Thomas Cook appoints four senior executives
Mumbai: Travel and forex major Thomas Cook (TCIL) has appointed four senior-level executives at various positions. At least two of the positions are believed to have been newly-formed.

The top-level appointments include Vinayak Purohit, who will take over as executive director, finance from Robin Banerjee who quit the company late last year. The company is also set to consolidate its travel business, which includes outbound, inbound and corporate segments, under new head Nalini Udai Gupta.

She will head the travel business and will be a director at Travel Corporation of India, acquired by TCIL in an all-cash deal worth Rs 180 crore earlier this year.

Gupta comes from South African Airways and was earlier with Air-India as the regional head for the Indian subcontinent and South Asia.

Rajeev Kale will also join TCIL and will handle the company's emerging incentive business in India. Kale comes from Cox & Kings.

Vijay Sethi will take over as the head of the service quality & customer care department a newly created designation. Sethi moves in from Jet Airways.

The latest executive appointments are expected to come into effect from the end of this month or the beginning of May, said sources.
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Asia chief appointed at Triple Point
Pune: Triple Point Technology Inc which supplies cross-industry software solutions has appointed Anand Veerkar to lead its Asia business unit.

Veerkar earlier worked with Tata Unisys, Digital Equipment, Atos Origin, and Majesco Software and has broad-based experience in building and managing teams, including international operations, product development, customer support, professional services and sales and marketing, a company statement said.
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