Pyramid Saimira appoints Sushil Borkar as group vice president

MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Group has roped in Sushil Borkar as group vice president, corporate compliance and vigilance.

In this new capacity, Borkar’s key responsibilities will include intelligence, counter intelligence, vigilance, leakage prevention and internal rule compliances.

Pyramid Saimira Group chairman P S Saminathan said, “Entertainment industry, especially the cinema industry has been suffering from lack of transparency, which has ceded many wrong practices into the system. Emergence of organised entities is streamlining the way the industry functions. It is imperative for our group, who operate in over 800 locations across various countries, to have a unified vigilance, leakage prevention and other business intelligence measures. Borkar is a very senior and experienced police professional and we are happy to welcome him into our group.”

Borkar retired from the Indian Police Service in May 2005 with an experience of 38 years. During this time, he served in the capacities of deputy general of police and inspector general of police in the state of Karnataka. Borkar has also held various positions with the department of vigilance and crime, forestry and railways.