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Tata Communications lines up Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as next CEO
MUMBAI: A changing of the guard is loading at Tata Communications but the baton will pass only after the final green light. Tata Communications has named Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as its managing director and chief executive officer–designate, with the formal appointment to take effect once regulatory approvals are in place.
The Board will notify stock exchanges after receiving the necessary clearances, following which Lakshminarayanan will take over from the current MD and CEO A. S. Lakshminarayanan, who is set to retire on April 13, 2026.
Lakshminarayanan brings more than three decades of global leadership experience across multinational corporations, B2B start-ups and Indian enterprises. Most recently, he served as managing director and group vice president for Servicenow India and SAARC, where he led market expansion and enterprise adoption of AI-led digital transformation.
Before Servicenow, he headed Airtel Business in India, steering the enterprise unit to 50 per cent growth over three years and lifting market share from 30 per cent to 33 per cent. The business earned the chairman’s Award for Best Business Unit in FY23 under his leadership.
His career also spans the start-up ecosystem, with advisory roles at Sequoia Capital and operational stints at companies such as Mu Sigma and Capillary Technologies. Earlier, he played a pivotal role in establishing and scaling Dell’s India operations, growing the workforce to 15,000 and laying the foundation for a billion-dollar domestic business.
Commenting on the appointment, Tata Communications chairman N. G. Subramaniam said Lakshminarayanan’s experience in global enterprise, automation, AI and large deals would strongly complement the company’s growth strategy.
Lakshminarayanan said he looked forward to building on Tata Communications’ legacy by strengthening its customer-centric culture, investing in talent and executing strategy with focus and discipline.
The appointment, while subject to regulatory approval, signals Tata Communications’ intent to double down on technology-led growth as it prepares for its next leadership chapter.
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Collective Artists Network reshuffles talent leadership
Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee take expanded roles in core division.
MUMBAI: Collective Artists Network just handed the talent baton to its homegrown stars because when your agents have been building careers this long, it’s time to let them run the show. Collective Artists Network has announced the next phase of leadership for its talent management business, elevating senior agents Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee to expanded roles within the division. The move strengthens the company’s foundational talent arm while it continues to grow into content creation and production-led ventures.
Each of the three has played a significant part in shaping artist careers across films, digital platforms and brand partnerships. Together they now represent the next generation of leadership for Collective’s talent operations, with a continued focus on long-term career building, strong partnerships and adapting representation to a fast-changing media landscape.
Collective Artists Network founder and Group CEO Vijay Subramaniam remains actively involved in guiding artist strategy and key relationships. He said, “Talent management has been the foundation on which Collective was built, and that philosophy continues to guide how we grow the company. As we enter this next phase, it’s important that the people leading this business have both deep context and long-term convictions.”
Collective Artists Network partner and head of talent Janahavi Rawal added, “Collective’s talent business has always been built on trust, long-term thinking, and a deep understanding of where artists want to go next. Fiona, Jinal, and Arjun have each played an important role in shaping the careers of the artists we represent, and this phase is about empowering our senior agents further while building the right support systems around them.”
The leadership evolution reflects Collective’s belief in promoting from within and creating clear ownership across verticals. In a talent world where yesterday’s agent is tomorrow’s partner, Collective isn’t just reshuffling chairs, it’s handing the spotlight to the people who’ve been quietly directing the show all along.
