Important Appointments Of The Week | IBPS RRB Special - 20-10-17

1. UNESCO Chief:

Former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay will be the next UNESCO Chief. She will succeed Irina Bokova of Bulgaria.

Azoulay will be the second French leader of the organization since Rene Maheu, UNESCO’s director general from 1961-74.

2. Pepsico Chairman:

Beverages and food major Pepsico India has appointed Ahmed El Sheikh as the new Chairman of the Company. He has replaced D Shivakumar.

Ahmed will assume his role on November 1, while Shivakumar will stay with PepsiCo till December 31 as part of the transition process.

3. Facebook India Interim Managing Director:

Sandeep Bhushan has been named the interim managing director of Facebook India.

He has replaced Umang Bedi.

Bedi was appointed as the managing director in mid-2016, taking over the India business from Kirthiga Reddy who moved to the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, the US.

4. India's Ambassador to China:

Gautam Bambawale has been appointed as India's new Ambassador to China. Bambawale is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1984 batch. He will succeed Vijay Gokhale.

Bambawale is currently serving as India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan. He was previously India’s Ambassador to Bhutan.

5. MD, CEO of PNB MetLife:

Life Insurance Company PNB MetLife has appointed Ashish Kumar Srivastava as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company from October 1.

He will be responsible for leading all aspects of the business in the country. Srivastava has over 25 years of experience in multiple disciplines, including strategy, HR, project management and operations, administration and communications.

6. FTII Chairman:

Actor Anupam Kher has been appointed as the chairman of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). He has replaced Gajendra Chauhan.

Kher has appeared in over 500 films and has been part of the theatre circles. He has also been part of acclaimed international films such as the 2002 Golden Globe-nominated Bend It Like Beckham, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, and the 2013 Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook.