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RBI Appoints Sanjay Kumar Hansda as Executive Director

RBI Appoints Sanjay Kumar Hansda as Executive Director

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the appointment of Sanjay Kumar Hansda as Executive Director (ED), effective March 3, 2025. Hansda rejoined the RBI on October 6, 2025, after completing his deputation as Senior Adviser to the Executive...

Komal Jain Appointed as CEO of Birlasoft for the Americas Region

Komal Jain Appointed as CEO of Birlasoft for the Americas Region

Birlasoft Limited, a global enterprise digital and IT services company, has announced the appointment of Komal Jain as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Americas region. Based in Dallas, Texas, Jain will lead Birlasoft’s operations across the...

Monu Ratra Appointed as CEO of Capri Global Capital

Monu Ratra Appointed as CEO of Capri Global Capital

Capri Global Capital Limited (CGCL) has named Monu Ratra as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Key Managerial Personnel (KMP), effective October 7, 2025. Ratra brings over two decades of experience in the financial services and housing finance...

How Communities Can Identify, Report and Prevent Corruption

How Communities Can Identify, Report and Prevent Corruption

How Communities Can Identify, Report and Prevent Corruption Envision a small town buzzing with originalities-- renewed parks, better community services, and a stronger future. Yet, below the surface of these guarantees, problems occur: a council...

The Colorado AI Act: What Boards and Leaders Need to Know Now

The Colorado AI Act: What Boards and Leaders Need to Know Now On May 17, 2024, Colorado passed the Colorado AI Act, positioning itself along with The golden state and New York as a frontrunner in shaping AI governance. The regulation takes effect...

What is a Paper Repository? Benefits, Features & Finest Practices

What is a Paper Repository? Benefits, Features & Finest Practices

What is a Paper Repository? Benefits, Features & Finest Practices  In today's digital office, disorganized files don't simply slow-moving individuals down they develop risks. A recent survey located that 3 out of 4 staff members have problem...

From Compliance to Resilience: How CISOs and GCs Can Lead Together

From Compliance to Resilience: How CISOs and GCs Can Lead Together

From Compliance to Resilience: How CISOs and GCs Can Lead Together Technology has gone from being a support function to the most important part of business in the last twenty years. Corporate ecosystems are now completely digital, very dependent on...

Cybersecurity Governance: Preparing Your Board for the Future

Cybersecurity Governance: Preparing Your Board for the Future

Cybersecurity Governance: Preparing Your Board for the Future In today's fast-moving digital landscape, cyber threats are among the most important threats companies encounter. Boards and leadership groups must take an aggressive position--...

Avidia Bancorp, Inc. Appoints Michael Gilles to Board of Directors

Avidia Bancorp, Inc. Appoints Michael Gilles to Board of Directors

Avidia Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: AVBC), parent company of Avidia Bank, has announced the appointment of Michael "Mike" Gilles to its Board of Directors and to the Board of Directors of Avidia Bank, effective September 25, 2025. "We are thrilled to have...

The Hidden Costs of Reducing Your Board Management Software

The Hidden Costs of Reducing Your Board Management Software

The Hidden Costs of Reducing Your Board Management Software A lot of businesses are cutting back on spending because the economy is so uncertain right now. PwC says that 75% of CEOs around the world expect growth to slow down in the next year....

Rajender Mohan Malla Resigns from Kajaria Ceramics Board

Rajender Mohan Malla Resigns from Kajaria Ceramics Board

Kajaria Ceramics Limited has announced that Rajender Mohan Malla has stepped down as Independent Director, effective September 22, 2025, citing personal reasons and other professional commitments. Malla, a seasoned leader with over 40 years of...

IIM Ahmedabad Alumnus to Lead T-Mobile as CEO from November 2025

IIM Ahmedabad Alumnus to Lead T-Mobile as CEO from November 2025

T-Mobile has announced the elevation of Srinivas Gopalan as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective November 1, 2025. He will succeed Mike Sievert, who has been at the helm since 2020 and will transition to the role of Vice Chairman....

How to attain board membership in seven steps

How to attain board membership in seven steps

How to attain board membership in seven steps   The board of directors is at the very top of corporate management. Both established executives and aspiring professionals often strive to get a seat at the table — but the path to the board can...

Hemant Khurana to Lead Everest Industries as CEO & MD

Hemant Khurana to Lead Everest Industries as CEO & MD

With over 28 years of professional experience, Khurana began his career with Akzo Nobel in paints before moving to Saint-Gobain, where he served for more than two decades, most recently as Managing Director. He has also held leadership positions...

Bharat Supply Strengthens Leadership with New CFO Appointment

Bharat Supply Strengthens Leadership with New CFO Appointment

A seasoned Chartered Accountant with more than 14 years of diverse experience across domestic and international markets, Balakrishna previously held the role of CFO at Snowman Logistics. In his new position, he will be responsible for shaping the...

Shashank Srowthy to Lead Financial Strategy at P&G Health

Shashank Srowthy to Lead Financial Strategy at P&G Health

Procter & Gamble Health Limited has announced the appointment of Shashank Srowthy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective October 1, 2025. He will take over from Lokesh Chandak, who moves into a new role as Senior Director of Finance &...

Maruti Suzuki Maintains Strong ESG Performance With CRISIL Upgrade

Maruti Suzuki Maintains Strong ESG Performance With CRISIL Upgrade

Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced that CRISIL ESG Ratings & Analytics, a SEBI-registered ESG rating agency, has upgraded its ESG rating from 61 in FY 2023-24 to 63 in FY 2024-25, placing the company firmly in the “Strong” category. The core...

JK Cement Mourns the Demise of Board Member

JK Cement Mourns the Demise of Board Member

Chandra was a distinguished civil servant who retired as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. He also previously held the position of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DIPP) under...

10 Reasons Your Board Needs a Digital Transformation Today

10 Reasons Your Board Needs a Digital Transformation Today

10 Reasons Why Your Board Requires a Digital Transformation Now Governance is transforming at breakneck speed — are your board meetings caught up?As organizations embrace technology for maximizing efficiency, digital transformation has become the...

What are Board Portals: Your Complete Guide

What are Board Portals: Your Complete Guide

What’s a Board Portal? Think of a board portal as your secure, digital hub to make board meetings smarter, faster, and more collaborative. It’s the one-stop platform where directors, executives, and company secretaries can easily manage...

Jody Gerson Joins Gap’s Board of Directors

Jody Gerson Joins Gap’s Board of Directors

Gap Inc. has announced the appointment of Jody Gerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), to its Board of Directors. Gerson, the first woman to lead a major global music publishing company, brings...

Six Strategies to Get the Most Out of 2025’s Data Privacy Week

Six Strategies to Get the Most Out of 2025’s Data Privacy Week

Six Strategies to Get the Most Out of 2025's Data Privacy Week It appears that 2025 will be the year of cybersecurity. Organizations are under pressure to implement fresh and creative approaches to safeguard confidential data in light of artificial...

Building an AML Compliance Program That Meets 2025 Regulations

Building an AML Compliance Program That Meets 2025 Regulations

It’s 2025. If you're still treating Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance like a one-time task, you're already behind. The world has changed. And so has the way regulators look at money trails, cross-border payments, shell entities, and suspicious...

What is a Proxy Vote? Rules & Use Cases Explained

What is a Proxy Vote? Rules & Use Cases Explained

You don’t always have to be in the room to change the room. That’s the real story behind proxy voting. At first glance, “proxy vote” sounds like a technicality buried in company bylaws. Something you’d only see on the agenda of an AGM, between...

Simple Majority Vote vs Supermajority: Definitions & Use Cases

Simple Majority Vote vs Supermajority: Definitions & Use Cases

Ever Had a Board Decision Hang by One Vote? You’re Not Alone. Governance sounds like a boring word until your startup is about to be acquired, or your NGO wants to remove a chairman, or your family-run business has to amend its Articles of...

Board of Directors Duties & Responsibilities: Complete Guide 2025

The Board of Directors: Essential roles, responsibilities, and modern governance The board of directors serves as the strategic backbone of every successful organization. These appointed leaders guide companies through critical decisions, ensure...

Paperless Board Management Software: 6 Reasons to Make the Switch

Paperless Board Management Software: 6 Reasons to Make the Switch

Paperless Board Management Software: 6 Reasons to Make the Switch In the recent EY survey that included directors from 64%, the majority mentioned innovation and new technologies as top priorities for their board. A lot of the discussion revolves...

Roll Call Vote: What It Means & When Boards Should Use It

Roll Call Vote: What It Means & When Boards Should Use It

Most board meetings don’t make headlines. But every once in a while, there comes a moment when the stakes are high, the room goes quiet, and every vote counts. Not just counts, but is recorded. By name. That’s when the roll call vote steps in....

Board Evaluation Reports: What They Are & Why They Matter

Board Evaluation Reports: What They Are & Why They Matter

There’s a curious thing about powerful rooms. They look polished. Wood-paneled. Quietly efficient. But what happens behind those closed doors , the body language, the missed questions, the unsaid tension , often tells a different story. If you’ve...

Rohit Baheti to Step Down as CFO of Vesuvius India

Rohit Baheti to Step Down as CFO of Vesuvius India

Vesuvius India Ltd. announced that Rohit Baheti, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will step down from his role effective September 21, 2025, as he transitions into a global leadership position within the Vesuvius Group. Baheti, who also serves as...

Walker & Dunlop Appoints Ernest Freedman to Board of Directors

Walker & Dunlop Appoints Ernest Freedman to Board of Directors

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD) has announced the election of Ernest (Ernie) Freedman to its Board of Directors as an independent director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee. Freedman most recently served as Executive Vice President...

How to Write a Board Report: Examples & Best Practices

How to Write a Board Report: Examples & Best Practices

How to Write a Board Report: Examples & Best Practices If the board of directors is the brain of your organization, then board reporting is the eyes, providing a clear, strategic, and goal-focused view of business activities and the wider...

AU Small Finance Bank’s CFO Vimal Jain Succumbs

AU Small Finance Bank’s CFO Vimal Jain Succumbs

AU Small Finance Bank regretted to announce the demise of its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Vimal Jain, who passed away on September 10, 2025, after suffering from cardiac arrest. Jain was associated with the bank since 2010 and had been...

Harvard Bioscience Names Stephen DeNelsky to Board of Directors

Harvard Bioscience Names Stephen DeNelsky to Board of Directors

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. has made the appointment of Stephen DeNelsky to its Board of Directors effective September 5, 2025. DeNelsky will also be a member of the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee. President & CEO John Duke greeted...

NBI Expands Board of Directors with Three New Members

NBI Expands Board of Directors with Three New Members

The New Buildings Institute (NBI) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to the Board of Directors, furthering its efforts to promote sustainable building practices, clean energy technologies, and equitable community...