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Acme Solar names Rahul Kaushik as head of process transformation
GURUGRAM: ACME Solar Holdings Ltd has brought Rahul Kaushik on board as head of process transformation, a move that underlines the company’s push to tidy up, toughen up and future proof its operations as it grows at pace.
With close to 20 years of experience in internal audit and risk advisory, Kaushik is no stranger to complex organisations and high stakes decision making. At Acme Solar, he will work closely with the leadership team to streamline business processes, strengthen internal controls and sharpen risk management across the company’s expanding renewable energy portfolio.
Over the years, Kaushik has advised boards, audit committees, investors and senior executives on building strong governance frameworks that actually work in the real world. His career spans a wide mix of sectors including renewable energy, infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage.
Before joining Acme Solar, he headed the internal audit function at O2 Power. Earlier roles at consulting heavyweights Ernst and Young, KPMG and Grant Thornton saw him lead numerous assignments in internal audit, risk management, ICFR and process design.
At Acme Solar, his brief is clear. Build agile, standardised and digitally enabled processes that can keep up with the company’s ambitions and deliver long term value for stakeholders.
With this appointment, Acme Solar signals that while it is racing ahead in India’s energy transition, it is equally focused on putting strong governance and transparent processes firmly in place. Clean energy, after all, works best when the systems behind it are just as clean.
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Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR: Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
