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Indkal Technologies announces Karan Johar as its BLACK+DECKER® ambassador
Mumbai: Indkal Technologies, the license partner for BLACK+DECKER® large appliances in India announced that renowned director, producer and TV personality Karan Johar will be the ambassador for air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines business in India.
BLACK+DECKER® Large appliances offer a premium easy-by-design product range built with a host of intuitive features aligning with Karan Johar’s style, craftsmanship, and commitment to delivering superior experiences both on and off the screen.
Speaking about the partnership, Indkal Technologies CEO Anand Dubey said, “We are thrilled to have Karan Johar as the face of BLACK+DECKER® large appliances in India. We believe Karan’s style compliments our customers’ appetite for premium products with cutting-edge technology, top performance, and elegant design.”
The association with Karan Johar marks a significant milestone for Indkal as it continues to expand its presence and bring both innovation as well as versatility to the Indian market.
Sharing his excitement, director, producer and TV personality Karan Johar said, “I am delighted to be associated with BLACK+DECKER®, a brand known for its high standards and innovative products. I’ve always believed that high quality and innovation lends style and class to everything in life, and BLACK+DECKER® brand has exemplified that for many decades. I’m looking forward to being a part of this journey and introducing consumers to the fantastic range of BLACK+DECKER® Large Appliances.”
Stanley Black & Decker, commercial director licensing Amit Datta said, “As a global leader in home products, we continue to connect with our customers through meaningful experiences and deliver on the BLACK+DECKER® brand promise. This collaboration combines our easy by design vision with Karan’s reach and immaculate grasp of consumers in India.”
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YES Bank appoints S Anantharaman as chief risk officer
Former Jio Financial Services group chief risk officer takes charge of enterprise-wide risk at the embattled private lender
MUMBAI: YES Bank is not taking chances with risk anymore. The private lender has appointed S Anantharaman as its chief risk officer, a hire that signals the bank’s continued effort to rebuild credibility and tighten the controls that once famously slipped.
Anantharaman arrives from Jio Financial Services, where he served as group chief risk officer and built a risk management architecture spanning lending, payments, insurance broking and asset management from the ground up. Before that, he held the chief risk officer role at Bank of Baroda and senior leadership positions at HDFC Bank and L&T Finance Holdings. Three decades in banking and financial services, in other words, with scars and qualifications to match. He is a chartered accountant and a CFA charterholder.
At YES Bank, his brief is considerable. Anantharaman will oversee the bank’s entire enterprise-wide risk framework, covering credit policy, market risk, operational risk, information security, data governance, analytics, model governance and data privacy. It is, in short, every lever that matters when a bank is trying to prove it has grown up.
YES Bank’s turbulent past needs little rehearsing. What it needs now is exactly what Anantharaman has spent thirty years building: the kind of risk culture that stops problems before they become headlines. The appointment suggests the bank knows it.
