RPG corporate planning president quits
Mumbai: V S Krishnan, president (corporate planning and strategy), RPG group, has decided to quit. However, he will remain with the company till April 30 next year. Krishnan will besucceeded by Murali Ramachandran.

Ramachandran is expected to join the company next week and formally take over from Krishnan in January.

Ramachandran has been executive director and partner at consultancy firm KPMG for around two years.
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Vision award for J.J. Irani
Kolkata: Dr J.J. Irani, chairman of Tate Teleservices and former managing director of Tata Steel, has been conferred the 12th annual Willy Korf Steel Vision Award by World Steel Dynamics.

The Willy Korf award is given to individuals who have made a major contribution to the steel industry in terms of advancing change while at the same time promoting integrity and goodwill in the industry.

In its communique, World Steel Dynamics stated that, "through your vision and keen business sense as managing director, Tata Steel has made extraordinary advances including sizeable cost reductions, improved work efficiency and upgraded product mix. What's more, you have done so while demonstrating the utmost integrity and professionalism. Tata Steel now appears to be among just a few steel mills in the world that can be called world class producers.''

Dr Irani will receive the award at the Steel Success Strategies XVII Conference to be held in New York on June 18 and 19, 2002.
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ANZ Capital appoints Sawhny as finance head
Mumbai: ANZ Investment Bank's subsidiary ANZ Capital has appointed Arjun Sawhny director and head of corporate finance. Sawhny, a chartered accountant, was earlier with KPMG as its partner.

ANZ Capital, with a team of 17 specialists in Mumbai and Delhi, specialises in project finance, structured finance and corporate advisory work with a particular focus on cross-border financing, it said.
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