People News: NJDOT, Alstom, Miner
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 rise from €6 bn to €18.5 bn (about $6.6 bn to $20.3 bn). The French rail giant highlighted its recent Bombardier Transportation integration and a focus on decarbonising transport. Meanwhile, rail‑car component maker Miner appointed Mike Downey as General Sales Manager and Michael List to its field services team, bolstering its North American sales and support operations.
Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha Set to Exit Amid Leadership Churn at Flipkart Group
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...
Sam Altman Felt ‘Terrible’ Telling Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro About OpenAI’s Decision to Kill Off Sora, Says Companies Still Looking...
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...
Wheat Foods Council Ready to Seek New Executive
The Wheat Foods Council has been without an organizational leader for the past 10 months.
Licata To Lead iHeartMedia’s Multiplatform Group
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...
BJ’s Taps Former Sam’s Club Exec as Chief Merchandising Officer
BJ’s Wholesale Club announced Stephanie Reibling as executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. Reibling, who spent nearly five years at Sam’s Club and over a decade at Walmart, brings roughly 25 years of merchandising, product development, and e‑commerce expertise....
BBC Boss Tim Davie Says It Was 'Very Clear' Scott Mills Had to Go
BBC Director‑General Tim Davie said new information confirming the alleged victim was under 16 made Scott Mills’ dismissal inevitable. The former Radio 2 breakfast host was sacked last Friday after the corporation learned the victim’s age. Davie described the decision as a...
Pride in London Boss Sacked After Allegations of Bullying and Financial Mismanagement
Pride in London’s chief executive was terminated after internal complaints of bullying and alleged financial mismanagement. The board stated the dismissal was due to breaches of fiduciary duty and a toxic workplace culture. The move has triggered scrutiny from volunteers,...
Veolia Names Kirkman Northern Europe CEO
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...
Off The Page: Concessions Leaders Discuss Challenges During AXC Roundtable
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 Appoints Goleby as CEO
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...
Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha to Step Down: Report
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%...
Microsoft’s New ‘Superintelligence’ Game Plan Is All About Business
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...
The CDO Role Has Changed — And So Has What “Good” Looks Like
The chief data officer (CDO) role has shifted from primarily delivering dashboards and pipelines to guaranteeing that data drives decisions, behaviors, and outcomes. Modern CDOs now own the entire data value chain, emphasizing trusted data, clear ownership, and rapid question‑to‑action...
Algolia Appoints Stephen Lynch as Chief Executive Officer
Algolia announced Stephen Lynch as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Bernadette Nixon who will remain on the board. Lynch arrives with two decades of experience in AI search and large‑scale platforms, most recently as General Manager and EVP of...
McDonald’s Reshapes Leadership with New US Operations Role
McDonald’s announced a major leadership reshuffle, creating a new chief operating officer role for U.S. operations headed by Skye Anderson. Anderson will integrate national operations, restaurant development, supply chain and technology under a single umbrella. Mattijs Backx was promoted to...
Fable: The Deceiver
An unnamed CEO orchestrated the largest U.S. bankruptcy on record, wiping out $180 billion in investor capital. He concealed unprofitability by reclassifying operating expenses as capital expenditures and by moving reserve funds into revenue to hit quarterly targets. The fraud led...
Spiber Relaunches Under New Leadership
Spiber, the Japanese biomaterials firm known for protein‑based fibers, has relaunched under new leadership. Maya Kawana has been appointed chief executive to drive business strategy and governance. Founders Kazuhide Sekiyama and Junichi Sugahara will step back from day‑to‑day management, focusing...
Communication Secrets to Make Your Change Initiative Succeed
Effective communication is as critical as the change itself, shaping how employees perceive and adopt new initiatives. A Towers Watson study shows organizations with strong change‑communication strategies are 3.5 times more likely to outpace peers, while nearly 70 % of change efforts...
AI at Work: Moving Forward with Employee Engagement
Employee engagement remains a critical challenge, with Gallup reporting only 23% global engagement in 2023. Companies are turning to AI to analyze performance data, personalize learning, and streamline HR interactions. KellyOCG showcases how AI‑driven profiling, OKR tracking, flexible work policies,...
Marathon Health’s Newly Appointed CEO Looks to Maintain a Flexible Model
Marathon Health appointed Chris Pricco as chief executive officer, succeeding co‑founder Jeff Wells. Pricco said the company will keep its flexible advanced primary‑care (APC) model, tailoring on‑site or network clinics to each employer’s workforce. He highlighted three priorities: flexible service...
Klim Kavall Named CEO of Local Web Leads, Accelerating Next Phase of Growth Across Digital and AI-Driven Discovery
Local Web Leads, a seven‑time Inc. 5000 honoree, has named Klim Kavall as its new chief executive while co‑founder Geoff Frink shifts to chairman and leads the firm’s AI incubator. Kavall brings a track record of scaling data‑driven marketing organizations and will steer...
Diageo Names John O’Keeffe as North America CEO
Diageo has appointed John O’Keeffe, former president of Asia Pacific and global travel retail head, as its new North America president and CEO, succeeding Sally Grimes. O’Keeffe brings decades of experience across innovation, emerging markets, and brand building. The North...
Transformational Leadership Programme Returns for a Second Year
The Institute of Directors and the University of St Andrews Business School are relaunching their Global Certificate in Company Direction programme for 2026 after a successful 2025 pilot. The six‑and‑a‑half‑day residential course runs from 10‑16 October at the Fairmont Hotel, with...
Brother UK Hires New Commercial Chief Amid Channel Strategy Shake-Up
Brother UK has appointed long‑time veteran Julie Harrison as its new chief commercial officer, bringing more than 30 years of internal experience to the role. The promotion is part of a broader channel‑strategy overhaul aimed at expanding the company’s print...
Hudson Structured (HSCM) Names Opoku as Partner Amid a Series of Promotions
Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM) promoted Bernard Opoku to Partner, confirming his role as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer since October 2023. Opoku, who joined HSCM in 2018 after six years at KPMG’s Bermuda ILS practice, now leads the...
AVIXA Advertises for ‘Visionary, Strategic and Articulate’ CEO
AVIXA, the global audiovisual trade association, has posted a chief executive officer vacancy with a base salary ranging from $800,000 to $900,000. The role, advertised by Korn Ferry, calls for a visionary leader who can travel 50 % of the time to...
How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company
Entrepreneur Matthew Gallagher launched Medvi, a telehealth provider of GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs, using only $20,000 and a suite of AI tools. Within two months the company attracted 1,300 customers and recorded $401 million in sales in its first full year. By...
Big Interview | 'I'm the Chief People Officer of a Remote-First Global Firm - I've Never Met My Boss!'
Gillian McKenna serves as Chief People Officer for Generation, a fully remote, nonprofit that places people into careers, yet she has never met the company’s CEO in almost five years. The organization operates with a 95‑person global workforce spread from...
Deutsche Aircraft Appoints Wolfgang Kuhl as Vice President Programs & Innovation
Deutsche Aircraft announced Wolfgang Kuhl as Vice President Programs & Innovation, bolstering leadership as the D328eco enters a critical development stage. Kuhl, who has directed the D328eco program since 2023, previously drove key design, industrialisation and re‑industrialisation milestones for the...
Up the Ranks: Nokia Welcomes Kristen Pressner as Chief People Officer
Nokia has appointed Kristen Pressner as its new Chief People Officer, reporting directly to the CEO and the Group leadership team. Pressner brings more than 30 years of global HR experience, most recently serving as Global Head of People &...
Mastering The Art of Difficult Conversations With Affiliate Partners
Affiliate marketing coach Tara Alvarez Garcia joins Lee‑Ann to reveal a proven framework for handling tough partner conversations. She emphasizes a mindset shift from "you versus the problem" to "we versus the problem," and stresses preparation over reaction. The episode...
Core42 Appoints Sherif Tawfik as Chief Business Officer
Core42, the G42 subsidiary focused on sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, announced the appointment of former Microsoft executive Sherif Tawfik as Chief Business Officer. Tawfik will head the global commercial organization, overseeing sales, marketing, partnerships, and professional and managed services....
IWD Voices: Emanda Vaz – ‘Ambition and Balance Do Not Have to Exist in Opposition’
Embra Vaz argues that hierarchical structures suppress innovation and that true gender parity requires intentional action on pay and decision‑making power. She stresses that insight should travel upward as readily as directives travel down. The piece also challenges the myth...
Nionyx Bio’s Kidney Gene Therapy Wins the 2026 BIO-Europe Spring Startup Spotlight
Nionyx Bio, led by CEO Magdalena Tyrpien, captured first place in the 2026 BIO‑Europe Spring Startup Spotlight in Lisbon. The company focuses on a proprietary adeno‑associated virus (AAV) capsid platform paired with a Kidney Atlas to deliver gene therapies for...
Hurr Names New Chief Executive
Hurr founder Victoria Prew has named longtime COO Lauren Roberts as the company’s new chief executive. Roberts, who joined Hurr in 2021 after a decade at Selfridges Group, will take over as Prew steps aside to launch a new venture....
Sofrecom Appoints Davy Letailleur as CEO
Orange Group subsidiary Sofrecom has appointed Davy Letailleur as its new chief executive officer. Letailleur, an engineering graduate of Télécom Paris, has spent his entire career within Orange, most recently serving as Sofrecom’s deputy CEO since 2021. He will lead...
RenRe Capital Partners Promotes Beach to VP, Business Development & Investor Relations
RenaissanceRe Capital Partners promoted Roger Beach to Vice President overseeing Business Development and Investor Relations. Beach, who joined the Bermuda‑based firm in 2021 as a Senior Analyst, previously served as Assistant Vice President. The promotion aligns with RenRe’s $9 billion third‑party...
Ibrahim Canliel Steps up as CEO of Air Astana Group
Ibrahim Canliel has been appointed chief executive officer of Air Astana Group, moving up from his role as chief financial officer where he served since 2017. He brings more than 14 years of experience within the airline, having helped shape its strategic...
Podcast | CPO, PPL: Our Agile Careers Model Drives Employee Fulfilment & Business Value
PPL, the music‑licensing giant representing over 150,000 artists and labels, has woven career agility into its core culture. Chief Membership & People Officer Kate Reilly explained on the HR Grapevine Podcast how a robust skills‑and‑capability matrix fuels internal mobility, cross‑functional...
Fuel Is Rising. What Should Australian Retail Leaders Be Doing?
Australian retailers are confronting a sharp rise in fuel prices, driven by the US‑Israeli conflict over Iran and ongoing global supply disruptions. The government’s temporary 26‑cent‑per‑litre cut (about $0.17 USD per litre) offers limited relief as freight, distribution and labor costs...
The Busiest Leaders Share This Surprising Weakness
In recent leadership keynote, almost every high‑performing executive admitted cancelling personal plans because work demands arose, often multiple times a month. The pattern repeats at work, where leaders skip informal coffee chats or face‑to‑face meetings, substituting emails for real conversation....
John Schmeiser Appointed Executive Director of the Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation (CEDF)
John Schmeiser has been appointed Executive Director of the Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation (CEDF). The appointment positions Schmeiser at the helm of an organization that advocates for Canadian equipment dealers on policy, training, and market development. Schmeiser brings over two...
In the Age of AI, Why Do Australian Company Boards Have so Few Technology Experts?
Australian research of the 500 largest ASX‑listed firms shows that only 13% of board seats are held by directors with STEM expertise, up from just 8% in 2007. Traditional backgrounds—accounting, law and finance—still dominate, occupying roughly 75% of board positions....
Suman Guha Joins Croma as CDO; Exits Tata CLiQ and Tata Digital
Suman Guha has been appointed Chief Digital Officer of Croma, the Tata Group’s electronics retailer, leaving his dual roles at Tata CLiQ and Tata Digital. Guha brings over 20 years of consumer‑tech leadership, including stints as CPTO at Reliance Retail and senior...
Lenovo Promotes Sumir Bhatia as New APAC CCO
Lenovo has appointed veteran Sumir Bhatia as its first Chief Commercial Officer for the Asia‑Pacific region, establishing a new commercial organization to align AI‑driven offerings across the market. The role will consolidate enterprise sales, solution sales, channel and alliance teams...
AI Fear and Trust Gap Requires Focus on People and Education
Australia faces a pronounced AI confidence and trust gap, with 84 % of workers using AI tools but six‑in‑ten lacking formal training. EY’s Katherine Boiciuc stresses that AI success is 60 % people, 30 % data and only 10 % technology, urging a cultural...
When the Game Feels Easier Than Practice: What Leaders Get Wrong About Performance
Leaders often mistake removing friction for fostering performance, creating a "comfort trap" where employees face high‑stakes challenges without prior exposure. Drawing on March Madness examples, the article shows that elite teams practice under tougher conditions than games, building decision‑making speed...
Primetals Technologies Names New CEO
Primetals Technologies announced that Koji Sakatani will assume the chief executive role on April 1, succeeding retiring CEO Yoshiharu Ikeda. Sakatani, a veteran of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, previously led Primetals' strategy and most recently served as vice‑president of plants and infrastructure...
Havas Pharma Agency Bastion Brands Begins Planned Leadership Succession
Havas Group ANZ announced a planned leadership transition at its health communications agency Bastion Brands. Founder Simon Davies will step away from the Australian business at the end of June to spend time with family overseas and later support Havas...