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BetterPlace appoints Deepak Lamba as enterprise sales head for India
Mumbai: In a bid to accelerate their growth in the Indian market, BetterPlace, Asia’s largest frontline workforce management SaaS platform, has appointed Deepak Lamba as enterprise sales head for India. With over 15 years of experience across companies like Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle, Adobe etc, Deepak has been instrumental in managing and building robust lead generation and sales teams.
Prior to joining BetterPlace, Deepak has played a pivotal role in building companies like Wingify and Hubilo as their head of sales for UK & Europe and VP of global sales respectively. In these roles, Deepak has driven sales and lead generation teams which helped the company expand their top and bottom lines.
Welcoming Deepak onboard, BetterPlace co-founder & group CEO Pravin Agarwala said, “India continues to be a high growth driver for our SaaS business because of the high volume of workers and high level of digital adoption. With India experiencing rapid growth, enterprises across industries want to quickly adapt and increase their margins by optimizing their processes. This provides an immense opportunity for us, and Deepak’s expertise in driving sales across different markets will help us tap into this potential and consolidate our position in the market further. I am excited to have him on board as an integral part of our journey.”
Deepak is also the co-founder of Revenue Circuit, India’s first B2B sales community. At BetterPlace, he would lead the entire Sales team in India and align India’s sales efforts with the global teams.
Excited to join the BetterPlace team, BetterPlace enterprise sales head for India Deepak Lamba said, “Workforce management continues to be the highest cost center for enterprises but there are very limited technology companies that are solving these pain points and helping enterprises optimize. BetterPlace, with its full-stack horizontal SaaS platform, has been at the forefront of solving some of the toughest frontline workforce management challenges. I am excited to be part of this journey and help BetterPlace widen its market share and consolidate its position in the Indian market further to help enterprises in India thrive.”
BetterPlace recently launched their GenAI-optimised unified tech-stack goBetter which provides seven product modules under one platform. goBetter aims to reduce costs by 50 per cent and increase efficiency by 100 per cent for enterprises.
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Toyota appoints Kenta Kon as President & CEO
New leader to steer EV push and global innovation amid industry shift.
MUMBAI: Toyota just handed the keys to a new driver because when the road to electric mobility gets twisty, you need someone who knows how to accelerate without skidding. Toyota Motor Corporation has named Kenta Kon as its new president and chief executive officer, a key leadership transition as the Japanese giant doubles down on its transformation in the fast-evolving global automotive landscape.
Kon brings deep expertise in automotive innovation, business strategy, and operational leadership to the top job. His appointment signals Toyota’s intent to sharpen focus on accelerating electric mobility, strengthening worldwide operations, and pushing customer-centric breakthroughs in next-generation technologies.
The company is betting on Kon to guide it through the industry’s pivotal shift toward sustainability, digital integration, and smarter mobility solutions. Key priorities under his watch include ramping up electric and hybrid lineups, expanding global market reach, driving cutting-edge automotive R&D, tightening supply-chain efficiency, and scaling connected and intelligent vehicle ecosystems.
This move comes at a time when legacy automakers face intense pressure to balance heritage strengths with aggressive electrification timelines and software-defined vehicle demands. Toyota aims to reinforce its position as a leader in sustainable, reliable, and future-ready mobility while navigating competitive challenges from both traditional rivals and new-age EV players.
For a brand that’s long defined durability and innovation, Kon’s elevation isn’t just a title change, it’s Toyota flooring it toward the next lap, ready to turn today’s tech talk into tomorrow’s showroom reality.
