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3 April 2004

Daksh eServices strengthens executive team
Vivek Chopra joins Daksh eServices as executive vice president of the company's global operations. In a career spanning 22 years, Vivek has worked with some of the best names in the business like Wipro and Aditi Technologies. His experience lies in the domains of sales and business development.

Martin Prescott joins Daksh eServices as vice president of the company's UK operations. Previously, he has held the position of business development director of Xansa (from 2000-2004). He was responsible for developing Xansa's business within the banking and insurance vertical market sectors. Prior to Xansa, Prescott worked with SEMA (for 6 years) and ICL (for 11 years).

Jose Maria B. Gajitos (Jojo), joins Daksh eServices as chief executive officer, Philippines. He comes with 15 years of experience in country and regional level operations and has served IBM as country manager of strategic outsourcing and country manager of product support services. He has also managed a multi-lingual and multi-site operation for all the technical helpdesk operations for IBM and its clients in South East Asia.

Homi Khusrokhan made Tata Chem ED
Mumbai: Tata Chemicals Ltd has appointed Homi Khusrokhan as an Executive Director of the company with effect from April 1. Khusrokhan was until recently the Managing Director of Tata Tea Ltd.

A.K. Puri is new Director on BHEL board
New Delhi: A.K. Puri has assumed charge as Director (Power) on the board of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. An Electrical Engineer and MBA in Marketing and Finance, Puri joined BHEL in 1976 after a brief stint in the private sector.

2 April 2004