging business

Wipro gets new marketing boss to regain lost ground

BS People: Puneet Chandra

Toshiba appoints Warke to drive India sales

BS People: Sanjay Warke

A few months ago at a glittering mutual fund awards night, the chief executive of an asset management company was asked where he likes to go on vacation. The compere expected an exotic destination like Montreux or Tuscany. Pat came the reply: &ldquo;My hometown in Bihar&rdquo;. The answer was classic Upendra Kumar Sinha &mdash; simple and forthright. And, yes, he was on the dais to accept one of the many awards on behalf of UTI Mutual Fund.

Newsmaker: U K Sinha

Sitting in the sixth-floor conference hall in BP&rsquo;s headquarters in Central London on the afternoon of February 21 were two of the most powerful men in the world&rsquo;s energy business. One was the buyer and the other the seller. They were not at a negotiating table. That was all done and dealt with.

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