ING Vysya appoints new wholesale banking head
Chennai: ING Vysya Bank has appointed Janak Desai as country head - wholesale banking in India with effect from May 12.

Desai was earlier the country head - financial markets, India at the bank, He will now be responsible for the overall wholesale banking platform including corporate and investment banking, emerging corporates, wholesale banking products, banks and financial institutions, and the financial markets business.
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Trehan leaves Fortis, takes 50 doctors with him
New Delhi: Naresh Trehan has resigned from Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC) and joined the Apollo Group. At least 50 doctors are among the 100 staffers who are understood to have quit Fortis to join rival Apollo Group in a sign of solidarity with Trehan.

Escorts has a strength of 217 doctors.

However, a Fortis spokesman said 12 doctors and as many paramedic staff have quit the Escorts Heart Institute.

Among the doctors who resigned are Yatin Malik and Kasliwal. Sources said more doctors, technicians, nurses and physiotherapist will be resigning from Escorts to join Trehan.

Trehan was sacked as executive director of the hospital by Fortis Healthcare on May 18. The week-long tussle between Shivender Mohan Singh, managing director of Fortis Healthcare which has majority stake in Escorts and Trehan, ended on May 26 when both agreed for an out-of-court settlement.
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PepsiCo India sends two executives on secondment
New Delhi: PepsiCo India has sent two of its high performers on a global assignment. PepsiCo India's executive vice-president (marketing) Vipul Prakash, has been sent to New York on a global posting starting July while Saurabh Gupta, general manager (operations – central India) has moved to Bangkok.

Prakash, who is a graduate of IIM-A has been with PepisCo India for more than eight years, would now be flavours director, PepsiCo International.

He will also double up as a team member for PepsiCo's digital marketing arm there. Saurabh Gupta has been appointed as director, GTM systems and IT sales, Asia Region.
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