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Last updated: June 29th, 2023 at 14:02 UTC+02:00 Samsung Electronics Mexico appointed a new CMO & Senior Director of Marketing for its Mobile eXperience (MX) division. Starting this month, Karen Goldberg Carrillo, an expert with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, will occupy the position. Karen Goldberg Carrillo’s career in marketing began in 2003. Before joining Samsung, she worked for brands including Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Brooks Brothers, Brunello Cucinelli, Emporio Armani, Crate & Barrel,…

Games24x7, the parent company of RummyCircle and My11Circle, has appointed Saroj Panigrahi as its chief operating officer (COO), the company said in a statement. Panigrahi, who has been elevated to the C-suite from the vice president position, has been with the gaming platform for the last 15 years.In his most recent role, Panigrahi was responsible for building the platform’s fantasy sports app My11Circle. Before joining the company in 2007 as a lead engineer, Panigrahi had worked at Accenture.“There couldn’t be a better…

ExxonMobil has appointed Adesua Dozie as the new vice chairperson for its Nigerian affiliates Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL). The appointment takes effect from 12 June, ExxonMobil said in a statement announcing the appointment on Twitter. Mrs Dozie was, until her appointment, an executive director and general manager of MPN and EEPNL. She holds a law degree from the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom and a Master of Law from Cornell Law…

Heirs Insurance Ltd., says it has chanced its name to Heirs General Insurance (HGI). The organisation said its subsidiaries, Heirs Insurance Ltd. (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) also made appointments to some of their senior leadership positions. The Communications Manager of Heirs Life, Timilehin Adebiyi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Mr Adebiyi said the company has appointed Wole Fayemi as its managing director/chief executive officer (MD/CEO). According to him, the appointment takes…

The Board of Directors of Wema Bank Plc. (the Bank) has announced the appointment of Oluwayemisi Olorunshola as its new board chairman. The appointment is further to the retirement of the current board chairman, Babatunde Kasali, who proceeds on retirement having attained the retirement age in line with the Bank’s Articles of Association. Mrs Olorunshola joined the bank as a non-executive director in 2022 and, until her new appointment, was the chairman of the board’s Nomination and Governance Committee. Before…

Author Vaseem Khan has been elected as the new chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, becoming the first person of colour to take the role in the organisation’s 70-year history.Khan is the author of two crime series set in India, and won the CWA Historical Dagger for Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House historical crime novels. Khan’s debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was a bestseller and translated into 17 languages. He also co-hosts the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast with…

NASCON Allied Industries Plc, makers of Dangote Salt and Seasoning, has confirmed the appointment of Thabo Mabe as its substantive managing director, the company said Tuesday. The board of directors of the salt manufacturer disclosed in a statement that it arrived at the decision at a meeting on 26 May. Mr Mabe has been functioning in an acting capacity as the managing director of the company since 12 February, succeeding Paul Farrer, who resigned a month earlier. He is a graduate of Chemistry and Mathematics…

The rumors are true: Elon Musk has chosen NBCU leader Linda Yaccarino as the next CEO of Twitter. Musk confirmed Yaccarino’s new role in a tweet this morning, a day after he announced that he had completed his search for a new CEO. “Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app,” wrote Musk. I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.…

NTT DATA Payment Services, an end-to-end payment service provider, has announced that Takeo Ueno will take the role of the chief executive officer (CEO) from Friday (May 12). Ueno succeeds Dewang Neralla who stepped down to pursue other opportunities. He will continue to be the consultant for the company.According to the company, Ueno has played a key role at the time of acquisition and post-merger of erstwhile Atom Technologies, which is now known as NTT DATA Payment Services India Ltd. Ueno is tasked to build on…

Nicolo Laurent is stepping down from his role as CEO of Riot Games and will be succeeded by the company’s current global president, Dylan Jadeja, according to an official statement issued by Riot. Laurent is moving to an advisory role to focus more on his family after six years in the CEO position. The CEO transition is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.Laurent has been a major part of Riot Games since the company was just a “40-person startup” in 2009, before stepping into the role of CEO in 2017. Under his…