MOVERS & SHAKERS
Citrix promotes Safi Obeidullah as the Global Head of Value Advisory
Citrix announces that Safi Obeidullah has been promoted to Global Head of Value Advisory. Based in Sydney, Australia, Obeidullah will report to Carle Quinn, Vice President of Customer Value and Workforce Transformation at Citrix. Responsible for supporting and accelerating customers’ digital transformational experiences, Obeidullah will lead business strategy advisory on behalf of Citrix. He will help to ensure our customers can harness the power of Citrix solutions and services and partner offerings to achieve the best business outcomes. Safi Obeidullah, Global Head of Value Advisory at Citrix says, “I am incredibly excited to step into this new role and continue my journey in supporting the acceleration of Citrix’s strategy and value proposition to customers across the world. I look forward to collaborating with new teams across the global Citrix community, and supporting our customers to understand how they can use our breadth of intelligent solutions to add greater value to their organisation.”
Zoom appoints Ricky Kapur as Head of APAC
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced that Ricky Kapur will join the company as the Head of APAC, effective June 21. Reporting directly to Zoom’s Head of International Abe Smith, Kapur will define and lead the company’s go-to-market strategy for key APAC markets: Australia and New Zealand, India, ASEAN, China, Hong Kong SAR, Korea, and Taiwan - exclusive of Japan. Ricky will manage Zoom’s APAC business with supervision and alignment across all cross-functional roles. “We are thrilled to have Ricky Kapur lead our goto-market strategy for all of APAC, a region where we are seeing accelerated growth,” said Abe Smith, Head of International at Zoom. “APAC is a critical region for Zoom, as we invest in infrastructure and expand the presence of our sales, marketing, and research and development teams to best enable organizations of all sizes with seamless and reliable video communications.”
Amarjeet Singh Manchanda appointed as Vice President - Data Centre and Cloud Business: i Value
iValue InfoSolutions, one of the leading valueadded distributors in the Asia Pacific region, today announced the appointment of Amarjeet Singh Manchanda as Vice President – Data Centre and Cloud Business. In this new role he will be responsible for the DC and cloud business division based out of iValue’s Delhi office. Mr Amarjeet Singh comes with a rich professional experience of 24 years which he has built as a leader around his passion for business and technology. Creating value, excellence and thought leadership is what Amarjeet has excelled as a leader which also mirrors the company’s values. He comes with excellent experience in strong sales partnership, presales roles across industries and markets as well as service business. He has a diverse and rich experience from large Indian corporations and leading global multinationals. Prior to joining iValue, he was associated with Sysdig Inc as Regional Director – India. He has also worked with Redhat, Dell EMC, HCL and Sun Microsystems in leadership roles.
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Airtel Business designates Harish Laddha as CEO Emerging Business
Airtel Business has announced the appointment of Harish Laddha as CEO - Emerging Business. Harish will report to Ajay Chitkara, Director & CEO - Airtel Business. In his new role, Harish will be responsible for identifying and leveraging growth opportunities in emerging categories such as the Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment. He will lead a dedicated team to bring to market highly differentiated offerings for these emerging segments. Ajay Chitakara says, “As the Indian economy evolves over the next decade, the SMB segment, in particular, offers a massive opportunity to enable digital transformation of tens of millions of traditional businesses. Airtel Business with its end-to-end portfolio is well positioned to serve the requirements of these businesses. I am delighted to welcome Harish on board and am confident that under his leadership we will create sharper focus on the emerging growth opportunities.”
Pine Labs appoints Rangaprasad Rangarajan as the Head of Engineering - Online Payments
Pine Labs has announced the appointment of Rangaprasad Rangarajan as the Head of Engineering - Online Payments. With its recent fund raise of USD 600M, Pine Labs is now focused on building a robust offline to online strategy. The company is developing world-class payment gateway services to help merchants build a winning omnichannel presence. Commenting on the appointment, B. Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs, said, “Ranga as a technologist comes with a wealth of experience and has deep understanding of Fintech and Engineering. We are very excited to have him on board and take charge of a promising new vertical within the company. As we enter new markets, expand our product portfolio, and put into action some remarkable upcoming offerings in the online space, Ranga’s knowledge and attention to detail will be invaluable.”
Pragya Misra Mehrishi appointed as Director of Public Affairs, Truecaller India
Truecaller appoints Pragya Misra Mehrishi as Director of Public Affairs in India. Pragya joins Truecaller from WhatsApp. She was associated with WhatsApp to manage communications, and drive reputation & advocacy efforts. Pragya will lead the public affairs function and will report to Kari Krishnamurthy, Chief Commercial Officer. Truecaller continues to make communication safer in India, Pragya will lead the public affairs function and will report to Kari Krishnamurthy, Chief Commercial Officer. She will be responsible for nurturing relationships with key stakeholders spanning government, media, partners, civil society and investors. She will work closely with government ministries and agencies, and lead the implementation of public affairs strategy aimed to ensure policy and regulatory support. Truecaller stays committed to India by continuing to expand the Public Affairs mandate in its largest market with over 200 million users. Pragya will be responsible for nurturing relationships with key stakeholders spanning government, media, partners, civil society and investors.
