Know What's Happening in CEO Pulse
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FNB Corp., a $50 billion‑asset regional lender, says smaller banks can out‑innovate the megabanks by deploying AI‑driven tools more nimbly. CEO Vincent Delie Jr. highlighted the bank’s eStore platform, which consolidates about 50 products into a single application, and its upcoming AI insights engine that will recommend cash‑flow improvements. The firm is also rolling out interactive teller kiosks and expanding its branch network in the Southeast, aiming for organic growth rather than aggressive M&A. Revenue rose 10.5% to $1.8 billion in 2025, with technology costs driving higher non‑interest expenses.
Krishna Kumar Singh, SAIL's director (personnel), took on the additional charge of chairman and managing director on April 2, 2026. He brings almost four decades of experience, having joined the Bhilai Steel Plant as a management trainee in 1987 and...
Airline executives are in flux as Air Canada’s CEO was ousted over an English‑only crisis statement, while former IAG chief Willie Walsh took the helm of India’s dominant low‑cost carrier IndiGo. At the same time, ITA Airways confirmed its entry...
Salesforce South Asia CEO Arundhati Bhattacharya says enterprise technology spending in India remains steady despite global uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. The company completed its Informatica acquisition, adding roughly 5,000 employees and bringing its India headcount to about 17,000. While AI...
The Cloister Effect – Part II wraps up the two‑part series that translates Daniel Ek’s crisis‑driven growth strategy at Spotify into a practical productivity playbook for modern knowledge workers. After detailing Spotify’s 2014‑2015 challenges—Taylor Swift’s catalog pull and Apple Music’s launch—the post...
Broadcom announced that Amie Thuener, Alphabet’s chief accounting officer and corporate controller since 2018, will become its chief financial officer on June 12, succeeding retiring CFO Kirsten Spears. The move brings a seasoned finance leader from the tech giant to...
Brian Raffel, who co‑founded Raven Software in 1990, announced his retirement after 36 years at the studio. David Pellas will succeed him as studio head, while the studio looks to sustain its role in the Call of Duty franchise and...
Quantic Lab has exited the Embracer Group and is now an independent studio owned by its founder and CEO, Stefan Seicarescu, effective April 1 2026. The spin‑out gives the outsourcing specialist greater operational flexibility and the ability to respond more quickly to...
Baccarat announced Thais Roda as its new chief executive officer for North America, effective Wednesday. Roda arrives from Liaigre Inc., where she drove significant revenue growth and operational restructuring. Her mandate includes boosting the performance of Baccarat's crystal collections, deepening...
@axios reports that, in an interview on The Axios Show, Jamie Dimon said he may look to start a media venture after stepping down as CEO of JPMorgan Chase
Tata Digital is orchestrating founder exits at its two flagship e‑commerce assets, BigBasket and 1mg, as it moves to install professional CEOs. BigBasket's founders Hari Menon and Vipul Parekh are in final talks to step down and may sell their...
In this episode, host Ryan Donovan talks with Galen Wolf‑Pauly, CEO of Tlan, about building a decentralized, user‑owned messaging platform built on the Urbit virtual‑machine architecture. Wolf‑Pauly explains how early internet ideals of personal control gave way to cloud services,...
BP has appointed long‑time executive Carol Howle as deputy chief executive officer, effective immediately. Howle will continue to lead the profitable supply, trading and shipping (ST&S) division while taking charge of BP’s portfolio review, long‑term strategy and sustainability team. The...
Elwood Technologies announced Michael Abib as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Chris Lawn. Abib, who joined in 2023 as chief product officer after the Coremont digital‑asset acquisition, has overseen the integration of a full SaaS suite covering execution, portfolio,...
Vale Base Metals announced it will focus on organic growth, developing existing assets such as its extensive Sudbury operations, rather than pursuing mergers or acquisitions. CEO Shaun Usmar emphasized that consolidation does not immediately increase the metal volumes the market...
Liviniti marked its 15th anniversary by announcing that its pass‑through pricing model has saved employers hundreds of millions of dollars and now covers over one million U.S. lives. The milestone underscores the firm’s tech‑driven approach to pharmacy benefit management, a...
Kris Stewart, chief executive of Queensland’s music‑industry body QMusic, announced his departure after a five‑year tenure marked by revenue more than doubling and deeper government ties. The board has launched a search for his successor as the organization transitions to...
Tech CEOs: If you blame AI for layoffs, you are lying to yourself. You over hired and should just admit it.
Priority Technology Holdings reported full‑year 2025 revenue of $953 million, a 8.3% increase, with adjusted gross profit up 14.2% to $374.7 million and adjusted EBITDA rising 10.2% to $225.2 million. The company’s Payables and Treasury Solutions segments now generate roughly 60% of gross...
Shreehas Tambe has been appointed the first chief executive officer of the newly combined Biocon entity, formed after Biocon’s merger with contract‑research firm Syngene. The merged company is valued at roughly $5.5 billion and aims to become India’s largest biotech services...
Luis Silberwasser, the chief executive of TNT Sports, discussed the network’s current focus on the NCAA tournament while acknowledging the recent loss of NBA broadcast rights. He highlighted ongoing negotiations with the NHL, whose deal expires after the 2027‑28 season,...
University of Wisconsin System President Jay O. Rothman wrote to the Board of Regents refusing to resign despite a no‑confidence vote. He said the board gave no specific reasons and threatened to fire him if he did not step down....
Intel announced that Aparna Bawa, former Zoom COO and chief legal officer, will assume the combined role of chief legal and people officer in May. The move consolidates Intel's legal, human resources, ethics, and compliance functions under a single executive,...
Volkswagen’s U.S. CEO Kjell Gruner said sedans and hatchbacks remain vital to the brand even as SUVs account for roughly 80% of its U.S. sales. The Golf sold about 10,000 units last year and the Jetta moved 54,291, despite a...
Tom Vice, former Sierra Space chief executive, has been appointed CEO and executive chair of Huntsville‑based defense contractor Astrion. The company also named former Lockheed Martin Space vice president Eric Brown as president of space operations and ex‑RTX executive Conn...
IBM and Arm unveiled a strategic partnership to develop dual‑architecture hardware that blends IBM's system reliability with Arm's power‑efficient designs, targeting AI and data‑intensive enterprise workloads. The collaboration aims to expand virtualization, improve security and broaden software ecosystems.
Rave Restaurant Group, the parent of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, terminated its partnership with Uber Eats after the platform raised marketplace fees, pushing the effective charge on delivery orders to as high as 30%. The move underscores mounting pressure on restaurant...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the United States is confronting its most complex convergence of threats since World War II, driven by rapid AI advancement, escalating geopolitical tensions, and mounting fiscal strain. He argued that AI could displace large...
Liquidity, an AI‑driven fintech lender with a multi‑billion‑dollar portfolio, operates its largest office in Abu Dhabi and a second hub in Tel Aviv. Amid escalating US‑Israeli strikes on Iran, more than half of its staff are located in the conflict...
Kurt Slocombe has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of the Prince Rupert Port Authority. He joined PRPA in 2019 as vice‑president of operations, planning and infrastructure, after earlier managing the Fairview Container Terminal since 2007. As head...
Volkswagen announced it will skip the 2026 model year for the ID. Buzz in the United States, moving directly to a 2027 launch. The decision stems from a demand‑supply analysis and aims to avoid a short production run after a delayed...
NEW EPISODE: @jack & @roelofbotha unpack @blocks 40% staff cut and rebuilding the entire company as a mini-AGI. This isn’t “use AI to make people more productive.” It’s making the company itself the intelligence. If you’re a founder or operator wondering what...
Nvidia CEO: “you cannot show me a task that is beneath me.” The enemy of continuous growth is arrogance, zero sum mindset and a sense of entitlement. https://t.co/DpugJBDmtO
French sports retailer Decathlon posted strong financial results in 2025, with gross merchandise volume reaching €20.7 bn (about $22.6 bn) and net revenue climbing 4% to €16.8 bn ($18.3 bn). Operating profit surged 21% to €1.8 bn ($2.0 bn) and net profit rose 16% to €910 m...
FWIW When leaders fire subordinates it often has less to do with the failures of the subordinate (which typically have been long known) than the mounting vulnerability felt by the CEO. Short of embezzlement, you never see CFOs, CTOs and COOs...
New Jersey Department of Transportation confirmed Priya Jain as its 21st commissioner, also chairing NJ Transit, the Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority. Alstom announced Martin Sion as its new CEO, succeeding Henri Poupart‑Lafarge after a decade that saw revenues...
Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha is leaving the company after four years, with Flipkart Fashion head Sharon Pais poised to take over. The departure adds to a wave of senior exits at Flipkart, including its CFO, as the group readies for a...
Topps Tiles Plc announced first‑half revenue fell 0.1% to £142.7 million, prompting a plan to shut 23 stores and launch cost‑saving measures. Excluding its CTD division, revenue grew 2.1%, showing mixed performance amid a broader market decline.
TuneCore, the Believe-owned distribution service, promoted Brian Miller from chief revenue officer to chief business officer on April 2. The move is designed to accelerate global expansion, forge new partnerships and deepen support for the independent artists who have generated...
OpenAI announced the shutdown of its Sora video‑generation platform, a move that caught Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro off‑guard and halted Disney’s plan to let fans create AI‑generated versions of over 200 characters. The cancellation puts a $1 billion Disney investment on...
Ann Marie Licata has been appointed chief executive officer of iHeartMedia’s Multiplatform Group, the company’s largest operating segment that encompasses more than 860 local radio stations, live‑event sponsorships, its Premiere Networks and TTWN radio networks, and data‑targeting products. Licata will...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called both former Disney CEO Bob Iger and new Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro to tell them about the decision to shutter Sora. "I get it," D'Amaro told Altman, the tech exec said in a new interview.
Surya Ramkumar says we are taking the fastest path forward, cutting costs in the easiest parts, which comes with risk. https://t.co/dEEbdckc0d #TPSS #IoT #sustainability #AI #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast
Veolia has appointed Richard Kirkman as chief executive for its Northern Europe region and as group head of growth and innovation, effective 2 April 2026. The role includes leading the UK business and overseeing operations in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland...
Airport concession CEOs convened at the 2026 Airport Experience Conference to flag mounting labor costs, aggressive union demands, and the limits of passing wage hikes to passengers. They highlighted the rise of AI and technology as partial mitigants, but noted...
Full Circle Wind Services announced Phil Goleby as its new chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2026, succeeding founder Billy Stevenson who will retire at year‑end. Stevenson will stay on the board through 2026 to aid the transition. Goleby, who joined as...
Liberty Mutual announced a new leadership structure that places Global Risk Solutions (GRS) and Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) under the strategic oversight of Vlad Barbalat, who will also remain Chief Investment Officer. Matthew Moore stays President of GRS, while Adam Winn and...
Flipkart‑owned fashion e‑commerce platform Myntra announced that CEO Nandita Sinha will step down in the coming weeks, ending her tenure that began in 2022. Her departure comes as the company posted an 18‑fold profit jump to roughly $66 million and 18%...
Precisely, the data‑integrity specialist backed by Clearlake Capital and other investors, announced Walid Abu‑Hadba as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately. Abu‑Hadba replaces Josh Rogers, who will stay on the board as Vice Chairman. The veteran product leader arrives...
Microsoft has appointed its first CEO of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, to steer a "superintelligence" agenda centered on business value. A March restructuring merged enterprise and consumer AI groups under the Copilot banner, freeing Suleyman to focus on frontier models. The...
