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f The Reserve Bank of India has appointed Jose J Kattoor as Executive Director (ED). Prior to being
promoted as ED, Mr Kattoor was heading Bengaluru Regional Office of the Reserve Bank as Regional
Director for Karnataka. He will look after Human Resource Management Department, Corporate Strategy
and Budget Department and Rajbhasha Department.

f Padmakumar M Nair has been appointed as thCEO of the proposed National Asset Reconstruction
Company Ltd. Presently Padmakumar is the Chief General Manager of Stressed Assets Resolution Group
at SBI.

f The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), the government's head-hunter, has picked Arun Kumar
Singh as the chairman and managing director of state-run oil refining and marketing firm Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).

f Veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths has been appointed as the new Chief at the United Nations Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for a period of five years. Griffiths will replace Mark
Lowcock as the new UnderSecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
(USG/ERC) of OCHA. He is currently serving as the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen.

f Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) announced that its general secretary Manisha Kapoor has
been appointed to the executive committee of the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation
(ICAS). Until April, ASCI served on the executive committee as a member for a two-year term. Now,
Kapoor will play a leadership role on the committee till 2023. She will be one of the four global vice-
presidents on the executive committee.

f The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the appointment of Ramesh Powar as the
Head Coach of Team India (Senior Women).
f Footwear company Bata India has appointed Gunjan Shah as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He
will join Bata in his new role from 21 June 2021, for a period of five years. Shah replaces Sandeep Kataria,
who has been elevated as the Global CEO of Bata Brands in November 2020.
f Indian-American Neera Tanden has been appointed senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden. She is
currently the president and CEO of a progressive think-tank, Center for American Progress (CAP). She
withdrew her nomination as Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget due to stiff
opposition from Republican senators.
f Suzuki Motorcycle India has appointed Satoshi Uchida as the new Company Head. He has replaced
Koichiro Hirao as part of Suzuki Motor Corporation's global revamp.
f Star India hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was re-appointed as a member of the International
Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes' Committee during the virtual meeting of the world body's Executive
Board. He has been a member of the panel since 2017. The EB confirmed the appointment of four new
members for the Athletes' Committee. Sreejesh Parattu (IND), Marlena Rybacha (POL), Mohamed Mea
(RSA) and Matt Swann (AUS) are now joining the Committee. Steve Horgan (USA), the new chair of the
FIH Rules Committee, succeeding David Collier.
f Amitabh Chaudhry has been re-appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of the private sector lender
Axis Bank for three more years by the bank board. His second 3 years term will begin with effect from
January 1, 2022, up to December 31, 2024.
f Vaishali S Hiwase became the first woman officer to be appointed as officer commanding in the Border
Roads Organisation (BRO) where she will be responsible for providing connectivity through an Indo-
China border road. Vaishali is from Wardha, Maharashtra, and has completed a successful demanding

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