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PERSONS IN NEWS - December 2019

Dec 2019

Dec 21, 2019

Anand Mahindra to Step Down as M&M Executive Chairman

Anand Mahindra will hold the role of non-executive chairman from the earlier post of executive chairman effective from 1 April 2020.
As part of its rejig of the top management of the company, Pawan Kumar Goenka was re-appointed the managing director and also given the additional responsibilities of the chief executive officer, effective from 1 April, 2020.
Anish Shah would replace Goenka as the managing director and CEO on April 2, 2021. Goenka is set to retire after his term ends.
Shah will join M&M board as deputy managing director and group CFO, replacing V.S. Parthasarathy, the current CFO.

Dec 20, 2019

P&W Appointed Ashmita Sethi as India Biz MD

Aircraft engine-maker Pratt and Whitney (P&W) appointed Ashmita Sethi as the Managing Director of its India division. Sethi had resigned from her position of director for communications and corporate affairs at Boeing India a few weeks ago. Palash Roy Chowdhury, who served as the Managing Director of P&W's Indian division for around eight years, put in down his papers in July.

Atul Karwal Appointed as Director of National Police Academy

Atul Karwal, a 1988 batch IPS officer, was appointed as the Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal of Ministry of Home Affairs for appointment of Karwal, presently working as ADG, CRPF as Director, SVP NPA by temporarily downgrading the post to the level of Additional Director General for a period up to 05.12.2021, i.e. the date of combined deputation tenure of Karwal or until further orders whichever is earlier.

Dec 19, 2019

Denise Coates Hits Jackpot with £323m Payday

Denise Coates, the multibillionaire founder of the gambling company Bet365, paid herself £323m.
The sum is the highest amount paid to the chief executive of a British company and breaks the previous record of £265m set by Coates.

Dec 18, 2019

Actor Shriram Lagoo Passes Away

Actor and theatre personality Shriram Lagoo passed away at a private hospital in Pune. He was 92.
Shriram Lagoo, who was also an ENT surgeon and social activist, made his silver screen debut with Hindi film Aahat – Ek Ajib Kahani in 1971. In a career spanning over 40 years, he starred in over 100 movies and 40 plays. He also helmed over 20 Marathi plays.

Basil Butcher Passes Away

Former West Indies batsman Basil Butcher passed away after prolonged illness, Cricket West Indies confirmed. Butcher was the first cricketer from the Amerindian descent to represent the West Indies.
Butcher made his Test debut in 1958 against India.
He played 44 Tests for the West Indies, amassing 3104 runs with seven centuries and 16 fifties at an average of 43.
He is best remembered for his knocks in England -- his 133 at Lord's in 1963 and 209 in Nottingham in 1966.

Dec 17, 2019

LT. GN. Naravane Next Army Chief

Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane will take over as the next Chief of Army Staff (COAS) when General Bipin Rawat's term ends on December 31, 2019. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared Naravane's appointment as Army Chief. The government, however, did not make any official announcement.
There has been no announcement so far on India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) that was expected this month (December 2019) along with the appointment of the new Army Chief.

AirAsia Appoints Ankur Garg

AirAsia India appointed Ankur Garg as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), a role in which he will be in-charge of areas such as network and revenue management, marketing and sales, and cargo.
Garg had quit as the vice-president of revenue management at IndiGo.
Ankur Garg takes over from Mr. Sanjay Kumar, AirAsia India's Chief Operation Officer (COO). Garg will report to Sunil Bhaskaran, MD and CEO, AirAsia India.

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